Another Superb Graphic

The artistic ability of some Fantoines continues to amaze.  The above image was created by Lori Kolwyck-Kemp and she has given me permission to use it here.

As Lori is American she’s used an image of an American city. One day, I have no doubt, Jonathan’s picture will adorn the Carnegie Hall and many other world renowned concert venues. Tweet

Another for your Album

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Posted recently by Jonathan on his Facebook page.

I want to share this photo with you which was taken by the professional photographer when I performed in Orlando at the beginning of the month [May]  - I'm not always barefoot and casual LOL  Tweet

The Insider Story - Continued

It’s been a busy few weeks for Jonathan as he prepares his choices of song for the album.  He posted the above photo from a rehearsal with the talented Simon Lepper.

 

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Yesterday he posted this photo of himself, along with the following message, recording at Sony’s Studios.

Just a quick photo from yesterday - you can see all the people in the studio - (me in bare feet, shorts and a loose shirt! - the previous time I was in jeans and too hot!) Such a wonderful time and great to share with all these people!  I hope you're all having a great day! xx

He seems to be having a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoying this new experience recording with musicians instead of recording then having pre-recorded music added (as happened in his first two CDs).  The quality will be so much better.

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Jonathan’s Newsletter

I’ve had a few emails from Fantoines unhappy about having to give their date of birth when applying for Jonathan’s newsletter on his website.  There also has been a little bit of discussion about it on social media.

Personally I think it’s quite unnecessary and it’s obviously quite off-putting to some, or they wouldn’t have emailed me.

I’m a great believer in not providing personal information on the internet unless absolutely necessary and a DOB in this case is exactly that.  If Sony want the demography of the Fantoines they should be honest and ask us if we wouldn’t mind undertaking a brief survey. Plenty websites do that and it seems get reasonably truthful answers, just because visitors to these sites are given a choice of doing a survey. Sony have made the DOB issue mandatory and that is unfortunate.  Hopefully they will remove it before long.

However, until then, here are a few suggestions ((if you don’t want to give your true DOB) given to me via email.  

Make yourself 10, 20, 30, 40 years younger (I like that one)

Give the millennium i.e. 01/01/2000

Give any DOB other than your own

Give 27/10/1994 - my favourite and we will all be 20 years old!!

Hope this helps some of you decide to sign up.  I’ve no idea when the newsletter will be produced but hopefully it will be in our mail boxes before Jonathan’s album is in our postboxes.

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The Inside Story

Aren’t we so lucky to have Jonathan’s Mum Tracy and sister Charlotte keep us informed about Jonathan’s activities?

The above photograph was posted on Twitter yesterday accompanied by the following tweet:

Jonathan Antoine ‏@JonAntoine  19h

Sharing a photo with you all, so different from previous recordings and very exciting! :D

I’m assuming Tracy took the photograph because she tweeted this later:

Jonathan Antoine ‏@JonAntoine  13h

Just updating you whilst Jonathan is preparing for the next recording session- some great sounds coming from the rehearsal room! :D Tracy.

As Fantoines we’re very privileged to be given such consideration by Jonathan and his family.  We all know how fortunate we are, don’t we?   Tweet

Recording Has Begun!

Yes, I know I said in the previous post that I was happy to be redundant now that Sony has set up a website for Jonathan, but it seems it will be some time until it is fully developed.  So, by popular request, I’ve been asked to continue this blog until Sony gets round to providing us with a site worthy of Jonathan’s exceptional talent.  Thank you for the many emails I received about my voluntary redundancy.  I’ve done my best to answer everyone, but please let me know if I’ve not acknowledged yours.

Now back to the subject of this blog - Jonathan!  He tweeted the above photo yesterday (Thursday).  It was taken while he was enroute to Sony’s recording studios to start recording his album.  So good to see him happy isn’t it?

156 days to go now. I’m sure some of us, for the first time in our lives, are wishing time would fly! Tweet

Jonathan’s Official Website

At long last Sony has launched an official website for Jonathan. You can see it here.

It’s by no means complete but Jonathan assures fans on his Facebook page that it will soon be full of interesting things.

This now makes my work on here redundant because I started this site to promote Jonathan on the internet and also to provide some information for those of you who don’t use Facebook and/or Twitter.  Now you will be able to read all about him with just one click.

May I take this opportunity to thank the many thousands of you who have visited this site in the past few months and also the fans who contributed with their photographs and wonderful images.

I will leave this site online for historic reasons. In the years to come, when Jonathan is an internationally renowned tenor, some may want to look back to the beginning of Jonathan’s solo career.

Along with many thousands of fans, I’m excited about what the future holds for him and know he will be extraordinary in the tenor world.

Don’t forget to order your copy of his debut CD! Tweet