so. in the process of making this project...i've come to realize that there are a lot of people who i should probably thank for all their help with everything. now...those of you that have the cd might have noticed that there was no traditional 'jessica would like to thank' section...
(if you don't have the cd...go to http://www.cdbaby.com/jessicalindsey...)
...that wasn't something i overlooked...i just didn't feel like i could fit it all on one little tiny section of liner notes...so...instead...you can find it here...until the end of time. (or until i decide to delete this blog...which will hopefully be never)
how does one even start this list? chronologically, perhaps?
my parents.
dad and mom. you two are, simply put, the absolute best parents on the face of the earth. you have encouraged me from as early as i can remember to follow my dreams. to dare to live an extraordinary life. to never settle. mom-thank you for suggesting i major in music instead of speech pathology that one night about eight years ago when i was giving christine a bath. you are aware that that is the reason i decided to really pursue music, right? i love you beyond words. dad-thank you for giving me the courage to believe in myself by believing in me when i couldn't. thank you for supporting me through this season in my life in more ways that i can even mention. you are, simply put, the best manager and sound guy i could have ever asked for. i love you!
my brother and sisters.
you guys are my lifeline. you see me day in and day out...makeup and no makeup...emotional or distant...and you love me probably more than i deserve to be loved at times. i honestly cannot wait to see all the places that we go in our lives...and the best part is...i know that we will remain friends for the rest of our lives. i love you three so much. thank you for letting me learn so much because of you.
matt and carolyn tobias.
wow. in the short nine months since this project started, you have become such an important part of my life. matt-thank you so much for all the work you put into this project. from helping me with musical direction on several of the songs...to gracing the tracks of the cd with your untouchable drumming abilities...to putting hours into making my songs come to life...to your willingness to continue playing with me...all i can say is thank you. you have played such an integral part in this whole process...i'm very much looking forward to the next time i get to step into your studio. carolyn- who would have known that through a recording process in your basement, you would come to be someone i have come to love and trust so much. your straightforward, no nonsense attitude towards life has changed the way i look at several things in my life. (and the movie nights are fun as well) i love you and your beautiful family so much. thank you guys for opening your house to a group of artists craving to know what our purpose is here on earth...
marc frieden, jason burkum, chris carmichael, steve packwood, and alli moehring.
you have all played very important roles in the process of this recording. thank you for your sacrifices and hard work. i very much look forward to making music with all of you in the future. you are some of the most talented musicians that i know. and working with you has been an honor.
westy foss.
other than my dad and mom...i think i can confidently say you are my biggest fan. thank you for your excitement when it comes to this project. you have already done so much in the way of helping with this project...(for goodness sake you came up with the name of the album!) thank you for all your support...it is felt quite strongly from all the way in nebraska!
doug van sloun at focus mastering, tim cich at bassline studio, and jamie massey at hey kidd! design.
even though i spent little time face to face with each of you-your work on this project cannot go unnoticed. without you this album certainly would not be complete. thank you so much for your investment into the album.
those who helped inspire the music that i make.
you may know it. you may not. but thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life experience in such a way that allowed me to create because of knowing you. i have learned many lessons in the short 24 years i've been alive...and good or bad they have allowed me to express myself through song. so thank you for being a part of my life. for letting me learn. for letting me make mistakes. for helping me to write the music that is on this project.
my friends who have helped in so many ways.
i could go on and on in this category. from giving me ideas for songs. to coming to each and every one of my shows (unless i double book). to coming to even just one of my shows. to listening to me play rough drafts. to allowing me to practice at all hours of the night in our apartment. to traveling over 400 miles to and from minnesota to come and work the merch table at the release (oh...and to hang out too, i guess) :). to coming to town for literally 12 hours to see me perform. to purchasing a cd even though you live in virginia and pennslyvania and colorado and all sorts of other random states all over the us...thank you for being my friend. you probably know this...but you mean more to me than most anything else. i love you.
my family all over the states.
thank you for loving me and my family so much! and for taking the time to watch the cd release via the live feed...what a crazy world we live in that that's actually a possibility. i love you all so much and cannot wait until the next time i get to see you.
you...the people i've come to know through the process of playing here in town.
