Please come out and see me, and buy the new album!!

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10/15 Wilmington, N.C.                         The Soapbox

10/17 Bowling Green, VA                        The Harvest Festival

10/19 Philadelphia, PA                         The Tin Angel

10/21 N.Y.C., NY                                     The Bitter End

10/22 Boston, MA                                      The All Asia Café

11/19 Bewdley, England                         The Bewdley Institute

11/22 Londond, Stockwell, England The Cavendish Arms

11/24 Cambridge, England                        The Portland Arms

11/25 Brighton, England                         The Lectern

for east coast shows go to the venue website to see if pre-purchase tix are available

for tix to the UK shows go to www.sliqueevents.com

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I must first apologize for taking such a long break! But you will all be happy to know that I wasn’t being lazy, (ok, maybe a little bit at times, but it was summer!) In between the occasional BBQ, or summer pool party I was working pretty hard.  I believe I owe lots of blogs on a multitude of topics, and some of them were too long ago to go into great detail. I apologize for that, but the new stuff is interesting enough to make up for it I hope!

There were a couple shows in London, after a fairy tale-like wedding in a castle in England… that was really fun! It has honestly been too long to remember all the specifics about the shows… I remember learning a MJ song last minute, starting late cause we were missing the sound guy, it was 134 degrees  (56C, and for some reason I don’t think jokes are as funny when conversions are involved), tiny rooms, awesome fans, fun shows, much thanks owed to the girls at Sliquevents,  and an all around good trip.

There was a New York trip with Riley and the fellas. Special thanks to Jonah Dolan for accompanying me on the Cajon. (not to be confused with cojones) It was the first time I’ve ever performed with a drummer, surprisingly enough, and it was a lot of fun! I think it really added to the performance, and it was definitely fun to have someone on stage to play off of. He played the drums on about half of my first album and he’s playing them on all of the songs on the second one. (More on that later!) The venues were both really nice. The Living Room is true to the name, and Sullivan Hall was a great venue. I have to admit, though, I’m excited to be back at the Bitter End next month though! (More on that later as well. ;) Its always fun to travel with Riles and Hank, and having Doug (on bass for TLOR), Jonah, my brother Matt, and our buddy Mikey Roe there was even more of a blast.  (also, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t read these, but just incase, thanks for the couch Brandon!!)

In early August, we had the Hollywood premiere for Rock Slyde at the Egyptian theater on Hollywood Blvd. It really couldn’t have gone much better! Most of the stars were there. We sold out 700+ seats, for standing room only, which was an amazing testament to how supportive our friends, family, and fans are. (We were very apologetic for the $30 tickets, but we didn’t set the price or get any of the proceeds… I think had we known we could have sold 700 tickets at $30 a pop, we may have had our own little Feel Good Film Fest.  ;)) We did win the audience choice award, and are extremely thankful for that. The feedback we got was all extremely positive. The feedback we heard about from places other than the sources was mixed. Lol. But that is to be expected. We made a quirky comedy that not everyone is going to get. We were all (writer, director, and all producers!) first timers, and our budget (I’m not sure what our official policy is on revealing the true number, but I will say) was a minute fraction of what even most indies take to get made… and our cast was impressive, so needless to say, we were ecstatic with our finished product.  Most importantly, it makes me laugh every time I watch it! We’ve acquired a great sales team, and we’ve already sold it in some foreign territories. We’re working out where it’s home is domestically right now, so wish us luck!

I took a really fun trip to Boston, not work related, actually, but it was a lot of fun, and I’m excited to be coming back to Boston soon…(yes, you guessed it, more on that later.)

Over the past few months I have also been writing and recording for my new album! I actually for the first time put all of the (extremely rough) new songs in order and listened through from beginning to end. I’m really excited!! There are really only a few songs anyone has heard before, and even those sound so different with full production it will seem like the first time you’ve heard them! As for the new ones, there are some in very much the same vein as the first album, and a couple that I really tried to step out on. I think they work, but ya’ll will be the judge of that.  I’m so excited to get it out there. I can’t believe it’s been three years since the first one. I also can’t believe all of the amazing opportunities it, (and you!) have allowed me to have.  We still have some work to do, a lot of work to do in fact, but I’m really hoping to have this done before I head to the east coast next month, and if that deadline proves to close for comfort, I’m hoping that my shows in the UK in November are a good release date.

That brings me to the final, and for the purposes of this blog, most important announcement… I may put this little announcement at the beginning as well in case I lose some folks with the long blog. Lol. I’m coming to the east coast for shows next month, and heading to the UK in November! There are probably more shows to be added in the coming days, but right now, here are the official dates! Please check the venue website for pre-purchase tickets on the east coast, and go to www.sliqueevents.com for the UK concert tix!!

10/15 Wilmington, N.C.                         The Soapbox

10/17 Bowling Green, VA                        The Harvest Festival

10/19 Philadelphia, PA                         The Tin Angel

10/21 N.Y.C., NY                                     The Bitter End

10/22 Boston, MA                                      The All Asia Café

11/19 Bewdley, England                         The Bewdley Institute

11/22 Londond, Stockwell, England The Cavendish Arms

11/24 Cambridge, England                        The Portland Arms

11/25 Brighton, England                         The Lectern

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Thanks so much for reading this, I hope it finds you all happy and well and ready for the fall. I’m so happy I’ll be back on the east coast to see changing leaves and football Sundays!

God Bless,
Jason