Cds are in
so, the small pressing of "Finally, Joshua Jesty is famous: all the hits volume 15" came in today. I had been waiting for this package to arrive for the past few weeks and today was the first day that I had officially given up hope on it ever arriving. when I went to check the mail, there it was.
Even though this solo CD is something of a small deal, and even though the recordings have been up on my website for sometime for free download, there's still something that's special and rare about recieving a physical copy of a Cd that you've had pressed. At least for me it is cause I've only had 3 incidents in my life where this has happened.
The day the Love Scream Cd's arrived we waited till all of us could come over and look at them. We tore open the first box as if it was the biggest present under the christmas tree that we had saved for last and looked at the contents inside. Each of us grabbed a CD and I remember running to another corner of the room to look at the copy I had taken. I looked it over for any errors and then one of us popped a copy into the Cd player and let it spin. There it was, the culmination of 2 years of work, playing together, practicing, arranging, recording, mixing, fighting for 8 hour stretches as to how to put together the artwork, photo sessions, mastering sessions, shipment details, and about a thousand other things that we never thought about just to get this CD pressed and in our hands. There it was, and in that moment, it felt like I had achieved something great with my friends that I would be proud of forever.
even though there was a this is exploding EP, when it arrived it just didn't seem like that big a deal. We'd already written a bunch of new songs and gotten a lot tighter. I think I remember bringing in a box of them to a this is exploding practice and Nick looking at one of them for a second and saying "cool" in a relatively un-enthusiastic way. That was about as far as that one got.
And there was the this is exploding LP. Of course that all got botched up because Disc Makers didn't send us the Discs in time for our tour even when we gave them an extra month to do. This resulted in us touring without a CD for a few days and then having a box of them shipped to Brians house in Chicago where we were staying. Evan and I are awoken at 8am (after a long night in which he drove and I stayed awake with him till 3 or 4am from Michigan) by the sounds of "Drive" blasting in the kitchen. Brians Dad has found the CDs and opened one to give it a spin. So we weren't even the first to see the official thing. Of course since we're all half awake we all make our way over to the front hall where the box of CDs is sitting and take a look, but it's the last thing on our minds as we've got to get on with all this touring stuff, and we're dead tired.
today's CD unveiling was nice and simple. It came as a pleasant suprise and as I sat down in the living room to open up the box Hazel came trotting over to see what the fuss was about. I stuck the first CD in his cage after examining it and playing a few cuts of it to make sure something wasn't terribly wrong.
So there in my hands is the culmination of 6 maybe 7 years of work. Songs that were left behind by Love Scream, songs that were written during personal highs and lows. Songs that were written between this is exploding practices and trips to columbus and long boring eventless friday nights, songs written after shows, at parties, and during trips to the grocery store. Songs that reflect all different aspects of my character. I was very happy to welcome this package into the house. While this may only be a small pressing of CDs that may only get out to handful of people who may love and/or hate them, it was exciting to see this all come together.
so finally, after envisioning being able to do something solo for so long and then holding back for even longer, I've made it a reality, and this CD marks that for me, and that's a good thing.
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Even though this solo CD is something of a small deal, and even though the recordings have been up on my website for sometime for free download, there's still something that's special and rare about recieving a physical copy of a Cd that you've had pressed. At least for me it is cause I've only had 3 incidents in my life where this has happened.
The day the Love Scream Cd's arrived we waited till all of us could come over and look at them. We tore open the first box as if it was the biggest present under the christmas tree that we had saved for last and looked at the contents inside. Each of us grabbed a CD and I remember running to another corner of the room to look at the copy I had taken. I looked it over for any errors and then one of us popped a copy into the Cd player and let it spin. There it was, the culmination of 2 years of work, playing together, practicing, arranging, recording, mixing, fighting for 8 hour stretches as to how to put together the artwork, photo sessions, mastering sessions, shipment details, and about a thousand other things that we never thought about just to get this CD pressed and in our hands. There it was, and in that moment, it felt like I had achieved something great with my friends that I would be proud of forever.
even though there was a this is exploding EP, when it arrived it just didn't seem like that big a deal. We'd already written a bunch of new songs and gotten a lot tighter. I think I remember bringing in a box of them to a this is exploding practice and Nick looking at one of them for a second and saying "cool" in a relatively un-enthusiastic way. That was about as far as that one got.
And there was the this is exploding LP. Of course that all got botched up because Disc Makers didn't send us the Discs in time for our tour even when we gave them an extra month to do. This resulted in us touring without a CD for a few days and then having a box of them shipped to Brians house in Chicago where we were staying. Evan and I are awoken at 8am (after a long night in which he drove and I stayed awake with him till 3 or 4am from Michigan) by the sounds of "Drive" blasting in the kitchen. Brians Dad has found the CDs and opened one to give it a spin. So we weren't even the first to see the official thing. Of course since we're all half awake we all make our way over to the front hall where the box of CDs is sitting and take a look, but it's the last thing on our minds as we've got to get on with all this touring stuff, and we're dead tired.
today's CD unveiling was nice and simple. It came as a pleasant suprise and as I sat down in the living room to open up the box Hazel came trotting over to see what the fuss was about. I stuck the first CD in his cage after examining it and playing a few cuts of it to make sure something wasn't terribly wrong.
So there in my hands is the culmination of 6 maybe 7 years of work. Songs that were left behind by Love Scream, songs that were written during personal highs and lows. Songs that were written between this is exploding practices and trips to columbus and long boring eventless friday nights, songs written after shows, at parties, and during trips to the grocery store. Songs that reflect all different aspects of my character. I was very happy to welcome this package into the house. While this may only be a small pressing of CDs that may only get out to handful of people who may love and/or hate them, it was exciting to see this all come together.
so finally, after envisioning being able to do something solo for so long and then holding back for even longer, I've made it a reality, and this CD marks that for me, and that's a good thing.
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