I blog unrestrainedly.
Escribo a mi antojo.
Well, that’s a wrap on release week promotion for Born and Raised. It’s so phenomenally weird to wake up this morning at home and not in the back of a bus somewhere. On the bright side, releasing this album and getting back in touch with my fans has been something I’ve been waiting to experience for a long time now. I’m finally at a place in my life where I can truly appreciate the kindness and support, and you have shown me lots of it. Thank you for that.
As I understand it, the album is set to enter the charts at number one, which is just incredible on all your parts because there has been very little I’ve been able to do to promote it. In a world of schemes and strategies when it comes to selling something, you guys just bought music you trusted you’d like. You picked it up in the same way I made it… from the heart, no trickery. That is so cool and rare and all the marketeers in the world together can’t manufacture that. I am very grateful to you.
The making of this record was purposely undocumented, but there are a few iPhone videos and some photos to share. I figure I’ll do that here, and more often than I usually have in the past. Even if this album slides off the charts in a month, it doesn’t make it any less special to me, and we should all be digging this music together, like we would have (and will again) on stage.
Stay tuned…
with thanks and love
John
Congrats!
Elmo’s Song has over 68 million YouTube views. At 3:17 minutes, that’s over 400 years of singing along.
It’s been 22 years, but it feels like yesterday. We still miss you, Jim.
セサミストリートのマペットって、こんな風に操ってるんだ！
Thank You Mom by Michael Marantz
We spy Vimeo Festival + Awards keynote speaker Reggie Watts giving thanks to his Mom in this timely tribute to all the ladies that gave us life. It’s Mother’s Day here in the US, so make sure to show your Ma some extra love today.
Queen of California Lyric Video
Some cool photo sets from the Shadow Days video shoot/road trip coming soon… (Hasselblad XPan/Tri-X 400/lab scan)
