I don't know why I get what feels like ALL of my thinking done in the shower for. Maybe it's because I know no one will interrupt me there or maybe hot water has something to do with the way I think... odd. BUt I've heard a lot of people do they're best thinking in the shower. Apparently Sting wrote "Message in a Bottle" while in the shower and I hear John Lennon has done the same for quite a few Beatles tunes.
Anyway, while I was in the shower today I..... Pause... HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I totally don't want to forget that new exciting turn of events we just had. I hope everyone had a very nice New Years Eve and let's really do something great with 2009.
OK while I was in the shower for some reason the thought of "Evolving" and "Changing" came into my head. I think I've come to the conclusion that they are totally different. I will say this though and I could be very wrong which I have no problem admitting but... I feel like "Evolving" is a wonderful thing that can never go wrong. If you are "Evolving" you're growing you're living, you're experiencing, you're dreaming, you're becoming, you're learning, you're expanding and rounding yourself out. Which I feel like is never a bad thing in the slightest, who doesn't want to do that? Who doesn't want to branch out and live a little? Learn about things you like, don't like, cant get enough of and could probably do without for awhile?
On the flip yet same side, is "Changing." Sometimes I guess change can be for the bad. I would hope that it would always be for the good but I know that I've done somethings or changed somethings that honestly probably should have stayed the same just branched out or grew up a little... Evolved if you will :-)
So I know my last little post was about resolutions and goals and crap but I think that my biggest resolution will be to Evolve. I capitalize it because I like to by the way, I feel like it looks like it has more power or purpose or something. But not only Evolve, I want to understand when I'm doing it and be excited about it. I don't mean excited like call a high school band to play a pep rally on my behalf with cake, and a hypnotist (we had that when I was in high school at a pep rally once, it was like the best day of my life) but I mean learn from not only others but myself. I hope that came out right.
So that's my thought for today. "Evolution can be a Revolution." Maybe that's what I want to say. :-)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
What's and and what the Hell are you doing?
So...
Let's recap on everything very quickly...
-It's 4 in the morning...
-I haven't written one of these in like 4 months or some crap...
-Resolution time because the New Year is just around the block...
-Can't wait for Christmas because I love it...
-So far I've missed the Flu (knock on wood) and that makes me VERY happy because I get that damn virus every single freaking year...
-I'm watching Friends DvDs and have been for the last ohhhh 2 hours... I'd rather do something productive and noisy like blast the radio or play guitar and sing at the top of my lungs but I am trying to respect the fact that like I said, it's 4 in the morning...
So let's play a game. I'll tell you things I really love and maybe spout of a few New Years Resolutions as well as one thing I've learned I absolutely despise and we can see if we all agree or disagree or if we can agree to disagree... and I'd love to hear what your New Year Goals are if you've got them, if you don't I totally suggest you come up with at least 2 or 3 even if they are things like brush my teeth everyday... Love it...
RESOLUTION TIME
-Write, Write, Write... (I have learned this past year that I LOVE to write music and I'd like to continue that but I'd also like to write other things, poems, plays, maybe try spouting off a musical or something)
-Watching less TV... (Honestly I don't think I watch TV very much anyway but check out what I discovered. If you watch TV every single day for 2 hours a day you've watched over 700 hours of TV in that year alone. OVER 700 HOURS OF TV!! Now I'm sure a lot of you are saying "Dude who watches 2 hours EVERY SINGLE DAY? Well maybe you don't watch every day but there are days when you don't and then days when you might watch 3 hours or more. But if you can manage to only watch 2 hours of TV 3 or four times a week then you cut that number (700) in half!! Imagine all the crap you could learn, discover, get good at, reflect on, earn, whatever with an extra 300-400 hours of your life back!!! Holy crap!)
-Eat right. (I've got a sweet tooth... I have had days where I have woken up and had gummy bears, orange juice and a snickers bar for breakfast then I don't eat again for another 6 hours and I'll have an apple, some water and Ju Ju Bees or something... I wish I were joking, needless to say, I need to eat MUCH better)
-Retuning messages, that goes for text, voice, email, smoke flares whatever. (I suck at responding back to anything, I suck at it bad, I don't want to suck at that anymore)
Ok so there's a few I've got a list that's WAAAY too long but I feel like you gotta dream big to be big so go for the gold and better yourself. Anyone else have any?
Ok I know this is getting long... So I'll try and make this one quick. I told you I'd tell you about a thing I discovered that I despise... I will try and make sure this doesn't end on a negative note by the way...
