HELLO, MY NAME IS JOEL COATES. I AM AN ASPIRING MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, COMPOSER, AND ENGINEER BASED IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. I SPECIALISE IN PIANO, DRUMS, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, AND SYNTH, INSPIRED BY VARIOUS GENRES AND STYLES OF MUSIC SUCH AS R&B, JAZZ, FUNK, SOUL, PSYCHEDELIC, ROCK, AND POP. FOREIGN COMPANY IS MY SOLO PROJECT, WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A GENRE-BENDING, STORY DRIVEN, AND MIND-ENTHUSED BAND.

EVER SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS FASCINATED WITH LEARNING TO PLAY THE PIANO, AND FROM THAT POINT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT I WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER MUSICIAN. I QUICKLY DEVELOPED A UNIQUE LEARNING PROCESS WHEN PERFORMING NEW PIECES OF MUSIC. USING VISUAL REPRESENTATION AND MY AURAL SKILLS HAS BEEN THE KEY TO PERFECTING MY CRAFT, WHICH SOON PAVED THE WAY TO INCREASING LEVELS OF EXPOSURE - BOTH IN PERFORMANCE AND MUSICAL TASTE.

MY TIME STUDYING A BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY WELLINGTON HAS BEEN HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL IN MY PURSUIT OF MUSICAL EXPOSURE, AS I WAS DRAWN TO THE LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY IT HAS INSTILLED IN THE MAIN VALUE POINTS OF THE DEGREE. THE PROJECTS MADE AT UNIVERSITY WERE ABLE TO EXPAND MY MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE INTO THE STUDIO AND LIVE STAGE, ALLOWING ME TO JOIN RISING BANDS FROM THE WELLINGTON REGION SUCH AS BAM & THE MONKS, MONGONZO, COLE SEBASTIAN, JOSH BAM, AND DXMONLORD.

IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO PLAY PIANO, PRODUCE MUSIC, OR JUST BRING MORAL SUPPORT, CONTACT ME AND JOIN THE FOREIGN COMPANY TODAY…