So as much as i hate the Philadelphia eagles :) there is a strong possibility i will be spending a day or two in the town that my beloved New York Giants will be facing off against in the playoffs.

I have been selected to perfrom in a songwriters competition in thats right .. Philadelphia

I will be perfoming on Thursday Jan 8th @ 7pm as part of this new songwriter series. I am honored to be playing and will be joined by Lee Sylvestre and will throw and open offer out to anyone who wants to tag along to show hometown support. We will be staying the night and heading back Friday Morning

thanks!

here is the info

http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2812

So i stole this idea from my good friend Melissa its great and i thought  I would try it out as well...

its a quick synopsis of all the things i learned this year....going into 2009

Keep in mind alot of this is inside jokes!

Life is never going to be easy but show up and do it with a smile no matter what

That having your team win a championship eases 18 years of pain in an instant

At the end of everything you're chasing Family and Friends are what I cherish the most

Playing music is healing in so many ways

Even though you're a good person you can still be capable of bad things

I have the best group of friends that I love dearly

Alcohol doesn't make things go away but its still tasty

A great buzz beats being drunk

Nothing beats a good hoody

Caffeine is my friend

Nothing can enhance a feeling like music

Cell phone chargers aren't cheap

.Colorado Springs is a lot different from Denver, CO

Toronto is very clean until Americans show up

I am famous in Niagara Falls and Ryan makes for a good PR person

The Red Sox aren't invincible L but still make me very proud

Don't ever try moving a freezer on your own unless you like stitches

Male greyhounds are really Labradors are in disguise

No hats are safe in my house

Magners is very tasty and goes down very easily

John Harvards is no longer and "open" mic

Sometimes your problems need to take a backseat so you can be there for your friends

I find strength through my friends

Melissa and Kaleena have great heads on their shoulders

 bass players have amazing personalities

Chad Perronne is still the most amazing songwriter

Coldplay kicks my butt

You can never change who you are you can only be conscious of your flaws

If you work really hard you can do it

Giving back is always better than receiving

Mike P is the best friend a musician/person can ask for

My sister is awesome when she is sober, even more awesome when she's not

Scott Haney still has no idea who the hell I am

The term "neck tears" should never be used EVER again

When its your best friend getting married you will cry

I am a softie

Brian Moroney is the real deal and this shit really is platinum

I am constantly in awe with the musicians I get to work with

I so told you Renata would be famous

The Webster Theatre still bites the big one

I'll never get tired of pictures of you

Holidays are overrated

Crocs are actually pretty comfortable

The dark knight rules my world

Alan Veniscofsky makes hit records

Its still weird to pump gas to your own songs

Being 27 is a very scary thing

You can still learn something new about yourself everyday

There is still a fire inside me that can be lit

Steve Leighton gives better advice than DR PHIL

You can't just mail it in anymore, it doesn't fly

Playing bars with NO a/c is as bad as it sounds

You can fix a hole in the wall but it will still always leak a little bit

You can't be everything to everyone

Your boy will always be your boy no matter what

K money is the funniest dude ive ever met

Toronto cross walks had no idea what was waiting for them on floor 4

Strippers in Niagara are very nice they give cab rides

You can make people believe you really are british

Birthdays really are meant to be lived through foggy eyes

Apparently I LOVE HOOTERS

It never gets old saying 18-1

Family is still family

My brother can actually talk and be personable J

Getting hit on @ concerts doesn't mean I am still not really insecure

There are some really beautiful people in the world

I am hotter than Gavin Degraw because he is paler than me

I still hate winter

Running still is the best drug

I really can ride 50 miles on a bike in the worst heat of all time

Just because he is not my neighbor doesn't mean he still isn't the best neighbor alive

Patience is a trait I cherish

Myspace is still the devil , Facebook isn't

When a photo of me is tagged it means "Brian was drunk last night"

I am capable of things I never knew I was both good and bad

I am learning to be selfish

I love to be missed

My dad really is one of my best friends

Cheers to 2009

Just wanted to give a quick update as to what 2009 will look like for any BJ fans ( i know that sounds dirty)  but bare with me here.

2009 will be all about new songs. I have arranged several different co-writers and song writing sessions that will take place along with the recording of a new single which i hope to have completed soon called " There she goes again" which has been getting played at all the shows lately. Damon Scott of 96.5 really likes the song and we will do our best to get a studio version of this tune out there. Also look for me at the bushnell theatre in January with Damon as part of Ha Ha Hartford!

Some of the songwriters I will be enlisting are great local,regional and national writers. Including Chad Perrone who am i super excited to work with. For those of you who know I have a major fascination with Chad's writing and most recently I went to play and sit in with his band in Haverhill,MA the night was filled with songs he wrote for his old band Averi and his solo project. Getting to see his vast catalogue of tunes from a wide time span showed me just how strong of a songwriter he really is. There isnt one song i dont love and his knack for arrangment and unbelievable emotional capture is at such a high consistency its amazing.

getting the chance to work with Chad is the equivelent of getting to work with someone as well versed as a Rob Thomas. Chad is that good of a writer. Also i will be doing some work with Kala Farnham and Mike P two local singer songwriters who also have great ideas outside of my comfort zone. Mike P actually helped co-write "there she goes again":

We will be spending alot of time in and out of several studios with several  songs and doing our best to shop them around. Also your feedback on the tunes will be most appreciated as we post them to myspace and dont worry we will be playing plenty of shows this year as well!

Thanks for a fabulous 08

Cheers

I am not going to go on for hours spilling my heart out about how grateful I am for how things went on Saturday night but I do want to express my gratitude.

Getting to see so many of my great friends, new friends and hearing my favorite bands was a night I will never forget. If you missed it you defientely missed out.

Chad Perrone and Columbia Fields  I cant say enough about how awesome your sets were and how much of a guilty pleasure for me it was to sit there and listen. It was incredible.

Thank you to my great friends, family members and of course you for coming out. Alot of hard work has gone into the last 2 years of playing music and this was a huge payoff for me. There is still more work to do always but i must say being able to stand up there and seeing some of my great friends and new friends singing those songs back to me was something i had always dreamed of. Even if i never get to where i am going in this industry those moments will be the ones I cherish the most.

Thank You