Joey Alkes has been in the music business his entire life.

MANAGEMENT

In the '80's and '90's he managed acts including They Eat Their Own (Like a Drug), Knights of the Living Dead, World Color, Haunted Garage, Tone Poets & Mother's Finest. Currently he works exclusively with chart topping, multi-award winning country/pop singer Eileen Carey. 

SONGWRITER & PRODUCER

His '80's co-writes include the Plimsouls' Million Miles Away and Now, Paul Collins' Beat All Over the World, Phil Seymour's Talk to Me, Alexis Korner's The Sphinx. 

The 2000's produced the highly-acclaimed, cutting-edge act DJ Monkey, with Mick McMains & Jamal "Tip Toe" Cryer. 2 released CD's Another Evolution &Third World War with an underground limited release of Corporate Oil War. Songs include Beatnik, Love Knows No Color & U-Boat.

Aaron Paul's Smooth was released in 2018. 

Alkes & Mick McMains partnered up again on the indie-charting 2018 McMains CD American Soul, songsWould If I Could and Devil Don't Care; with another CD to be released soon. 

PUBLISHING

Joey Alkes is a BMI music publisher: Freedom From Fashion Music. Currently focused on optimizing his vast music catalogue, Million Miles Away was recently re-released in the 2020 remake of the '80's cult film Valley Girl, performed by the female group Deap Vally.