30 days of doing this blog thing, huh? Not too shabby. In case you're wondering why the videos are about a week ahead of the blog in terms of how long its been going, it's because at first, I thought I'd use video responses to explain the videos I put up. I though that would be easier and more interesting, but it actually just turned out to be more confusing for everybody, so about a week in, I switched to blogging instead and boy am I richer for it.
Operation 365 - Jefferson Jay - Covers - 36 "Blood Tastes Good" by Tim Riley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOCNDPFH3Fk
"Blood Tastes Good" is gem by my friend Tim Riley. Riley is an attorney here in San Diego and he is currently finishing up his first CD. We used to hang and jam a lot a few years back before he got busier. He helped make a set of twins a couple years back. They're his first kiddies and he is in his mid-forties. What a superstar he is in terms of getting it all done. I don't see Timmy as much as I'd like, but I think of him often and his really cool tunes. As a bit of an homage to Mr. Riley, I have Riley'd up the vocals just a little bit to give you the feel that Riles-Town brings to the table when he arrives.
TAGS: San Diego, lawyer, attorney, public defender, blood tastes good, revenge, blood, Tim Riley, Timothy Riley, Riley, Tim, Jefferson Jay, cover, acoustic guitar
Operation 365 - Jefferson Jay - Originals - 36 "The OB Pirate Song"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQDT99ucD8
Staying in the vein of my obscure and humorous hits that no one knows about from yesterday, here I offer "The OB Pirate Song." "The OB Pirate Song" offers a little insight as to why our little villa of Ocean Beach is so paradise-like from the unique perspective of a pirate. Charlotte james helped inspire this classic about a year ago when we just finished admiring some waves. If she really wanted she could probably take some partial credit for this song's existence. I felt her out about it once though and she didn't seem too interested in adding this to her ripe tunography so the buck stops here and I'll take full blame for it. ARRRRRRRR, MATIE!!!!!!!
TAGS: tunography, Charlotte James, San Diego, Ocean Beach, California, beach, ocean, waves, beautiful, breeze, Jefferson Jay, pirate, sandy, OB
Operation 365 - Jefferson Jay - Archives - 36 "Let's Hear It For Rock N' Roll" by Clifford Jomuad with Jefferson Jay on vocals - Live from Don Truesdail's Birthday Celebration/Jefferson Jay's Open Mic - 10-20-2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoOr8ArdND4
This is one of the most classic tunes by far of the era of a few years ago. It was quite a scene. A whole bunch of friends, little if any egos affecting things, everybody getting together and appreciating and enjoying each other's talents and company. Great times! Maybe the best I've ever experienced. Clifford and I did this "Let's Hear It For Rock N' Roll" song and dance many times at Open Mics and other shows over the years and I always got a kick of it. Clifford gets the showmanship of yesteryear side of rock n' roll form long ago. Back when rock n' roll really rocked and rolled.
This particular version was recorded at Don Truesdail's Birthday Celebration/my Open Mic on 10-20-2009, hence the shout-out at the beginning of this tune. Amazing how times change so quickly and completely. I, for one, prefer to focus on the good times and let those less savory portions of the experience fade away. With all due respect to Muhammad Ali, I prefer to float like a butterfly than to sting like a bee. Though, I guess either can be fun from time to time. That same era known for all that rockin' and rollin' also had famous people (like Ali) with morality, conviction and integrity. Gosh, it must have been cool to live back then. Actual role models and leaders in the public sphere. Wow!
Here's wishing everybody from the era that ended the best of times, now, always and forever. No hard feelings here. Peace and love.
TAGS: Clifford, bid red dog, red dog, fire, flash paper, dancing, Ocean Beach, Jefferson Jay, singing, comedy, humor, fun, rock, roll, let's hear it, Jomuad, live music
NOTE - 12:46pm youtube suggested I add tags "mime" "inspirational" "asian television" to the Clifford video. Are they watching? That's f'd up. I did it, but ...asian television. That's walkin the fine line youtube. No one said anything about Asians. Ha ha ha
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
OK, so Operation 365... Take 1
So I've got tons of material (and a screenplay, two master's theses, 4 albums and a movie, but that is neither here nor there) that I've been wanting to share for a long time but havent; know how to do it. I thought a bunch about what would be the best way to do it so it was interesting and appealed to people in the most compelling manner possible. I talked to people. I asked friends. I decided for awhile I was going to make a website/network and try to share from my massive archive of original material, but "how would I get people to that site?" was always a question I knew I would have to answer eventually and I had no idea on that one.
I asked my good pal Dylan Avery, an accomplished video manipulator in his own right, what he thought the first step should be for me in this pursuit. He said rip all your tapes. SO I did. That is just the type of job that a multi-tasking, occasionally procrastinating, archivist who doesn't' know what to do with his material can sink his teeth into and I did.
So I ripped. And I ripped. And I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and eventually it was all in there. Great. I still didn't know what to do. In the meantime, months passed and little changed (well a lot changed, but...) my content (tons of videos, hundreds of original songs specifically) still remained unshared and I didn't have much going on creatively and I decided.