you are so important to everything that is my music career. thank you for coming out to the numerous shows. for buying the cd (and the t-shirt). for telling your friends that live in germany about me. for supporting my future endeavors both here in town and where ever else life may take me. for putting one of my songs as your myspace profile song. i appreciate you all more than you can know. see you may 13th at myth? :)
my creator.
you have put music in my blood. in my lungs. in my being. my whole life is in dedication to you. may my life show even an ounce of the love you have shown me to those i come into contact with.
without all of you, i certainly would not have been able to do any of this.
i'm really looking forward to the next few years...i'm pretty sure there's going to be some very exciting things in store.
thank you from the bottom of my heart.
jessicalindsey
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
i think this could feel a little bit like giving birth...and then sending your child off to kindergarten all in one day....
not that i would really know...but...if i had to guess...i would say that's probably a pretty accurate description...
last night was, of course, the cd release party.
so...of course there should probably be a blog...and i think i'm going to divide it into two sections.
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section one: the main event
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thursday morning i woke up unusually early (when i say early...i actually mean ten in the morning...which you must realize is early for an insomniac musician like myself). i went upstairs...and started to check my e-mail. my phone rang. it was one of my best friends who lives in virginia. we talk probably once or twice a week...so nothing seemed out of the ordinary. the first thing she brought up was the weather...asked what it was like in nebraska...and then proceeded to tell me that it was 70 degrees and beautiful at her house. we proceeded to plan out a way for her to get out of the office by telling her boss that she had errands to run...great scheme, right? turns out...the joke was on me...about twenty minutes later (while i'm still checking e-mails) my little sister points behind me and says "it's lauren". i, not knowing anyone named lauren in nebraska, was very confused. then she said it again. "it's lauren". and much to my surprise i turned around...and there she was...my friend from virginia. what a surprise. later that evening two more of my best friends showed up with my sister...ready to help me get excited for saturday night. i had lots of errands to run on friday...a tour of downtown omaha to my out of town friends...piano lessons to teach in bellevue...and band practice for three hours to get ready for the next night. and then...there was saturday.
the morning consisted of the usual stuff...followed by a panicked afternoon run to target to try and find the perfect necklace to wear to the show that night. (needless to say i didn't end up finding one) and then it was off to the airport to drop off lauren and pick up two more friends that would be coming into town for about 12 hours. after that...i headed off to PS collective to start setting up with my friends in tow. they set up a fantastic looking merch table...while i practiced with my bgvocalist and sound checked with the band. and right around 7:15...people started showing up...to my surprise...i never really got nervous (i attribute that to the fact that i've played like a million gigs in the past eight months...ok...maybe that's an exaggeration).
my good friend stephanie pilypaitis started the night off...even though she was super sick...and things looked to be off to a great start. my dad and brother even figured out a way to broadcast the concert live over the internet so family and friends from across the country could watch...fabulous!
to make it short and sweet: i got up and played three songs acoustic...and then was joined by the band (who are probably some of the most fantastic musicians i know) for the next ten songs. and let me tell you. that was probably the best forty five minutes of my musical career thus far...yes, there were a few slip-ups..but i LOVED every single second of it. especially playing 'why don't you' off the album and 'maybe i'll just wait'-which is one of the newest songs i've written. i'm pretty sure that the crowd LOVED 'i wanna hold your hand'...since pretty much every single person i talked to afterward said it was one of their favorites of the night. i finished up with three more acoustic songs...and then...mingled...packed up...and headed home.
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section two: where do i go from here
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i got home with my friends and family (everyone was totally beat from the festivities of the day) and pretty much right away my parents asked how i felt about the night. and about as soon as i opened my mouth...the tears started flowing. the night was over. this night that i had been planning for about six months. come and gone...in what literally seemed like the blink of an eye. and this night was, for me, very symbolic of the fact that now...my music is out there...for anyone and everyone to feel any way they'd like about it. to love it. (hopefully) to hate it. to pick it apart and analyze it. to let it change the way they view life. and i now have no control over that part of the equation. thankfully...my friend lj picked up on the situation and pulled me outside to get some air. well...i continued to cry...and babble...and just go on and on about how...this is it. i'm committed now. i can't just give up and decided..."well...i don't wanna do this music thing...it isn't practical...i'll just get a real job like everyone else". nope. i'm a musician now. for real. and tonight...writing that out...scares me like nothing else.