I can not stand the word "Bored." Just typing the crappy word makes me want to stab the computer screen with a pencil. Bored is a term I wish never existed. Now I understand you can't always have something to do to keep your mind totally occupied but please at least do SOMETHING to entertain yourself. Even if it's imagining what it would the world would be like if grass were Tie Die and humans mouths were actually in the palm of your hand and still the way we greeted each other was with a hand shake how awkward would that be. Ok so the thing is I feel like if your bored you just need to figure out a way to expand your normal pattern of life or thinking or dreaming or whatever. So my task for all of you this year is to never ever be bored, and if you are... try not be anymore :-)
Lastly (I promise I'm trying to wrap this up but it's still very early and I never go to sleep)
My band (who's name happens to be Harley Jay) got asked to perform with James Otto and Travis Tritt on Valentines Day this coming year (2009) we're totally excited. It'll be a really really cool party/show and I'm really excited to share the stage with those guys so we'll see if I can hold my own up there for 30 minutes. :-) I want to invite all of you to come if you're in the Scottsdale, Az area. But if you wont be able to be there and you still want to shout out to them your support, be there pals on MySpace. If you do, it'll make me look good and I'll love you forever :-) Head over to...............
HERE-----> http://www.myspace.com/saturdaynightspecialscottsdale
Which is the myspace site for the show itself and add 'em up. Who doesn't love having new friends? Try adding a new one to YOUR life.
Ok everyone you're wonderful, beautiful, special, and amazing and I'll be back soon. Stay warm, stay safe, be happy, make goals, dream big and keep in touch!
Without Wax,
HJ
Let's recap on everything very quickly...
-It's 4 in the morning...
-I haven't written one of these in like 4 months or some crap...
-Resolution time because the New Year is just around the block...
-Can't wait for Christmas because I love it...
-So far I've missed the Flu (knock on wood) and that makes me VERY happy because I get that damn virus every single freaking year...
-I'm watching Friends DvDs and have been for the last ohhhh 2 hours... I'd rather do something productive and noisy like blast the radio or play guitar and sing at the top of my lungs but I am trying to respect the fact that like I said, it's 4 in the morning...
So let's play a game. I'll tell you things I really love and maybe spout of a few New Years Resolutions as well as one thing I've learned I absolutely despise and we can see if we all agree or disagree or if we can agree to disagree... and I'd love to hear what your New Year Goals are if you've got them, if you don't I totally suggest you come up with at least 2 or 3 even if they are things like brush my teeth everyday... Love it...
RESOLUTION TIME
-Write, Write, Write... (I have learned this past year that I LOVE to write music and I'd like to continue that but I'd also like to write other things, poems, plays, maybe try spouting off a musical or something)
-Watching less TV... (Honestly I don't think I watch TV very much anyway but check out what I discovered. If you watch TV every single day for 2 hours a day you've watched over 700 hours of TV in that year alone. OVER 700 HOURS OF TV!! Now I'm sure a lot of you are saying "Dude who watches 2 hours EVERY SINGLE DAY? Well maybe you don't watch every day but there are days when you don't and then days when you might watch 3 hours or more. But if you can manage to only watch 2 hours of TV 3 or four times a week then you cut that number (700) in half!! Imagine all the crap you could learn, discover, get good at, reflect on, earn, whatever with an extra 300-400 hours of your life back!!! Holy crap!)
-Eat right. (I've got a sweet tooth... I have had days where I have woken up and had gummy bears, orange juice and a snickers bar for breakfast then I don't eat again for another 6 hours and I'll have an apple, some water and Ju Ju Bees or something... I wish I were joking, needless to say, I need to eat MUCH better)
-Retuning messages, that goes for text, voice, email, smoke flares whatever. (I suck at responding back to anything, I suck at it bad, I don't want to suck at that anymore)
Ok so there's a few I've got a list that's WAAAY too long but I feel like you gotta dream big to be big so go for the gold and better yourself. Anyone else have any?
Ok I know this is getting long... So I'll try and make this one quick. I told you I'd tell you about a thing I discovered that I despise... I will try and make sure this doesn't end on a negative note by the way...
I can not stand the word "Bored." Just typing the crappy word makes me want to stab the computer screen with a pencil. Bored is a term I wish never existed. Now I understand you can't always have something to do to keep your mind totally occupied but please at least do SOMETHING to entertain yourself. Even if it's imagining what it would the world would be like if grass were Tie Die and humans mouths were actually in the palm of your hand and still the way we greeted each other was with a hand shake how awkward would that be. Ok so the thing is I feel like if your bored you just need to figure out a way to expand your normal pattern of life or thinking or dreaming or whatever. So my task for all of you this year is to never ever be bored, and if you are... try not be anymore :-)
Lastly (I promise I'm trying to wrap this up but it's still very early and I never go to sleep)
My band (who's name happens to be Harley Jay) got asked to perform with James Otto and Travis Tritt on Valentines Day this coming year (2009) we're totally excited. It'll be a really really cool party/show and I'm really excited to share the stage with those guys so we'll see if I can hold my own up there for 30 minutes. :-) I want to invite all of you to come if you're in the Scottsdale, Az area. But if you wont be able to be there and you still want to shout out to them your support, be there pals on MySpace. If you do, it'll make me look good and I'll love you forever :-) Head over to...............
HERE-----> http://www.myspace.com/saturdaynightspecialscottsdale
Which is the myspace site for the show itself and add 'em up. Who doesn't love having new friends? Try adding a new one to YOUR life.
