A little while ago I was asked to take part in this cool production called Balcony TV – artists on rooftops all over the world – Here’s the result of an afternoon in Midtown Manhattan. Enjoy!
A little while ago I was asked to take part in this cool production called Balcony TV – artists on rooftops all over the world – Here’s the result of an afternoon in Midtown Manhattan. Enjoy!
Right now I am sitting on a veranda of what used to be an elegant hotel back in the 1920’s. I am fortunate enough to be staring out at Lake Michigan, while I am working on new tracks for my upcoming album and embarking on a new project called The Dirty Pinatas- a dance/DJ/remix electronic project with my good friend CJ “The Devil’s DJ”. Chicago is at the precipice of what seems like will be a great spring and I can’t wait to come back when I can take a kayak right into the lake after an afternoon of drinking. In other news this week’s video post is “Easy Fit” off the EP “A Kid On 4th”. It was shot live at The Riverhouse in New York- I wore a suit for the occasion. Stay tuned there is more to come…
J
As part of my ongoing weekly video posting for 2010, I am continuing this week with a song from “A Kid On 4th”. Over the last 2 weeks a dear friend and I have been shooting live videos for a handful of songs in choice locations around New York City. This week’s posting is a video for the song “What It Is” and we were fortunate enough to have a nice stretch of time on NYC’s newest city park The Highline. At some point the wind decided to have an epic battle with me through the ending of the song… still not sure who won
Check out this weeks post to my YouTube Channel! This is a song that I have been playing solo and with my band for years but never recorded it or videotaped it until NOW- best of all it’s while I’m sitting on a bed. I have had many requests to record it and post it… SO HERE IT GOES. Sorry it has taken me way too long to get this going but I hope you enjoy. Stay tuned for next week’s upload!!
Spring is on the way,
J
At this very moment I am cooking. As a kid, the only thing I understood about cooking was that it required mom to be in the kitchen at length so I would join her and try and stir stuff. I always stirred it too much. A couple of decades later here I am writing music and cooking a ziti/pesto/broccoli with chicken kind of thing- this has become my favorite dish to cook because when I’m done it actually tastes good. I am also cooking some other things that you eat with your ears and heart instead of your mouth and that’s really what I am here to talk about. I have started production on a new album. This will be a full length record consisting of songs I have buried in my journal and depths of my hard drive for various personal reasons that more than likely involved a form of insecurity. Rest assured, these songs, along with brand new material will surface in the upcoming months. However, as an appetizer I am pushing out a ton of new content to my YouTube Channel. In the past I have been asked for recordings/videos of certain songs I play live but have never released or covers I have adopted but never recorded. NOW is the time for these songs to come to life. As I go through the process with the new album I will be posting sneak peeks into new songs, and choice covers from artists that have influenced me over the years… Please stay tuned…

The Fuentes Staple
Over the last week or so I have been revisiting Bob Dylan’s Chronicles… Some of what he writes speaks loud and clear to me like a church bell ringing between my ears. So as I press through it I will log those parts here. The first are words from his grandmother:
“Happiness isn’t on the road to anything
Happiness is the road.”
Hello all
I am very pleased to announce the completion of a live, intimate music video for “Keeps it Burning”
This was shot live in Forest Park Queens, NY
Directed by: Jessica Brillhart
Produced by: Brillhart/Gonzales Productions