Its actually my name. All of my friends call me J, so I use J.

Yes. All over the world. There's large jazz festivals, concerts, churches, private parties, weddings. Everything.

When I play with other artists, and Ive written a segueway or part of a song, its always nice to hear how it turns out with the band playing live, and to see how the people respond to it.

Right now, Ive got the My Sacrifice album, with stuff on it that I've done for praise and worship. The album is being released July 2007, so I'm really focused on promoting it and making it known to everyone who supports the vision, (and those who should too).

The internet is a powerful tool for artists and business owners across the board. It allows artists greater access to music and resources and gives people a greater platform to perform and promote without having to jump through the hoops of standard majors and distribution .

Listeners can also get to a lot more artists than they could pre-internet, and I think it helps artists across the board.

Thats a hard one to say. The reality is there are lots of ways for artists to get their music out there, the premise being, an artist should find the best possible method to promote his or her music whether it be a traditional record deal or a more private vehicle.

Record labels are a viable option, but there are many more options on the market today, and its up to me, as an entrepreneur and musician to find the best way to promote my music. If the best route is a major label deal, Ill do that, if its independent, Ill do that.

J. Atkins writes, composes, arranges, produces and performs his own music, and has spent a great deal of his career doing the same for others incuding Darren Rahn, Eric Darius, Tim Bowman, and more. He is know the jazz world over for his astounding ivory-tickling, but he is truly a musician's musician, with a body of work as extensive as his worldwide travels, on music business, of course.

Babyface, George Duke, Joe Sample, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sarah Mclaughlin,Herbie Hancock, Bonnie Raitt, and many others...

Orlando, Florida, and Capetown, South Africa, so far.

My live rig is Yamaha and Korg Keys, SWR amps, and a wah pedal, Shure mics. My studio rig is Avalon, Neve, Presonus, Joe Meek and other pre-amps. Cubase software, Shure, SE Gemini studio projects, and Neuman, and other mics

Something About Your Love, the first single from the My Sacrifice album, will be available as a download exclusively from Jatkinsmusic.com beginning July 31, 2007.