CelloJoe

We booked CelloJoe for our daughter’s birthday party. We were seeking a unique musical performance that both adults and children would enjoy. We first spotted Joey at a music festival on the Peninsula and our daughter took a liking to his beats. His performance did not disappoint and he far exceeded our expectations, integrating his original material, beat-​boxing and kids’ music into his playful, original and laid back performance which everyone enjoyed. Joey was very professional from first contact, responding quickly to the initial inquiry and responsive to emails. He provided a unique and memorable experience for our guests and is simply a cool person that likes what he does and does it well.

Cellojoe recently played for our wedding walk and appetizer hour, he was friendly, easy to work with and very professional. All of our guests asked where I found him and how they could recruit him for their events, he was a huge hit! ! Definitely recommended for any event, he’s talented, creative and really a sweet down to earth guy. Thank you so much Joey!

CelloJoe is an amazing performer. He was definitely the musical highlight of our wedding. Everyone loved his music and it is perfectly primed for a ceremony or reception. He also has such a warm/​inviting presence. He also went way above/​beyond and taped his performance for us! I’d highly recommend CelloJoe for any gigs you might have (not just weddings — I’ve seen him perform in a variety of different places) — he’s unique and possesses amazing musical talent.

I have had the pleasure of working on a few different production teams that booked Cello Joe for many festivals & theatrical performances. He is brilliant. His music is divine, creative, fresh, and unique. He is professional & kind. Everyone always comments how the music of Cello Joe was their favorite part, like nothing they had every seen 1 person do musically. I agree! Thank you for your musical wisdoms & the incredible journeys to create through song, performance art, and presence. Bravo!

Cello Joe brings the positive cosmic vibes with him every where he goes. The man can pick up an audience like no one have have witnessed. He opened up for my comedy show «Living Impaired» and created such an unique magical moment that it carried over into our set. If you get the opportunity, hire Joe for your party, wedding, bar-​mitzvah, retirement party, circumcision festival, Yom Kippar, Qing Ming Jie, and of course Ninoy Aquino Day Celebration. With Cello Joe at your party, your gonna get some booty, I know I almost did.

What CelloJoe does is so unique and such a wonderful addition to any event where people enjoy live music. We hired Joey for our wedding celebration at a remote ranch in Sonoma County.
Joey was just wonderful! He came with his fancy sound system, which he set up for us and which we used for all the toasts. Just before showtime, he changed into a very nice looking tuxedo. And he played beautiful music for us throughout dinner and beyond. When he wasn’t playing his cello, Joey also DJed for us off his iPod and even helped orchestrate the musical accompaniment during my cousin’s singing performance.
After the event, so many of our friends commented to me about how much they enjoyed the music and where did we find this cool guy? Joey was also awesome to hang out with after the party, and it felt like he was just one of the guests.
CelloJoe was a bit hit and I’d highly recommend his unique musical style for any event where you want the music piece to stand out.

CelloJoe is your source for excellent relaxed downtempo groves with a sweet thumping melody and a steady grove so good, you can’t resist to nod your head and smile to the sound. He peddles pure aural poetry. And when the Rock The Bike pedal powered sound system is full effect, the music takes on a whole new bliss for your body and intelligence of mind.

Cello Joe is Great! not only is his music wonderful to listen to… he will happily fill your event with wonderful sounds. be warned, you will be sad when the music stops, so make sure you over estimate how many hours you need him for! Cello Joe played at my wedding and I loved every second of it.

Wow, where to start! CelloJoe performed at our wedding last weekend and was AMAZING. When I started planning I asked my friends on Facebook for recommendations for Ceremony musicians. My research pulled up only extraordinarily expensive, not really my style, ie string quartets and Spanish guitar. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but I was looking for something different!
We went to check him out at a local bar in Berkeley and decided we liked him on the spot, he was friendly and professional and really prompt with communicating back and forth on email and phone, especially considering he was leaving/​left for a one month long bike journey thru Australia before our wedding. I was nervous about what selections he would play (I don’t know cello music very well) so he had some great suggestions.
He was supportive up to the end when I was so concerned with timing (ie when the party should walk, cues to start the bridal march, etc…) When he showed up he looked great in a very professional black suit and tie (great for our Kohl Mansion venue). We stuck to the traditional classical stuff for the ceremony (he’s great at that too) and he pulled out the funkier beatboxing style at the cocktail hour. He even took requests — Nirvana and the Beatles on the cello. It was perfect and my guests could not stop RAVING about what a great find he was. I wish that I had had more time to just sit and listen to him but considering it was my wedding I had to mingle more :)
I can’t wait to check out some more of his local gigs when I get back from my honeymoon!

Cello Joe is awesome! I first heard Joey’s music at a yoga festival, and loved it, and realized that he would be perfect for my fiancé’s and I’s wedding. Pretty much my favorite music ever is Cello/​Viola/​Violin looped over electronic (so that part was pretty obvious), and I also wanted something that wasn’t too «wedding-​ish» yet at the same time would please the more traditional family members while still being interesting for my friends. Plus, I really wanted my wedding to be a very personal experience, and Joey seemed like somebody I would want to be part of the inner circle, and not just a hired musician. I finally got up the nerve to ask Joey if he would consider, and, lucky for us, he was keen and the date worked!
Besides the totally amazing music, Joey was super easy to work with. Joey was very good about asking exactly what we wanted, what times we wanted, etc., so I imagine that if you had a structured wedding plan, he would provide exactly what you wanted at an exact time. I, however, am not a good planner. I think my only instructions were «something wedding-​ish that isn’t the actual wedding song» and gave him a «schedule» that of course was only vaguely reflective of the actual timing of events.
As if by magic, Joey started and stopped at all the exact right times. He went right along with the day as it unfolded without prompting, which was a godsend because if he had needed structured instructions, it wouldn’t have happened. If there needed to be music, Cello Joe was playing, and if it was a part of the wedding where there needed to be silence, the music just stopped. Cello Joe definitely played a part in making it all happen.
Everybody LOVED the music, from my closest friends to most distant relatives. And it was nice just having Joe there as a part of the wedding. Plus now whenever I see Cello Joe’s name as part of the line up at a festival or party, I get a little giddy thinking «Yup, he was at our wedding. We’re cool like that.»
We had the option of having a DJ for an hour that played with Cello Joe, and that was really cool too. Basically, we had Cello Joe play by himself for the outside processional, and then him and the DJ play together during the first part of the reception.
I can’t recommend Cello Joe enough. Thanks for some wonderful music!