Joseph Eid
We will come and go, but our stories will live forever.Joseph Eid is one of those writers who delivers a sense of “life” renewal and a deeper perspective with songs of hope, survival, love, discovery, loss, crazy situations, of making peace with life and with simply being alive. He somehow manages to make a downbeat subject seem light and picaresque, threading a silver lining into the dark cloud of his subject matter.
Since the release of his Human LP, Folk-Pop artist Joseph Eid has been garnering considerable buzz. He has been featured in American Songwriter Magazine's “Best New Music” column and was named as one of the 100 Hottest Live Unsigned Artists byMusic Connection Magazine. His song, It's Only Love, was featured in a Universal Pictures film starring Sharon Stone called “All I Wish.” His EP, Watch It Fall, was released in Spring 2017. No Depression music journal called it “mesmerizing and empowering.” His single Listening to Madonna was in department stores nationwide. It also earned a semi-finalist spot in the annual International Songwriting Competition. His latest album Back to the Living was released in November of 2021. The record enjoyed airplay by college radio stations across the country. Thank You (a song from his lastest album) is featured in the critically acclaimed independent film The Outwaters. He was proud to be an Official Showcase Artist in the 2023 FAR WEST (Folk Alliance West) Music Conference.
Joseph's childhood and exposure to different cultures growing up has shaped and colored his writing, perspective, and voice as an American artist. Growing up in a traditional family mostly in the suburbs of New York, the arts at home were only supported as a hobby and highly discouraged as a career. While he wished for a life in music, young Joseph's artistic endeavors were limited to high school musicals and plays. During his college years, Eid studied psychology and pre-med. After his first semester at medical school, his dream got too big to hold and Eid made the bold choice of dropping out to move to New York City to pursue music. While back in New York, Joseph Eid picked up a guitar, joined a band, and the songs poured out like rain. His journey then led him to Los Angeles where he started playing regularly at music showcases and hosted several of his own weekly music nights. During those first years in Los Angeles, he wrote dozens of new songs and recorded his first full-length LP, Human.
Known as a dynamic solo performer, Joseph Eid has brought his one-man live show to many of Los Angeles' premiere music venues. He also plays regularly at private homes, restaurants, hotels, wineries, and clubs all over Southern California. His greatest passion is split equally between songwriting and playing live. There isn't a day that goes by where he isn't grateful for the moment he decided to answer his calling. To be able to follow one's heart is one of life's greatest gifts.