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Happy Saturday April 27 2013!

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Good morning!

Songwriting makes some mornings feel like Christmas. I wake up, and the first thing in my head is the song I was working on before I went to sleep, so I get right up and move straight to my guitar. It’s kind of like I remember asking Santa Claus for a bike for Christmas, and I was pretty good all year, so there’s a reasonable chance it’ll be there Christmas morning, but you never know, because sometimes Santa is a prick, but then you rush down and you see the shiny bike by the Christmas tree, and all is righteous in the world.

When I woke up and went straight to my guitar this morning and picked it up with a little anxiety that maybe I forgot what I was playing, but it all flowed right out, and it was still pretty good so I smiled and played it through a few times. Santa really deserves some credit though, it’s not even Christmas, and I haven’t been that good this year.

Thank you, SC!

Best,

SJ

George Jones

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I spent a little time in a car last weekend with someone who was playing some modern country music (I’m not the biggest fan) on the radio, and all I could think of was getting home to play Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, and of course, George Jones R.I.P., ‘Things Have Gone To Pieces’:

“There ain’t nothing in my pocket, but three nickels and a dime,
But I’m holding to the pieces of my dream”.

Enjoy,

SJ

Show Schedule

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Come on out for some live music and good times at one of our upcoming shows:

May 8 at Nectar in Fremont

May 21 at White Rabbit in Fremont (acoustic duo show with SJ and Phil on cello)

May 31 at Coppergate in Ballard

Put these shows on your calendar, bring your friends (only the ones you like), and let’s have some fun nights very soon.

Best,

SJ

Spotify or Pandora?

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Dear Music Lovers,

Most of you are probably aware that there are two major competing music streaming services out there, Pandora and Spotify. Pandora is cool for discovering new music because they have very smart robot elves in the background learning about what you like and then they recommend songs you may have never heard before by different artists. Fortunately, we have some songs on there so you can try it out:

http://www.pandora.com/saint-john-revelations

And then Spotify is cool because they have bazillions of songs in their catalogue that you add to playlists and listen to on demand and share with your friends on Facebook and Twitter etc. If you’re tempted to give Spotify a chance, feel free to add some of our songs to your playlists that you create:

http://open.spotify.com/artist/5hwEiNPiEfXbGH1YQSClFt

For me it’s not a question of Spotify “or” Pandora, I use both to listen to music because they really are very clever in their own ways. I play Spotify when I want to hear exactly the songs I want to listen to at a given moment, but if I want to sit back and set a mood with perhaps discovering some cool new artists or tunes, then I listen to Pandora.

Enjoy!

SJ

PS. There are other differences between the two services such as price, sound quality, use of advertisements, etc., but we figure that they more importantly also share one very very valuable quality in that they both enable you to relax and listen to our music when we’re not around to play it for you ourselves.

Funeral For A Friend

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When I was a kid I loved big dramatic songs like this that had over-the-top intros and weird sounds and effects, Elton John ‘Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding’:

Also included on this melodramatic song list are a bunch of 1967-69 Beatles tunes, ‘The Unknown Soldier’ by the Doors, ‘Killing Moon’ by Echo and the Bunnymen, etc etc.

Enjoy!

SJ