Self Discovery: the journey of the Artist
What's good, good people?!? In recent blog posts I've given you guys lots of entertainment, plenty of shameless self-promotion and a little bit of music along the way. Well, now its time to get real. Now it's time to strip away parts of the persona to find out what encapsulates me so much about music. It's time to get a little vulnerable, time to atone for wrongdoings, to make amends in life with distant and past relationships. So lets get to it, shall we...
CJ LIVE @ VINYL - JULY 22nd!!!
I'm hella stoked to be returning to the Vinyl stage soon. Get your discount tickets while you still can... and get ready for a wild summer ride!!! Bringing you songs from FAME vs INFAMY, a few covers and some #NEWMUSIC... I've put my everything I have into this next performance. I hope you will join me there, and thanks to AFTON yet another performance opportunity!!! Get your tickets NOW and support indie music!!! Early ticket purchases are a great way to support my music, because in addition to saving you money on the cost of each ticket... it also gives me a few perks as well that I can share with the fans!!! Perks like, LOCKING IN MY PERFORMANCE TIME, EARNING EXTRA PAY, and even getting to PLAY A LONGER SET! So don't delay, get your tickets now and I'll see you there!!! First 25 Tickets purchased get a FREE DOWNLOAD of FAME vs INFAMY EP!
KICKSTARTER UPDATE #2: Coming Soon
I'll be updating my backers this week with the latest progress on the Kickstarter project. So far, I've managed to raise about $1100... but I've still got a long, long way to go. With just over 30 days or so left in the campaign, I really need YOUR help spreading the word about the project. Let's create a sense of urgency, getting as many people behind us as possible. I know I can do this with YOU!! I'm not just asking for your money and/or support. My team and I are also putting in long hours of hard work, learning and implementing marketing techniques to get more exposure and create more buzz. We've started pre-production for the music videos, compiled email lists, scouted filming locations and begun the task of finding producers/engineers to record with. Just last week I had a great phone conference with an awesome guy, Jeff "fuzzy" Wenzel, that has given my team and I some excellent tools for Kickstarter success. (Insert info from CALL). I highly recommend a consultation with Jeff to any and all indie artist thinking of crowdfunding their next project!! And be sure to check my Kickstarter for complete detailed update next week!
SELF-DISCOVERY: Part One - What I have to stop hiding behind...
I have quite a few defense mechanisms that I've been recently made aware of. On this journey that I've set out on, to become something more, something greater than I am now... I've hit a roadblock that is ME. I have never been vulnerable and that scares the shit out of me! I've built these walls and this persona. I've used my EGO masquerading as my intelligence, to pretend I'm never wrong. I'm far more intelligent than most people realize, but not nearly as smart as I'd like to think I am. I hate losing, I hate being wrong, and I've spent far too much of my life arguing my points so that I don't have to accept failure, error or loss. Only to ironically lose more opportunities to be great by pretending to be greater than... (Let’s reflect on that statement for a moment...)
I have to stop intoxicating, inebriation, and self-medicating, and face the problems in my life and fears I've long suppressed. I have to accept all of my emotions for the first time in life... I'm not sure what that entails yet, but I'm sure I'll find out soon.
Each week I'll give you guy a little more insight into the transformation, but their will be a lot I have to face alone. I'll see you on the other side of this journey.
MOTOWN MONDAY Recap: Kicking off the MONTH OF MARVIN!!!
I couldn't make this week's blog completely serious... Not without bringing you a little of why we're here in first place, of course... some damned good music! Well, if you're one of my YouTube subscribers, then you know that this past Monday was the start of THE MONTH OF MARVIN!! That's right, JUNE on my YouTube channel is dedicated to Marvin Gaye, and my weekly MOTOWN MONDAY series kicked off this month with GOT TO GIVE IT UP!! Check out the full video clip below...
Be sure to check me out next week when I bring some SEXUAL HEALING to YouTube, and until then, stay tuned to Instagram all weekend for quick acapella covers.
MEDITATION for next week...
Join me back here next Friday night for Part Two of SELF DISCOVERY, another Kickstarter Update preview, Motown Monday recap, and some more Instagram acoustic and acapella jams, tumbling clips and maybe even a little parkour!!! Don’t miss it!!!