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Jonathan Thomas Parsons (born Mar.30th,1972) is a 'self taught' poet, traditional drawing, graphic artist, photographer and musician. Quit high school in the 11th grade, earned his G.E.D. that following year. Born in Caldwell County, NC. He resides in Lenoir, NC. Throughout his whole life he had always been called JP. He started drawing around 12yrs old and still loves to draw. He got into poetry in high school and has won many Poet Awards and Achievements. He loved skateboarding when growing up, and still loves the skateboarding culture to this day. Sometime in the early 90's he would soon meet Brian Chandler, who changed Jonathan's direction in life. Brian Chandler introduced Jonathan to a wide array of opportunities, such as journalism, business management, advertising, band management/promoting and musicianship. Unfortunately, Jonathan lost his first journalism article copy, fore which he painstakingly interviewed the band 'Indian Dodgeball' and that article was published in Raleigh NC's music magazine "Indie File". Jonathan also assisted Brian Chandler & Michelle Watson-Johnston in the daily operations of local retail store "iLy's", fore which iLy's was featured in the Hickory NC's entertainment magazine "Focus". Jonathan handled all advertising for iLy's. He handled the promotion of Indian Dodgeball in getting gigs, and would then advertise by making flyers for the shows. Jonathan is one of the people involved, who organized Indian Dodgeball and another local band 'Jerry' to play at the "Center Theater"(Lenoir,NC) stage, which was a total success. That marked the first & only 2 bands in history to play on the Center Theater's stage in it's many many years of operation, before closing down. Jonathan is also one of people involved who organized a multi-band concert(Indian Dodgeball & 7 more bands) called: "Youthenasia" (a spin-off of Lollapalooza) for the local people of Lenoir, NC. That too was a huge success. At a time when Jonathan had no intentions of becoming a musician, Brian Chandler pitched the idea to Jonathan to learn singing. At first Jonathan laughed at the idea of himself singing. After many failed attempts. In 1994, Jonathan joined forces with (guitarist)Matthew S. Lutton, (bassist)Doug H. Davis, and (former drummer)Michael L. Woodie. With Jonathan as the vocalist they formed "Reversed Inertia" in Michael's basement. Three improving years later in 1997, Mike would leave the band in pursuit of his own happiness(unknown). A time when Reversed Inertia were planning to start gigging locally. In 1997, Jonathan was approached by Brian Chandler about joining his new band, which at that time, the band didnt have a name. Jonathan then approached Matthew about the possibility of 2 percussionists, Matthew liked the idea. Jonathan played bongos, congas, bells and whistles while Matthew played drums. Jonathan also helped name the band, "Big Earth". Big Earth played 2 successful gigs. One of which was a 'Battle Of The Bands' and Big Earth took 2nd place. The year 1998 when Doug was attending Appalachian State University, Doug organized a onetime gig at a local pizza shop "Ferrara's Pizza". Jonathan(vocalist), Matt(drummer) and Doug(guitarist) played that gig under a different name "Warhammer" and with no bassist. They produced a 10 song CD under the name "Warhammer - We Stand Alone" on MP3.com (now defunct website). Warhammer was also featured on Appalachian State University's campus radio station 90.5 FM that same year.. Many times Jonathan has attempted to rehash "Reversed Inertia" with the original members. All have been failed attempts.

Around 1996, Jonathan got into computer art. He later received a web-design certificate along with Matthew. Jonathan attended Caldwell Community College in 1999 for Information Systems Tech. He has yet to complete it. However, while attending there in Y2K, he was introduced to Photography I. Jonathan feel in love with photography, because it allowed him to express his feelings through pictures.

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