Ok everyone you're wonderful, beautiful, special, and amazing and I'll be back soon. Stay warm, stay safe, be happy, make goals, dream big and keep in touch!
Without Wax,
HJ
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
News, Radio, Video, Music... That'll do...
Long time no see!!!
First off I wanted to share a little video with you all. I'd post it on here but don't have a straight up copy of my own so you'll have to head over to the URL to check it out. But since my record came out I've lucked out with an incredible response from people and I could have never guessed in my wildest dreams it would be running like it is. I'm honored. But I had the chance to play "Stuff Packed" and "The Moment You Get Back" on a radio station live in Az, and was fortunate enough at the same time, to have the news do a story on local music. It was very cool to sort of grab two things at once like that so if you have any interest in watching the news story and hear a clip of the songs you are more than welcome to head over to......
HERE:
http://www.azfamily.com/video/geaz-index.html?nvid=269754&shu=1
The other groups on the show were very talented and very cool kat and it was a pleasure sharing the time with all of you. :-)
Also on the music streak, I had my CD release party in Az and I don't mean to pat myself on the back but I'll be honest and say I had one of the best times on a stage that I've ever had in my entire life. I couldn't enjoy my band anymore and I couldn't be more blessed to have so many people come out to support me. The turn out was fantastic and the energy from the people in the room was incredible. We were able to play the entire record which was fantastic and then because of the audience lucked out with a one song encore. I was floored at the encore thing and too be honest a bit freaked out to play one incase it sucked big time but I think it came off alright :-) During the set I did a cover of Wonderwall by Oasis which was new and fun for me so I think I just might play it a few more times more :-)
To get a little on a personal note, and I understand I'm not your parents or grand parents or brothers and sisters, your church leader, best friend, school teacher, drama teacher or anyone else of a higher substance but I wanted to briefly say a few things. I am very lucky to hear from lots of you guys on a daily basis, why I deserve that honor I don't think I'll ever quite understand. But I am always so excited to hear from you and hear about your new shows you're in, or contests you've won, or the fact you just bought a new dog that you love to death, or even the hard time in your life with sickness, or career struggles, or school problems or whatever the case may be so thank you so much for letting me share in either a troubled time or a wonderful time in your life.
I feel like in the world especially right now, people are constantly saying NO or You could never do that, or that's not real life, or get your head out of the clouds and to be frank, I'm totally sick and tired of that crap. I also feel like somewhere down the line it got uncool to ask questions... Where the hell did that come from? So I'm here to tell all of you in the best way I know how without trying to sound like your parents or grand parents or high school counselor, you seriously can be anything you want. I swear on my heartbeat you can. It might not come immediately or even in the time you think it should but I swear if you keep it in your mind and you keep working for it, you can be anything in the entire world. I swear. And I feel like a great way to get to that place is to ask questions. If you don't understand something, ask... Who cares if you didn't know, so what... And if you get laughed at or made fun of for asking the question just know that at one point the person laughing didn't know the answer either. They were in the same boat as you at one time so they can just get over it. I think a lot of these reality shows like "Americans Most Smartest Model" and "The Real World" have made it look uncool to ask questions but when it really comes down to it, you can only talk about what you already know, so when people shut up and listen and ask questions can you imagine how much more you would learn about. And you know what, it just might be the shit you actually want to know about. So after all that I just hope you all understand no matter what age you are no matter where you are in your life no matter what kind of family life you have or don't have no matter your financial status, your looks, your smarts, your personality no matter what... you can be anything you want, and it's ok to ask questions. Go for it. Ask away. And if someone laughs at you, spit on them :-) No don't do that cause seriously thats gross but screw them, who cares if they laugh, karma's a bitch sometimes so that will come back around... maybe while they are laughing they will choke on their own tongue... Who knows...
I hope this didn't come off preachy but I think sometimes I need to say stuff to you guys just so I don't forget about it all myself. Thank you for listening and reading. Thank you for excepting me, thank you for being my friend.
Without Wax,
HJ
First off I wanted to share a little video with you all. I'd post it on here but don't have a straight up copy of my own so you'll have to head over to the URL to check it out. But since my record came out I've lucked out with an incredible response from people and I could have never guessed in my wildest dreams it would be running like it is. I'm honored. But I had the chance to play "Stuff Packed" and "The Moment You Get Back" on a radio station live in Az, and was fortunate enough at the same time, to have the news do a story on local music. It was very cool to sort of grab two things at once like that so if you have any interest in watching the news story and hear a clip of the songs you are more than welcome to head over to......
