Joey Salvia is a Brooklyn born songwriter, multi instrumentalist, producer, and indie artist. On his 2019 album, "The Soundtrack in My Head", Salvia performed all the instruments including bass, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, ukulele, harmonica, mandolin, and drums. He also produced, mixed, mastered, and engineered the effort.
Joey has spent most of his life performing music as a solo entertainer and in bands. During the 80s, he was a member of the touring college-rock band, The Bash. In the late 90s, he was frontman for The Montgomery Cliffs. Never accused of being a one trick pony, Joey Salvia has also produced a wide variety of radio content, digital media, and commercials. His audio-production & voice-over work has been heard nationwide on Westwood One radio stations. He was even the DJ/MC for over 1000 weddings and club dates in the New York area throughout the 90s.
Joey began his radio career on Long Island at 92.7 WLIR, hosting a new music show. As part of ESPN Radio, NY (The Michael Kay Show) for over 10 years, Joey juggled engineering the show while coming up with jingles, parodies, and theme songs for different guests. He's an original cast-member from 2002-2012.
With Westwood One, Joey produced the radio features, "A Better Life with Sanjay Gupta", "Nash News Now", "ACC Rewind", and also helped produce more than a handful of podcasts like The Final Word with Frangela, Opie Radio, View Point with Bakari Sellers, and The Hughley Truth with D.L. Hughley.
After resigning from ESPN/Disney in 2012, Joey left NYC for Dallas, Texas to spend more time with family and make music. You can find him performing throughout the DFW area both solo and with his band.
In September of 2021, Salvia was recruited by Warner Bros. Discovery to be CNN's first Podcast Creative Services Manager. Part of his role includes writing & producing ads, promos, and overseeing various aspects of production & voice over talent for both the sales and product teams. He's been instrumental in finding and including diverse voices in the audio ad space.
During the pandemic, Joey also began freelance producing and consulting independent content creators and branded podcasts. He works with C suite executives, entrepreneurs, marketers,and even a highly acclaimed motherhood podcast. Visit his Audio Production page for more.