I was going to share. I had realized since January 2009 when a little birdie whispered to me in the shower that I needed to "put it out there". Now was finally time. I wasn't going to worry about the best possible presentation. I was just going to put it out now. Dylan and my other friend Wes Davis made a cool movie which will come out next year called "Buzzkill". I saw an early version and what I got from it personally was that if you do something today and then again tomorrow and the next day, it radically improves the likelihood that you will do that thing the next day after that and so on. I liked that idea and wanted to put that thought into motion for myself and like my friends in "Buzzkill", wait and see what would result.
Saying you're going to do stuff is scary so I didn't say much to anyone at first, but it's been a few days now, so I figured I'd catch the world up on what I'm up to.
I want to post 3 videos each day for a whole year. I will be posting them on youtube at my page jeffersonjaydotcom.
http://www.youtube.com/jeffersonjaydotcom
One of me playing one of my tunes. One of me playing a cover tune, which is a tune written by somebody other than me for those who don't know the lingo. And one clip form my archives which will usually spotlight one or more of my friends but may include me as well depending on how I feel that day. I am not going for greatness, but I am certainly not aiming to embarrass myself either of course (well not too much) I am not going for anything at all in particular beyond the goals I've already stated. I have no idea what will happen or what I hope will come of this but I figure something will and I am interested in seeing what that will be.
Challenges ahead: The clearest challenge is obviously doing something every single day. It's quite a commitment and I am am even a bit sheepish myself about it as we speak but hey, what the hey. The other biggest challenge I can see ahead is... I've only written about 200-250 songs at the most I think. So even if/when I get that far, I'm going to have to figure out a way to have a new song each day when I'm out of tunes. My archive is extensive so I will easily have enough material for that one and well, there are plenty of tunes out there to cover and I'm sure I can play 365 of them so that shouldn't be too hard either.
I may have some guests sometimes but it will mostly be me I believe and I'm going to try to blog about it all a lot because that just seems like a thing one should be doing with a project like this. SO i hope you enjoy my songs, my verbiage and getting to know me as Operation 365 marches on.
P.S. I wrote a new tune in 5 minutes or so yesterday while on of the vids was bouncing so that's #251 (about) and here I come. Hope to see ya all some time.
Peace
I asked my good pal Dylan Avery, an accomplished video manipulator in his own right, what he thought the first step should be for me in this pursuit. He said rip all your tapes. SO I did. That is just the type of job that a multi-tasking, occasionally procrastinating, archivist who doesn't' know what to do with his material can sink his teeth into and I did.
So I ripped. And I ripped. And I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and I ripped and eventually it was all in there. Great. I still didn't know what to do. In the meantime, months passed and little changed (well a lot changed, but...) my content (tons of videos, hundreds of original songs specifically) still remained unshared and I didn't have much going on creatively and I decided.
I was going to share. I had realized since January 2009 when a little birdie whispered to me in the shower that I needed to "put it out there". Now was finally time. I wasn't going to worry about the best possible presentation. I was just going to put it out now. Dylan and my other friend Wes Davis made a cool movie which will come out next year called "Buzzkill". I saw an early version and what I got from it personally was that if you do something today and then again tomorrow and the next day, it radically improves the likelihood that you will do that thing the next day after that and so on. I liked that idea and wanted to put that thought into motion for myself and like my friends in "Buzzkill", wait and see what would result.
Saying you're going to do stuff is scary so I didn't say much to anyone at first, but it's been a few days now, so I figured I'd catch the world up on what I'm up to.
I want to post 3 videos each day for a whole year. I will be posting them on youtube at my page jeffersonjaydotcom.
http://www.youtube.com/jeffersonjaydotcom
One of me playing one of my tunes. One of me playing a cover tune, which is a tune written by somebody other than me for those who don't know the lingo. And one clip form my archives which will usually spotlight one or more of my friends but may include me as well depending on how I feel that day. I am not going for greatness, but I am certainly not aiming to embarrass myself either of course (well not too much) I am not going for anything at all in particular beyond the goals I've already stated. I have no idea what will happen or what I hope will come of this but I figure something will and I am interested in seeing what that will be.
Challenges ahead: The clearest challenge is obviously doing something every single day. It's quite a commitment and I am am even a bit sheepish myself about it as we speak but hey, what the hey. The other biggest challenge I can see ahead is... I've only written about 200-250 songs at the most I think. So even if/when I get that far, I'm going to have to figure out a way to have a new song each day when I'm out of tunes. My archive is extensive so I will easily have enough material for that one and well, there are plenty of tunes out there to cover and I'm sure I can play 365 of them so that shouldn't be too hard either.
I may have some guests sometimes but it will mostly be me I believe and I'm going to try to blog about it all a lot because that just seems like a thing one should be doing with a project like this. SO i hope you enjoy my songs, my verbiage and getting to know me as Operation 365 marches on.
P.S. I wrote a new tune in 5 minutes or so yesterday while on of the vids was bouncing so that's #251 (about) and here I come. Hope to see ya all some time.
Peace
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