About
Julian Hartwell is a pianist, composer, producer & educator based in Philadelphia, PA. Julian has led a life in music since the turn of the new millennium, from humble beginnings of jazz piano study down the street from his house in Birmingham, Alabama, to an almost 20-year span of professional gigging in the tri-state area in just about every genre and context conceivable. Running his own band for 7 years - the Julian Hartwell Project - required wearing seemingly all the hats at once as composer, arranger, and bandleader; yielding two original full-length albums once all was said and done.
Julian has brought his music to places as diverse as Berlin, Argentina, Prague, NYC, and Charleston, among others. Throw a global pandemic in the mix and he quickly had to land on his feet in 2020, growing into a new level of truly self-dependent independent artistry by learning production and mixing full-on.
For the last few years Julian has been crafting a new voice in composition with a bent towards the worlds of scoring and sync licensing - a potent hybrid of his jazz/neo-classical piano roots, electronic, and often cinematically epic styles.
But it’s not until now, as 2023 wraps up, that Julian feels he is at last coming into his own; his most unique voice as an artist yet. A collaborative album in the works with sound healer Evolvlove hints at a genre which one could only be described as "epic-meditative"...featuring a series of singles dropping every portal day (10/10, 11/11, etc) through the rest of this year. But it’s an upcoming project, The Kryptonite EP, that will showcase to the world the full extent of Julian Hartwell - now a project of one - as he prepares to release his first full-fledged home-produced, mixed, and sung, debut as a multi-talented singer-songwriter, who has clearly only just begun figuring out just exactly what he is here to say.
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Buy Me A Coffee is an easy and fun way you can lend some support to my musical journey! Think of it as personal artist tip jar. Every little bit helps me in my mission to continue creating my music that can #Heal #Uplift #Remind & #Inspire the masses, and it truly is appreciated.
Thank You!!!