LOVE IS THIS - SINGLE RECORDED AND RELEASED!

Goooooooood Mornin' everybody! How are all of you? Like always I am VERY awesome! I'm feeling suburb! A LOT of things have happened this week. I spoke to a very good friend of mine who's a photographer. I asked her if she would take pictures for my album. She agreed and we'll be setting up a session soon. Speaking of sessions, on Monday, I recorded the first single off the new CD! It's called, "Love is This". I wrote the lyrics to the song in my kitchen way back in September of 2008. The next day, I asked my choir director, Mr. Donald Truesdail to help write the music to the song. He agreed. We practiced a few times, and he recorded the music for me. The guitar you'll hear in the song, is really Mr. Truesdail playing. We lost Mr. Truesdail in a car accident on January 13, 2009. I released the single on my music MySpace, which I recently created... If you haven't already, you can ADD me:

www.myspace.com/jamusic2009

The first 10 people who send me a comment on MySpace about the song will get a comment back on their profile PERSONALLY from me! I am very proud of the new single and you can download it and add it to your profile. While I was recording it, it was very emotional, I guess you can say. Hearing Mr. Truesdail play the guitar brought back a lot of memories... He was such a wonderful and talented man! He was GENIUS when it came to composing and sharing his music and talent with others. He always considered us his "kids". There is a special message at the end of the single paying tribute to Mr. Truesdail, one of my musical heroes. 

  The single will be up on the website soon! We're looking at a launch date in late June/early July. 

Again, thank you all for your love and support!

Always follow your dreams!

with love from,

J-A

Creation Is A POSITIVE Drug

Hello everyone! How is everybody? I am doing fantastic! Things have been going really great this week. I created a Music Myspace for all of you to check out and add me!


www.myspace.com/jamusic2009

Also, I recorded a scratch demo of the first single from my album. It's a song that was written by me and my late choir director and great friend, Mr. Donald Truesdail. The guitar you hear in the song is Mr. Truesdail playing. The demo is posted on the music myspace. I am going to re-record the vocals though and make it more clearer because there is some feedback that shouldn't be there in the demo, as you all will know when you hear it. So, that's my plan. You know, I love creating things. Robin Williams once said, "Creation is the greatest drug". THAT IS VERY TRUE! It is, because I'm high on that drug 24/7! (HA! J/K) It's really beautiful when you create something, whether its a human, a song, a painting, a script, a book. Anything! It's wonderful. You get real big thrills out of it! It's a postitive drug. Creation is a gift, it's a talent, a built in talent in all of us. It's just our choice to use it or not. I've made the decision long ago to use the talent, gift and knowledge of music and writing as a carreer, love and passion. God blessed me with those gifts and talent and I intend to use them the best way I know how.


Music is in my soul, in my heart, mind and body. I love it! It's my passion. Writing is also a passion of mine. People can say that there are several different types of genres of writing, and that may be true.... BUT, writing is universal, like music. Its still creation no matter what label you put on it. Screenwriters write scripts, so do I. I often find myself getting thrills when I write story lines. It's amazing. (Thats the power of the drug I guess). I get these ideas and I just write or type them up on paper. I write my songs, hand written because I think it is very important to see your work in your own hand writing, if it's typed, it makes the mood seem a little artifical (to me). I do however, type my scripts. I am not about to write a 45 page script with 700-something lines. My point is, creation is the greatest GIFT of all..... along with love right behind it!


I love doing what I do, and I'm just getting started! Expect my brand new single to be released sometime next week. I will post the real single on my music profile. The demo is just a test. I will talk to you all very soon!


Always follow your dreams!

with love from,

J-A

My Heart is Open to FAITH, MUSIC, LOVE and LIFE

Hello everybody, TGIF! How have all of you been?  I have been a very happy person! I had a Cardiology (heart)  appointment yesterday, my doctor said he was very pleased with the results of the tests and that he would like to see me again in 6 months! After that, he'll only have to see me once year! I am sooooo happy about that! Also, my pacemaker is doing great as well. 

  As far as the musical part of my life goes.... It's doing good. I wrote another song last night, I don't know if it'll make it on the album but I hope so, its kind of a straight up song, it has some things that may be a little risque to put on an album, but its VERY true. I guess we're just gonna have to wait and find out what happens with it. Other than that, things are looking good, I spoke to an uncle of mine who has been writing, recording and performing his own music practically all his life! We may be getting together to write a song soon. That'll be fun, I've always wanted to write with my uncle. I've collaborated with him several times, but we've never written lyrics and music together. It's always been separate.

 I have my confirmation tonight at the Most Precious Blood church. I am very excited and very nervous all at the same time. I'll be standing in front of the bishop! (How nerve-racking!) I'll be fine though.... We all will. My faith is VERY important to me, along with with my music, its what keeps me grounded. I am very honored and happy to receive another sacrament. 

 Well, I'll be doing a lot of things this year, so keep watch for me and like always, I'll keep you posted on every detail. Have a great weekend and a great week and I will talk to all of you real soon! 

Always follow your dreams!

with love from,

J-A

Happy Easter and an Update of Spring break, the magic of writing music and upcoming website plans

Hello everyone! Happy Easter and how are you? I have been very great. This past week has been filled with relaxation, family time, activities and of course writing music! I actually found myself in a spot, there were times when I couldn't think of anything to write, but I still had the urge to do it. It was kind of like I was forcing a song out of me and I can't stand that feeling because then the song turns out bad. Overall, the writing process for the album is going great, there are a few songs written that I am absolutely putting on the album, I just need to find a studio and get my voice ready for a session.


As you all know, I sing all the time and I have been doing a lot of singing this week. It's been fun though. It gives me a chance to use the gift and talent that God has blessed me with in the purest and best way I can. I haven't had a chance to work on the website this week, due to lack of internet connection, but I will work on it more this coming week. The launch date, I am hoping will be sometime this summer. I still need to schedule photo shoots, and post some mp3s of previous recordings, film a video blog, create a music page, lyrics, discography, news page and lots more! So keep watch for that this summer! I will of course keep you posted. So till then, have a very happy Easter Sunday, go hunt some eggs and

Always follow your dreams!

With lots of love from,

J-A

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!

Hey everyone! I am so excited that Spring break is here, finally! I'll have a week to catch up on some relaxation, family time and of course, writing more music! The website is coming along nicely, no launch date yet. Now, in the last blog I posted, I had said that a video blog was in the works. There will be a blog on my new website, but it will be videos, not blogs that I hand write like these. My blog on my website will be 100% video blogs. It'll give me and you a chance to communicate visually and artistically! So, I am super excited about that!

Have a safe and fun-filled Spring break and I will talk to you all very soon!
Until then....

Always follow your dreams!

with love from,

J-A