Songwriting Procrastination Percolation

Sometimes when I’m writing a song I’ll wait and wait and wait to finish the last line of the last verse, unbelievable procrastination, and I think there are a few reasons why. First, I LOVE writing songs, and I never want it to end, it’s like a delicious meal where you never get too full. And second, I need to make sure the song is really finished, so I figure if I take a little longer, the best possible idea will have had time to percolate. Third, what if it sucks?! What if it sucks. And fourth, sometimes I just get too busy to make time to be focused enough to say “it’s done!”

Well, I decided yesterday to be finished with a new song, ‘As Good As It Gets’, and we debuted it tonight and it got one of the biggest applause of the night. I can’t wait to hear Mary Ann sing it.

Come to a show soon and see if you dig the new tune, I think it has some pretty cool bits in it:

https://www.sjatr.com/shows

PS. And thank you Oliver for letting me spring a new song on you on stage at a show, you’re a champion!

Photos From Sirens In Port Townsend WA

Here are some photos from our show Friday night in Port Townsend WA at Sirens, Mary Ann and Oliver sounded tremendous, and we had a fun time with a bunch of our friends and new fans, thank you for hanging out with us!:

We are coming back to Port Townsend on April 8, let’s have some fun again soon: https://www.sjatr.com/shows SJ

Port Townsend WA, We’ll See You This Friday At Sirens

Friends and fans around Port Townsend WA, join us this Friday, Oliver and Mary Ann and I will be at Sirens at 9PM, super fun times guaranteed. I’ll be stopping by Waterfront Pizza before the show for a slice of pizza too, it is possibly the best pizza I’ve had in Washington.

Saint John and the Revelations live at Sirens

Best,

SJ

Reminder: Tonight At Queen Anne Beerhall

Join us this evening at Queen Anne Beerhall in Seattle WA, 6-9PM, no cover, delicious beers and food, you, me, us, good times guaranteed. Also, Phil Rose, the Beer Sonnetteer is going to give us a live reading of some of his beer-dedicated sonnetts, super fun.

203 W Thomas St
Seattle, WA 98119

See you tonight!

Best,

SJ

Mary Ann Is On Twitter Too @thefirstmaryann

Hi, Mary Ann, our second vocalist (in order of appearance, not quality), is on Twitter, you can say “hi” to her here:

http://twitter.com/thefirstmaryann

She’s pretty friendly, and a wickedly good cook, we have delicious meals for band rehearsal, she might give up a recipe if you ask nicely.

Saint John and the Revelations at Columbia City Theatre
L-R Mary Ann Miller (vocals), Saint John (vocals,guitar), Oliver Dye (drums), Phil Hirschi (cello).

More updates soon, we have a lot going on this year.

Best,

SJ

Thank You, Portland!

Dear Portland Oregon, we had such a fun night singing songs and hanging out with you at the Hawthorne Theatre Lounge, and it was super nice to be able to have Oliver and Mary Ann on stage with me in one of my favourite cities, I think they’ve fallen in love with you too. Elke Robitaille and the Talbott Brothers were stupendous, we can’t wait to perform with them again, go check out there music if you haven’t heard it yet.

  
We are coming back to hang out with you again on Thursday Feb 25 at the Streetcar Bistro and Taphouse, see you soon!

Best,

SJ