Artist Information Biography (See "Joseph A. Peragine Video Documentary" Link For Detailed Biography) -Darkness and mental illness have always found a warm home in music, poetry and the stage. To say that madness breeds brilliance is an understatement when it comes to the work of acclaimed musician and poet Joseph A. Peragine. (Edie of Dig This Real Magazine) -Joseph A. Peragine plays music with a passion that could only be born of serious pain and many somber days spent sitting deep in somnambulist thought. (Bob Freville of Kotori Magazine) Joseph A. Peragine is an independent experimental solo artist based out of New Jersey (Formerly living in Cincinnati, OH). He has been writing, singing, and playing many instruments since the age of 14. Joseph's somber melodic music and dark spoken word material is written about his personal struggles with paranoid schizophrenia. Joseph has numerous releases under his self-proclaimed indie-DIY-label, 3-fi Enterprises LLC. (View Discography Below For Details) CREDITS: (The Acoustic Diaries had made the "Top 20" for the month of May 2005 on KCSN "Arts and Roots Radio" in California.) (Joseph's "Matter of Opinion" music video and "Artist Profile" Documentary had been aired on numerous networks and shows including Music Mix USA, Skope TV, The Underground TV, MashUp, Home Grown Video, PunkTV.ca and The Eclectic Show) (Joseph's Song "Suicide Countdown" had been featured as track#2 on the "Dig This Real Issue#14 Compilation) (Joseph's song "All Alone Again" has also been selected as a finalist in the 2009 Edition of the 100% Music Songwriting Contest as well as a nominee for the 2009 Independent Singer-Songwriter Association (ISSA) Contest. ) -SEE PRESS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILED MAGAZINE AND RADIO REVIEW/INTERVIEW CREDITS. Instrumentation Joseph A. Peragine: Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Sampling Discography "The Acoustic Diaries" (Oct. 2004) "Self Medication...Poems of Alienation" (Nov. 2006) "Artist Profile: Joseph A. Peragine Video Documentary" (Nov.2006) "Matter of Opinion Music Video" (June 2008) "Dig This Real Issue#14 Compilation" (Track 2) (Winter 2008-09) "Lines 12,9,14,5,19" (March 2009) Links http://www.josephaperagine.com JOSEPH A. PERAGINE VIDEO DOCUMENTARY Press Release