HERE:
http://www.azfamily.com/video/geaz-index.html?nvid=269754&shu=1
The other groups on the show were very talented and very cool kat and it was a pleasure sharing the time with all of you. :-)
Also on the music streak, I had my CD release party in Az and I don't mean to pat myself on the back but I'll be honest and say I had one of the best times on a stage that I've ever had in my entire life. I couldn't enjoy my band anymore and I couldn't be more blessed to have so many people come out to support me. The turn out was fantastic and the energy from the people in the room was incredible. We were able to play the entire record which was fantastic and then because of the audience lucked out with a one song encore. I was floored at the encore thing and too be honest a bit freaked out to play one incase it sucked big time but I think it came off alright :-) During the set I did a cover of Wonderwall by Oasis which was new and fun for me so I think I just might play it a few more times more :-)
To get a little on a personal note, and I understand I'm not your parents or grand parents or brothers and sisters, your church leader, best friend, school teacher, drama teacher or anyone else of a higher substance but I wanted to briefly say a few things. I am very lucky to hear from lots of you guys on a daily basis, why I deserve that honor I don't think I'll ever quite understand. But I am always so excited to hear from you and hear about your new shows you're in, or contests you've won, or the fact you just bought a new dog that you love to death, or even the hard time in your life with sickness, or career struggles, or school problems or whatever the case may be so thank you so much for letting me share in either a troubled time or a wonderful time in your life.
I feel like in the world especially right now, people are constantly saying NO or You could never do that, or that's not real life, or get your head out of the clouds and to be frank, I'm totally sick and tired of that crap. I also feel like somewhere down the line it got uncool to ask questions... Where the hell did that come from? So I'm here to tell all of you in the best way I know how without trying to sound like your parents or grand parents or high school counselor, you seriously can be anything you want. I swear on my heartbeat you can. It might not come immediately or even in the time you think it should but I swear if you keep it in your mind and you keep working for it, you can be anything in the entire world. I swear. And I feel like a great way to get to that place is to ask questions. If you don't understand something, ask... Who cares if you didn't know, so what... And if you get laughed at or made fun of for asking the question just know that at one point the person laughing didn't know the answer either. They were in the same boat as you at one time so they can just get over it. I think a lot of these reality shows like "Americans Most Smartest Model" and "The Real World" have made it look uncool to ask questions but when it really comes down to it, you can only talk about what you already know, so when people shut up and listen and ask questions can you imagine how much more you would learn about. And you know what, it just might be the shit you actually want to know about. So after all that I just hope you all understand no matter what age you are no matter where you are in your life no matter what kind of family life you have or don't have no matter your financial status, your looks, your smarts, your personality no matter what... you can be anything you want, and it's ok to ask questions. Go for it. Ask away. And if someone laughs at you, spit on them :-) No don't do that cause seriously thats gross but screw them, who cares if they laugh, karma's a bitch sometimes so that will come back around... maybe while they are laughing they will choke on their own tongue... Who knows...
I hope this didn't come off preachy but I think sometimes I need to say stuff to you guys just so I don't forget about it all myself. Thank you for listening and reading. Thank you for excepting me, thank you for being my friend.
Without Wax,
HJ
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sexton, Avenue, Wax Free, John Mayer, Jen Aniston, and Me
I thought it was time to come back to the fun blog site.
For some reason MySpace starts to get a little impersonal feeling for me so I have to move on to new places. Since the site has been pretty much completely re-done I figure I need to use it much more than I actually do. I like it here. The space is bigger and not nearly as visually busy. I realize it's a little out of the way from MySpace but hopefully just one click.
Let's get it started then...
Music:
If you haven't yet there are two things you need to check out this week... Psych there are three...
(1) Martin Sexton "Live Wide Open" he's got a very Jack Black sort of look and at times sounds like him even. He's a SICK guitar player and writes some of the greatest, Blues, Folk, Acoustic Trio stuff I've ever heard. I am completely addicted and have been for a few days now. Anyway check out that record and listen to "BEAST IN ME" the best part starts right about 2:10 into it and goes for about 2 minutes after, but the entire tune is great... ANGELINE is another one to check out.
(2) Boyce Ave. (check them out on YouTube... THE BOMB! I will admit I haven't paid as much attention to their original stuff as I have their cover tunes but they do some of the best covers of pop and R n B tunes I've heard in a long time. They do a cover of 4 minutes by JT and Madonna that is sicker than ritz bitz (which I love) and you need to check them out.
(3) ME... CHECK ME OUT :-) "Without Wax" is here and ready to go. Thank you ALL of those who have already picked it up from the site, you guys are my hero's for life I swear. The rest of you GET ON IT!! You can listen to the entire record on teh site if you'd like before you buy it.. but just buy it!! :-)
I need to comment on the John and Jen thing...
They broke up, WTF... Come on now guys, I supported that and I never give two craps about celeb. gossip relationship crud. But I couldn't help but pat my boy John on the back when I heard the news of him and Former Pitt... It's a sad day in Hollywood folks :-)
Here is one of Boyce Ave. Bleeding Love - Originally performed by Leona Lewis...
For some reason MySpace starts to get a little impersonal feeling for me so I have to move on to new places. Since the site has been pretty much completely re-done I figure I need to use it much more than I actually do. I like it here. The space is bigger and not nearly as visually busy. I realize it's a little out of the way from MySpace but hopefully just one click.
