Posts Tagged ‘jerry fuentes’

Balcony TV – NYC

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

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!

http://www.balconytv.com/v/jerry-fuentes

This Week’s Video Post #5

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Today I saw a great band play live right in front of my face. Literally it was in front of my face because I was sitting in the front row at the Apple Store SoHo as Dr. Dog blew up a computer store. Playing a retail store is always weird no matter how you slice it, as I discovered over the past year and a half touring Apple Stores across the country. Still, their energy was inspiring and made me want to rock out with a band again… think I will as a matter of fact. However, for this week’s video post a duet will have to do. This is from my recent trip to Chicago when I stopped by the well known recording studio Chicago Recording Company and shot this live video with a old friend from Texas. Here is the first sneak peek into the upcoming album with a new song. Hope you enjoy!
Stay tuned…
J

This Week’s Video Post! #4

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

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

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO POST! #3

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

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

NEW VIDEO POST! #2

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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

Cooking up something new…

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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…

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Revisting Bob Dylan’s Chronicles

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

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.”

New Music Video – Keeps It Burning

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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