and what does any good real musician do after a fantastic show? taco bell run, of course. so my friends, sister and i ran to the bell to get some late dinner. and how does a real musician spend the rest of the evening/early morning after one of the best shows of her life? by watching a documentary on overweight dogs and cats in england and talking til three in the morning with one of her best friends...
really. would any respectable musician end the night any other way?
jessicalindsey
last night was, of course, the cd release party.
so...of course there should probably be a blog...and i think i'm going to divide it into two sections.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
section one: the main event
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thursday morning i woke up unusually early (when i say early...i actually mean ten in the morning...which you must realize is early for an insomniac musician like myself). i went upstairs...and started to check my e-mail. my phone rang. it was one of my best friends who lives in virginia. we talk probably once or twice a week...so nothing seemed out of the ordinary. the first thing she brought up was the weather...asked what it was like in nebraska...and then proceeded to tell me that it was 70 degrees and beautiful at her house. we proceeded to plan out a way for her to get out of the office by telling her boss that she had errands to run...great scheme, right? turns out...the joke was on me...about twenty minutes later (while i'm still checking e-mails) my little sister points behind me and says "it's lauren". i, not knowing anyone named lauren in nebraska, was very confused. then she said it again. "it's lauren". and much to my surprise i turned around...and there she was...my friend from virginia. what a surprise. later that evening two more of my best friends showed up with my sister...ready to help me get excited for saturday night. i had lots of errands to run on friday...a tour of downtown omaha to my out of town friends...piano lessons to teach in bellevue...and band practice for three hours to get ready for the next night. and then...there was saturday.
the morning consisted of the usual stuff...followed by a panicked afternoon run to target to try and find the perfect necklace to wear to the show that night. (needless to say i didn't end up finding one) and then it was off to the airport to drop off lauren and pick up two more friends that would be coming into town for about 12 hours. after that...i headed off to PS collective to start setting up with my friends in tow. they set up a fantastic looking merch table...while i practiced with my bgvocalist and sound checked with the band. and right around 7:15...people started showing up...to my surprise...i never really got nervous (i attribute that to the fact that i've played like a million gigs in the past eight months...ok...maybe that's an exaggeration).
my good friend stephanie pilypaitis started the night off...even though she was super sick...and things looked to be off to a great start. my dad and brother even figured out a way to broadcast the concert live over the internet so family and friends from across the country could watch...fabulous!
to make it short and sweet: i got up and played three songs acoustic...and then was joined by the band (who are probably some of the most fantastic musicians i know) for the next ten songs. and let me tell you. that was probably the best forty five minutes of my musical career thus far...yes, there were a few slip-ups..but i LOVED every single second of it. especially playing 'why don't you' off the album and 'maybe i'll just wait'-which is one of the newest songs i've written. i'm pretty sure that the crowd LOVED 'i wanna hold your hand'...since pretty much every single person i talked to afterward said it was one of their favorites of the night. i finished up with three more acoustic songs...and then...mingled...packed up...and headed home.
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section two: where do i go from here
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i got home with my friends and family (everyone was totally beat from the festivities of the day) and pretty much right away my parents asked how i felt about the night. and about as soon as i opened my mouth...the tears started flowing. the night was over. this night that i had been planning for about six months. come and gone...in what literally seemed like the blink of an eye. and this night was, for me, very symbolic of the fact that now...my music is out there...for anyone and everyone to feel any way they'd like about it. to love it. (hopefully) to hate it. to pick it apart and analyze it. to let it change the way they view life. and i now have no control over that part of the equation. thankfully...my friend lj picked up on the situation and pulled me outside to get some air. well...i continued to cry...and babble...and just go on and on about how...this is it. i'm committed now. i can't just give up and decided..."well...i don't wanna do this music thing...it isn't practical...i'll just get a real job like everyone else". nope. i'm a musician now. for real. and tonight...writing that out...scares me like nothing else.
and what does any good real musician do after a fantastic show? taco bell run, of course. so my friends, sister and i ran to the bell to get some late dinner. and how does a real musician spend the rest of the evening/early morning after one of the best shows of her life? by watching a documentary on overweight dogs and cats in england and talking til three in the morning with one of her best friends...
really. would any respectable musician end the night any other way?
jessicalindsey
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