Let's get it started then...
Music:
If you haven't yet there are two things you need to check out this week... Psych there are three...
(1) Martin Sexton "Live Wide Open" he's got a very Jack Black sort of look and at times sounds like him even. He's a SICK guitar player and writes some of the greatest, Blues, Folk, Acoustic Trio stuff I've ever heard. I am completely addicted and have been for a few days now. Anyway check out that record and listen to "BEAST IN ME" the best part starts right about 2:10 into it and goes for about 2 minutes after, but the entire tune is great... ANGELINE is another one to check out.
(2) Boyce Ave. (check them out on YouTube... THE BOMB! I will admit I haven't paid as much attention to their original stuff as I have their cover tunes but they do some of the best covers of pop and R n B tunes I've heard in a long time. They do a cover of 4 minutes by JT and Madonna that is sicker than ritz bitz (which I love) and you need to check them out.
(3) ME... CHECK ME OUT :-) "Without Wax" is here and ready to go. Thank you ALL of those who have already picked it up from the site, you guys are my hero's for life I swear. The rest of you GET ON IT!! You can listen to the entire record on teh site if you'd like before you buy it.. but just buy it!! :-)
I need to comment on the John and Jen thing...
They broke up, WTF... Come on now guys, I supported that and I never give two craps about celeb. gossip relationship crud. But I couldn't help but pat my boy John on the back when I heard the news of him and Former Pitt... It's a sad day in Hollywood folks :-)
Here is one of Boyce Ave. Bleeding Love - Originally performed by Leona Lewis...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
INXS and I's Play Date
Right now I'm listening to the band INXS. If you've never heard INXS you need to. I'm going to give you an assignment.
First purchase (don't steal it from Limewire or Kazaa or whatever pay the 99 cents kids I promise you wont go broke) the song called "What You Need."
Next turn your speakers up dude, I'm talking loud too none of this I might get in trouble or wake the room mates crap... Turn it up!
Now press play. (If you're using iTunes just hit the space bar, it turns out to be the most magical button)
Next listen to this song and while you listen (this is where it gets tricky but SOO much fun) picture in your mind a high school prom type situation. With every single kid from you school including the losers you hate, the jocks, the stuck up slutty girls, the football knob heads, the hot girl/boy that sit next to you in Chemistry, you get the idea. All of them are dressed to the nines, Tuxes, sparkly dresses, halter tops, strapless, suspenders, shinny shoes, flowers in there hair, disco ball, crazy lights, all that jazz, I mean really picture this stuff!
Now listen to this song and give each and every person you can picture from your school their own little 5 second dance solo, and just imagine what they would look like when they take the floor... If you do this right I promise you you'll start cracking up... I tried it today (can you tell how much time I have) and dug it. I had a good time. Especially in the drum solo type part like 1:50 into the song. At 1:57 picture the slutty girl and her boyfriend bumpin and grindin' in front of everyone like the world owes them something and you can form any opinion you want from there on out. Fun game Fun Game.
Now... Here's something you don't need to write home about but can if you want....
I'm officially back in LA and now have to take a bit of time to warm up to this place again I think. I miss the city and really started to love it there the last few months I had. UPDATE: My Album is done! Or at least my part is done, no more music playing, no more writing (for this one) no more vocals, no we are in the mixing, and engineering phase along with art work and packaging. But I will say (and this is official) this bad boy will be out and ready to go for you all to hear by the last week in July. THE LAST WEEK OF JULY IT'S ALL YOURS. And if I do say so myself, I like, I'm proud of it, it sounds cool, and I dig it so I hope you do too.
I had a gig here a few weeks back. It was... Interesting. My Buddy David and I played and sang we had a good time, lots of people showed which was wicked, but we still have A LOT of work to do and I'm excited about that, the only place to go from here is up up and away!! Yay! We'll keep playing keep working and the next one will be much smoother I think.
Ok I'm long winded and I don't mean to be. Go to sleep, eat a sandwich, finish your summer school homework, walk the dog, kiss your mom and tell her you love her. Be good and Keep safe.
Without Wax,
HJ
First purchase (don't steal it from Limewire or Kazaa or whatever pay the 99 cents kids I promise you wont go broke) the song called "What You Need."
Next turn your speakers up dude, I'm talking loud too none of this I might get in trouble or wake the room mates crap... Turn it up!
Now press play. (If you're using iTunes just hit the space bar, it turns out to be the most magical button)
Next listen to this song and while you listen (this is where it gets tricky but SOO much fun) picture in your mind a high school prom type situation. With every single kid from you school including the losers you hate, the jocks, the stuck up slutty girls, the football knob heads, the hot girl/boy that sit next to you in Chemistry, you get the idea. All of them are dressed to the nines, Tuxes, sparkly dresses, halter tops, strapless, suspenders, shinny shoes, flowers in there hair, disco ball, crazy lights, all that jazz, I mean really picture this stuff!
