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Meet and hear more from Joe Vivona of The Voice Season 10

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Joe Vivona of The Voice Season 10. (NBC Photo)His audition: Joe Vivona 27, of Verona, N.J., auditioned with John Mayer’s “Dreaming with a Broken Heart.” His raspy vocals earned chair turns from Blake Shelton and Adam Levine before he hit the chorus. At the very end, Pharrell Williams turned as well. Joe joined Team Pharrell, explaining he’s his grandfather’s favorite about The Voice coaches.

His background: Joe works for his family’s business, Amusements of America, which he says is the world’s largest traveling amusement park. That business was started by his great-grandfather and grandfather back in 1939; today Joe’s dad runs the business. But Joe also went to school in New York for audio engineers. He says that’s where he started recording himself singing and caught the performing bug. He sometimes performs at fairs, but admits that he still gets anxious and nervous because of his inexperience. He’s hoping a coach from The Voice could help him conquer those nerves. He describes himself as a pop-rock singer.

What the show didn’t show:

  • Joe didn’t start singing until he was 15 and performed at his sister’s 16th birthday party.
  • He works as office manager for Amusements of America, which travels the East Coast. He picks up open mic night gigs wherever he can along the way.
  • Now a resident of West Caldwell, N.J., he got his audio engineering degree from the Institute of Audio Research in New York.
  • In addition to his YouTube channel, you can hear several covers and some originals from Joe by heading to his Soundcloud page.
  • He’s also working on a web series, and has posted a video about the importance of telling people you love them that you can watch here. Quite the jokester, he also has a video about the difficulty of becoming an astronaut on his YouTube channel.
  • He also has a wide range of covers on YouTube, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Frank Ocean to Ed Sheeran to Lana Del Rey.
  • On iTunes: Just his performance from The Voice.

    Keeping up with Joe:
    Twitter: @joevivona
    Facebook
    YouTube

    “Thinking About You” (Frank Ocean cover)

    “When I Was Your Man” (Bruno Mars cover)

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