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His audition: Jacob Daniel Murphy, 27, of Elk Grove, Calif., auditioned with “Until You Come Back to Me” by Aretha Franklin. His performance earned a last-second chair turn from Blake Shelton. Though he didn’t turn, Nick Jonas called it “phenomenal.” Blake said he didn’t think he’d have a chance to land Jacob, but turned when all his colleagues hesitated.

Here’s more about Jacob:

* According to his Voice bio, Jacob grew up around all types of music in a loving home that he describes as a “culture pot” with a Filipino mother and a Mexican/Irish father.

* Jacob told Voice Views he started singing around age 6 and performing around age 8, when his mother had him join a children’s choir at church. They put on full-scale productions and Jacob said he ended up trying out for lead roles and landing them, which is where he can’t the performance but.

* He was home-schooled during his high school years, but joined a local theater company for some larger-scale productions. Jacob said he performed in coffee shops and university theater productions through college, then headed to Los Angeles, where he’s been a ghost writer and demo singer.

* Jacob says he had an internship at a historic studio in the North Hollywood Arts District in 2016. It involved lots of odd jobs but he calls it “a crazy fun experience” party because the manager would allow them to use the studios to work on their own recording and production skills.

* He says his musical influences include Jazmine Sullivan, Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Lauryn Hill, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Ella Fitzgerald, Destiny’s Child, India Arie, Amy Winehouse, Jhene Aiko, John Legend, Brandy, JoJo, Frank Ocean, Musiq Soulchild, Miguel and Lianne La Havas.

* Jacob sometimes shortens his name to JDM as his stage name. He said his biggest performance prior to The Voice was singing the national anthem at a Rivercats (Minor League) baseball game in Sacramento, Calif.

* He released a song back in 2015, but adds that he has “a lot of original music coming later this year that I’m very excited about. I would describe it as alternative R&B/Soul/Urban pop. Sonically, a mesh of Jazmine Sullivan/Beyonce vocal production with Jhene Aiko/Frank Ocean instrumentation/production vibes.

See also ….
Jacob Daniel Murphy talks about his blind audition on The Voice

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