Now listen to this song and give each and every person you can picture from your school their own little 5 second dance solo, and just imagine what they would look like when they take the floor... If you do this right I promise you you'll start cracking up... I tried it today (can you tell how much time I have) and dug it. I had a good time. Especially in the drum solo type part like 1:50 into the song. At 1:57 picture the slutty girl and her boyfriend bumpin and grindin' in front of everyone like the world owes them something and you can form any opinion you want from there on out. Fun game Fun Game.
Now... Here's something you don't need to write home about but can if you want....
I'm officially back in LA and now have to take a bit of time to warm up to this place again I think. I miss the city and really started to love it there the last few months I had. UPDATE: My Album is done! Or at least my part is done, no more music playing, no more writing (for this one) no more vocals, no we are in the mixing, and engineering phase along with art work and packaging. But I will say (and this is official) this bad boy will be out and ready to go for you all to hear by the last week in July. THE LAST WEEK OF JULY IT'S ALL YOURS. And if I do say so myself, I like, I'm proud of it, it sounds cool, and I dig it so I hope you do too.
I had a gig here a few weeks back. It was... Interesting. My Buddy David and I played and sang we had a good time, lots of people showed which was wicked, but we still have A LOT of work to do and I'm excited about that, the only place to go from here is up up and away!! Yay! We'll keep playing keep working and the next one will be much smoother I think.
Ok I'm long winded and I don't mean to be. Go to sleep, eat a sandwich, finish your summer school homework, walk the dog, kiss your mom and tell her you love her. Be good and Keep safe.
Without Wax,
HJ
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Rock N' Roll
Ok I've gotta post this. This will be probably the best 3 minutes and 42 seconds of 2008. Trust Me.
COME ON!!! WAS THAT NOT THE GREATEST EFFING SONG EVER!!!
Why the hell don't they make cartoons like that anymore? Do we have to have these computer generated, what is supposed to look like real life, crap cartoons now? I want this crap dammit! And I want to meet the dude that wrote that tune because I friggin love it. Why don't we have song like this anymore either? Big vocals, harmonies, the works. Honestly if you don't crack up while watching this you need to watch it again. They say "Radio Blastin' on the way to the club gonna rock this town tonight!!" AMAZING!!! This is a kids show and who knew that they would have had a Britney Spears chipmunk before Britney was even a thought!!!
Ok I'll get off that subject but you have to admit back in the Late Late 80's this song was bad to the bone!
I also wanted to talk about the Christmas Benefit! What a great turn out! Thanks to everyone that showed up and donate money and listened to everybody play and for being so so kind during the entire show! I had one of the greatest times I've had since I've lived here and I owe it all to you guys so thank you from the bottom of my heart it was great to be there.
Alright Usually I end these things with Keep safe but today I think I will tell you to Keep safe but honestly this week, let try adn be the "Boy's and Girl's of Rock N' Roll."
Harley Jay
COME ON!!! WAS THAT NOT THE GREATEST EFFING SONG EVER!!!
Why the hell don't they make cartoons like that anymore? Do we have to have these computer generated, what is supposed to look like real life, crap cartoons now? I want this crap dammit! And I want to meet the dude that wrote that tune because I friggin love it. Why don't we have song like this anymore either? Big vocals, harmonies, the works. Honestly if you don't crack up while watching this you need to watch it again. They say "Radio Blastin' on the way to the club gonna rock this town tonight!!" AMAZING!!! This is a kids show and who knew that they would have had a Britney Spears chipmunk before Britney was even a thought!!!
Ok I'll get off that subject but you have to admit back in the Late Late 80's this song was bad to the bone!
I also wanted to talk about the Christmas Benefit! What a great turn out! Thanks to everyone that showed up and donate money and listened to everybody play and for being so so kind during the entire show! I had one of the greatest times I've had since I've lived here and I owe it all to you guys so thank you from the bottom of my heart it was great to be there.
Alright Usually I end these things with Keep safe but today I think I will tell you to Keep safe but honestly this week, let try adn be the "Boy's and Girl's of Rock N' Roll."
Harley Jay
Saturday, November 24, 2007
The Strike Epidemic, Say, & Sporting Goods
The strike on Broadway has officially been going on for 2 weeks. What do I think? How do I feel about that? What could I possibly say that hasn't been said yet? NOTHING! Lets just fix it... and in the words of Forest Gump "That's all I have to say about that." Good grief... :-/ I don't even have pictures of the whole thing because it has been the same pictures for the last 13 days as they were the first, a bunch of people in the freezing cold (most of the time rainy weather, holding coffee and signs and pacing back and forth) in hopes of clearing this up quickly as well.
Onto something a bit happier, or less confusing, or just something else...
