John Thomas Ball (born May 10, 1990) is an American

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ian and guitarist, who plays

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and

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music. He has released three

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s, ''Found Among the Broken'' (2010), ''John Ball'' (2013), and ''By Declaration & the Death'' (2016).

Early and personal life

John Thomas Ball was born on May 10, 1990, in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

, where he graduated from

Oak Mountain High School Oak Mountain High School is a four-year public high school in the northern Shelby County suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. It is part of Shelby County School Schools. Academics College preparation Oak Mountain students can take one or more o ...

in 2008. He received his

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degree majoring in music business from

Belmont University Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ...

in 2011. Ball is currently in the process of obtaining his master's degree in theology from

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...

Music history

His music career began in 2009, with the band, The Sleep Design, where he is the bassist. He released a solo

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

, ''Found Among the Broken'', on November 16, 2010. The subsequent extended play, ''John Ball'', was released on May 21, 2013. His third

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

, ''By Declaration & the Death'', was released on February 12, 2016.

Discography

EPs * ''Found Among the Broken'' (November 16, 2010) * ''John Ball'' (October 2, 2013) * ''By Declaration & the Death'' (February 12, 2016)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, John 1990 births American performers of Christian music Belmont University alumni Living people Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama Songwriters from Alabama 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers American male songwriters