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PITTSBURG —
Ed Ingle, Joplin, grew up loving music, but, aside from a few guitar lessons in school, not realizing that he could make music of his own.
Now he has a CD, “Ordinary Life,” which was recently released by the national independent record label Tate Music Group. Ingle, who sings and records under the name of Edward Jewels, also recently performed at the Pittsburg Hastings store.
Born in St. Louis, he moved with his family to northern California as an infant and grew up in northern California. An excellent athlete, he played tennis in college but grew restless and joined the U.S. Marines.
“I had a wonderful conversion to Christianity and started going to church,” Ingle said in a telephone interview.
He was singing at church when a group leader told him he had a wonderful voice and encouraged him to more solo singing.
“I didn’t want anyone else playing for me, so I taught myself to play guitar,” Ingle said. “After that, I started writing music.”
He lived in Portland, Ore., for a time and was with a group that went to merchant ships with a chaplain to spread the Gospel.
“I would play music to merchant seamen from around the world — China, Alexandria, Egypt, the Philippines,” Ingle said. “I did that for four years. Once one of the Filipino seamen asked me if he could tape me singing, and I said yes. Later on, after he went back home, he told me that they had been using my taped music in his church. That touched me, to know that it does make a difference. Music is a great encouragement to the Gospel, also an outlet to what’s going on inside you.”
His performance name, Edward Jewels, is a combination of his first name and that of his wife, Julie, who is nicknamed Jewels.
“She plays keyboard and we write together,” Ingle said.
He has lived in Joplin a little over 12 years.
“I’m a tennis coach and just recently opened my own business, and will be contracting with the city for its tennis programs,” said Ingle, who has a Professional I rating from the U.S. Professional Tennis Association.
To attain this rating, a tennis pro must score in the 90th percentile in the USPTA certification examination and have taught tennis a minimum of three years.
His CD is available from the iTunes Store, Amazon.com, TateMusicGroup.com and from the For-All Bible Center.
Ingle is also available to sing at churches.
“My wife and I really enjoyed coming over to Pittsburg,” he said. “It’s a really cool town.”
Ed Ingle, Joplin, grew up loving music, but, aside from a few guitar lessons in school, not realizing that he could make music of his own.
Now he has a CD, “Ordinary Life,” which was recently released by the national independent record label Tate Music Group. Ingle, who sings and records under the name of Edward Jewels, also recently performed at the Pittsburg Hastings store.
Born in St. Louis, he moved with his family to northern California as an infant and grew up in northern California. An excellent athlete, he played tennis in college but grew restless and joined the U.S. Marines.
“I had a wonderful conversion to Christianity and started going to church,” Ingle said in a telephone interview.
He was singing at church when a group leader told him he had a wonderful voice and encouraged him to more solo singing.
“I didn’t want anyone else playing for me, so I taught myself to play guitar,” Ingle said. “After that, I started writing music.”
He lived in Portland, Ore., for a time and was with a group that went to merchant ships with a chaplain to spread the Gospel.
“I would play music to merchant seamen from around the world — China, Alexandria, Egypt, the Philippines,” Ingle said. “I did that for four years. Once one of the Filipino seamen asked me if he could tape me singing, and I said yes. Later on, after he went back home, he told me that they had been using my taped music in his church. That touched me, to know that it does make a difference. Music is a great encouragement to the Gospel, also an outlet to what’s going on inside you.”
His performance name, Edward Jewels, is a combination of his first name and that of his wife, Julie, who is nicknamed Jewels.
“She plays keyboard and we write together,” Ingle said.
He has lived in Joplin a little over 12 years.
“I’m a tennis coach and just recently opened my own business, and will be contracting with the city for its tennis programs,” said Ingle, who has a Professional I rating from the U.S. Professional Tennis Association.
To attain this rating, a tennis pro must score in the 90th percentile in the USPTA certification examination and have taught tennis a minimum of three years.
His CD is available from the iTunes Store, Amazon.com, TateMusicGroup.com and from the For-All Bible Center.
Ingle is also available to sing at churches.
“My wife and I really enjoyed coming over to Pittsburg,” he said. “It’s a really cool town.”