If you have a free second I invite you to check out this brilliant piece of work from a guy that I will admit dated my Aunt. Yes my Aunt. Yes I will say once again he dated my Aunt. He plays guitar, sings, writes brilliant music, and dates my Aunt... I mean Dated... They are no longer dating... The mastermind I'm talking about is John Mayer. Yes the "You're body is a Wonderland, No Such Thing, Waiting on the World to Change, used to have his own TV show 'til it flopped and has seen Jessica Simpson naked, John Mayer. Anyway, he has a single out of a song he did for a film and the song is (like 99 percent of his stuff) totally brilliant. It's called "Say" Say-John Mayer Click that and it'll pop up on iTunes, you can hear a clip... At least I think I did the link thing right.
Ok now it's time for me to admit something. While the strike was going on in New York the first week, I was there and showed up at the theater and did my thing but no show. Then my sister got very sick and put into the hospital for kidney defect and I asked to go home to be with her and the rest of my family. My stage manager was very cool about the whole thing and I flew home last Monday to be with everybody. My sister is still sick (a week later) and hopefully the doctors will figure out what is wrong with her but it was really nice to hang with my family especially since it was Thanksgiving this week. My dad is easily my best friend in the entire world and at 53 the dude can rock out in more sports than a 24 year old little boy. How do I know? Because I'm 24 and he rocks my world at everything. It's been fantastic even if I am getting beat around whatever sporting field we are playing that day. So I will be heading back to New York tomorrow and while I'm there I plan on hiring Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Dickie Webber, and Tiger Woods for 7 hours a day 4 days a week to teach me how to whoop my dads ass in everything... nuff said.
Be good you guys and Keep Safe :-)
Harley
Onto something a bit happier, or less confusing, or just something else...
If you have a free second I invite you to check out this brilliant piece of work from a guy that I will admit dated my Aunt. Yes my Aunt. Yes I will say once again he dated my Aunt. He plays guitar, sings, writes brilliant music, and dates my Aunt... I mean Dated... They are no longer dating... The mastermind I'm talking about is John Mayer. Yes the "You're body is a Wonderland, No Such Thing, Waiting on the World to Change, used to have his own TV show 'til it flopped and has seen Jessica Simpson naked, John Mayer. Anyway, he has a single out of a song he did for a film and the song is (like 99 percent of his stuff) totally brilliant. It's called "Say" Say-John Mayer Click that and it'll pop up on iTunes, you can hear a clip... At least I think I did the link thing right.
Ok now it's time for me to admit something. While the strike was going on in New York the first week, I was there and showed up at the theater and did my thing but no show. Then my sister got very sick and put into the hospital for kidney defect and I asked to go home to be with her and the rest of my family. My stage manager was very cool about the whole thing and I flew home last Monday to be with everybody. My sister is still sick (a week later) and hopefully the doctors will figure out what is wrong with her but it was really nice to hang with my family especially since it was Thanksgiving this week. My dad is easily my best friend in the entire world and at 53 the dude can rock out in more sports than a 24 year old little boy. How do I know? Because I'm 24 and he rocks my world at everything. It's been fantastic even if I am getting beat around whatever sporting field we are playing that day. So I will be heading back to New York tomorrow and while I'm there I plan on hiring Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Dickie Webber, and Tiger Woods for 7 hours a day 4 days a week to teach me how to whoop my dads ass in everything... nuff said.
Be good you guys and Keep Safe :-)
Harley
Monday, November 19, 2007
I Just Have to Inform You Guys I Think...
Hey everybody,
I will keep this one short and do another tomorrow but I wanted to just tell everybody a quick little insight.
I am not the only one that checks and updates my myspace page. I will Promise though that when you get a response from me related to a note or comment on myspace, it's ALWAYS me writing you back but I'm not always... I'm hardly ever the one updating the information, or changing the look, or adding songs, mixing up comments... the list goes on. But the bottom line is please please please, I beg of you to forgive me if you paid 20 bucks or whatever for my Broadway Record and found out that you can now buy it through digital download from DigStation. It is cheaper, I will give you that, it saves you money, but I have nothing to do with that download and neither does this fan site. Please don't write mean things to the very nice girl that runs this page about how you feel you got screwed out of 5 bucks or however much it cost you to purchase it from here instead of downloading the record.
I will give you a couple reasons though why it is more money to buy here than it is to download the album. If you buy it here I donate money to Marfan Syndrome. Also when you buy the record here, you get the actual product, meaning you get the CD and the artwork and the case and it's wrapped in plastic, the whole shibag!
When you download the album you don't get an actual CD case and the works, and none of that money goes to the charity. In fact I don't hardly get a cent of that purchase, it mostly goes to the downloading company.
I realize this is a ridiculous Blog but wanted to just clear something up for the people that are pissed they paid more money for the album and felt the need to say something to the manager of this site.
I'm really sorry but I thought I would get that out there, also just so it's not a surprise the record will be on iTunes soon and will be the same price on there as it is on Digstation (all the same applies) I hope that kind of clears things up for you guys and is a good enough explanation as too why there is a price difference.
That being said you guys are fantastic and I can't thank you enough for the very kind e-mails, letters, messages, comments the works that you have all said in response to my album, I'm glad yo enjoy it, and if you don't like it I apologize I'll do better next time I swear. :-)
Be good and check back again later within 24 hours and we'll have a much better update... Especially with this crazy crudy strike. Keep safe everyone.
Harley
I will keep this one short and do another tomorrow but I wanted to just tell everybody a quick little insight.
I am not the only one that checks and updates my myspace page. I will Promise though that when you get a response from me related to a note or comment on myspace, it's ALWAYS me writing you back but I'm not always... I'm hardly ever the one updating the information, or changing the look, or adding songs, mixing up comments... the list goes on. But the bottom line is please please please, I beg of you to forgive me if you paid 20 bucks or whatever for my Broadway Record and found out that you can now buy it through digital download from DigStation. It is cheaper, I will give you that, it saves you money, but I have nothing to do with that download and neither does this fan site. Please don't write mean things to the very nice girl that runs this page about how you feel you got screwed out of 5 bucks or however much it cost you to purchase it from here instead of downloading the record.
I will give you a couple reasons though why it is more money to buy here than it is to download the album. If you buy it here I donate money to Marfan Syndrome. Also when you buy the record here, you get the actual product, meaning you get the CD and the artwork and the case and it's wrapped in plastic, the whole shibag!
When you download the album you don't get an actual CD case and the works, and none of that money goes to the charity. In fact I don't hardly get a cent of that purchase, it mostly goes to the downloading company.
I realize this is a ridiculous Blog but wanted to just clear something up for the people that are pissed they paid more money for the album and felt the need to say something to the manager of this site.
I'm really sorry but I thought I would get that out there, also just so it's not a surprise the record will be on iTunes soon and will be the same price on there as it is on Digstation (all the same applies) I hope that kind of clears things up for you guys and is a good enough explanation as too why there is a price difference.
That being said you guys are fantastic and I can't thank you enough for the very kind e-mails, letters, messages, comments the works that you have all said in response to my album, I'm glad yo enjoy it, and if you don't like it I apologize I'll do better next time I swear. :-)
Be good and check back again later within 24 hours and we'll have a much better update... Especially with this crazy crudy strike. Keep safe everyone.
Harley
Monday, November 12, 2007
What's my take on this whole thing...
I hear Broadway made world headline news. I'm not quite sure it's the type of headline news everyone might be hoping for but Broadway made headline news...
It's a bit hard for me to explain what is happening here.
It's a very mixed feeling.
Sometimes I feel like everyone just needs to get over themselves and move on, stagehands, producers, actors, directors... whatever.
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It's hard to really speak your piece about this entire circumstance because you want to support everyone. The stagehands are great guys and girls and the show can not function at all without them. What do I mean by that? The stagehands are (just to name a few) the ones that run the lights, the sound, the fly systems, the costumes, the fair and make up, the dressers, the ones that clean the theater each day, the ones that fix broken props, the ones that move the piano on stage so you can rehearse, the ones collecting the tickets at the door, the ones selling you the tickets.. the list goes on and on...
I'm not going to put my opinion too much into this topic because too be honest it's really not my place to say who is right and who is being unreasonable. It goes both ways. That's what I will say. Both (the stagehands and the producers) have great arguments and both have not so great requests.
What I will say is I know a lot of stagehands that have families, and I know a lot of producers that have families. Both are trying to make money and both are trying to keep their job. Both are loosing out in some way shape or form because of the strike. And that being said so are the Actors, and too be honest it isn't really our fight. We want to support the theater family but we loose out on our paychecks as this continues too.
I don't think I really want to give too much more on this subject, at least in this fashion because honestly I don't really know what to say about it all. My general consensus is very simple though... It Sucks, I just want to perform. Lets fix this all ready.
It's a bit hard for me to explain what is happening here.
It's a very mixed feeling.
Sometimes I feel like everyone just needs to get over themselves and move on, stagehands, producers, actors, directors... whatever.
----
It's hard to really speak your piece about this entire circumstance because you want to support everyone. The stagehands are great guys and girls and the show can not function at all without them. What do I mean by that? The stagehands are (just to name a few) the ones that run the lights, the sound, the fly systems, the costumes, the fair and make up, the dressers, the ones that clean the theater each day, the ones that fix broken props, the ones that move the piano on stage so you can rehearse, the ones collecting the tickets at the door, the ones selling you the tickets.. the list goes on and on...
I'm not going to put my opinion too much into this topic because too be honest it's really not my place to say who is right and who is being unreasonable. It goes both ways. That's what I will say. Both (the stagehands and the producers) have great arguments and both have not so great requests.
What I will say is I know a lot of stagehands that have families, and I know a lot of producers that have families. Both are trying to make money and both are trying to keep their job. Both are loosing out in some way shape or form because of the strike. And that being said so are the Actors, and too be honest it isn't really our fight. We want to support the theater family but we loose out on our paychecks as this continues too.
I don't think I really want to give too much more on this subject, at least in this fashion because honestly I don't really know what to say about it all. My general consensus is very simple though... It Sucks, I just want to perform. Lets fix this all ready.
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