Song Sketch: Suppressing Urgency
Focus on importance systematically persistently suppressing urgency. Here’s a quick recording with my phone of an idea for a chorus, my version of Oliver Emberton’s phrase: “…sytsematically focus on...
View ArticleGordon/J Noise
Gordon stopped by. We looped and squeaked. I was on the guitar with loop pedal while Gordon plays the Pico Paso. Margaret called it “Tibetian techno sheik.” Captured on Gordon’s iPhone. The post...
View ArticleYour Bright Eyes Shine
Maile asked me to write a Valentine’s day song for Anais this year and here’s what I came up with. You see a star out of the car as we’re driving by You yell out star and point out where each one you...
View ArticleNo More Shitty Gigs (Demo)
I’ve been working on this ska/punk manifesto for a month or so. Earl correctly suggested that it should be the soundtrack to the promo video we’re gonna make. Here’s my second draft of two verses and...
View ArticleNew Video: No More Shitty Gigs
Ladies and gentleman, I am proud to present the world premier of the best damn video I’ve made to date (with great help, beginning to end, from Earl). This is my No More Shitty Gigs manifesto and...
View Article“Lean On Me” by Mixed Bag
Some cool coworkers and I started a group called Mixed Bag and sang “Lean on Me” at the DDCE staff meeting. The post “Lean On Me” by Mixed Bag appeared first on Jason Molin.
View ArticleI Can See Everyday J
Earl made a cool experimental video from footage of my last concert in the creek, over an old unreleased instrumental version of I Can See You. (that features the keys). Love the colors, heart! The...
View ArticleBright Eyes Shine
Maile asked me to write a song for Anais for Valentine’s Day this year and this is what I came up with, an ode to Anais’s powers of observation. Be sure to watch till the end of the video, there’s a...
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Playing Travis Heights Art Trail in Lisa B’s Yard
It was a gorgeous day Saturday for playing a little outdoor concert in Lisa B’s yard for all the folks stopping by to see her art. Maile and Anais came along and had fun, listened, danced, made it fun...
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Little Wedding on the Hill
A friend from DDCE got married recently and I was honored that she asked me to play at the wedding, especially because there were only 5 other people at the wedding, including the bride and groom!...
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This Song Is Done w Horns
I posted my first demo of this song in early January just after I wrote it for New Year’s as an ode to finishing, taking care of business, getting things done. Now it’s December and I’ve got it ska’d...
View ArticleRainbow Connection (J & G Practice)
Here is Gray Parsons (on piano) and I (on guitar and vocals), practicing for Lacie’s House Concert. Recorded on my phone (on Gray’s piano). Thanks to Kermit the Frog and the Muppets for this classic....
View ArticlePaige Fest 2013
I had a great time playing at Paige Fest 2013 and am looking forward to playing it again this May. Mike just posted this video slideshow of pics that starts off with my version of Un Momento Perfecto –...
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I’m Not Gonna Try To Change Anyone But Myself
This song is the realization of several visions I’ve been trying to bring together: It’s a mantra. It’s reggae, it’s dub. It’s got a killer horn section. And it achieves a sort of introspective...
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Joy’s Song
Let me tell you about a song I just wrote for someone I appreciate and admire. It’s a Valentines Day song. A few years ago I ran a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make my second album, FOK DUB....
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Map of Sweet Spots for Outdoor Concerts in Austin
Here is a map of sweet spots around Austin where I like to play outdoor shows. My favorite spots are natural amphitheaters, secluded stages, echoey places, like beneath bridges. I look forward to...
View ArticleDIVERSIFY
I had my appendix out a few months ago and when I got home from the hospital there was a card signed by a bunch of my coworkers. On top of that, they pooled $70 and pledged it toward my next song on...
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Sundaysong Singalong Has Begun
I’ve finally started doing something I’ve wanted to do for like the last year: Sundaysong Singalong. The idea is simple: have a singalong instead of church. Put another way, it’s like an old Pete...
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Asleep In The Shade
Meditation takes many forms and for me sometimes the most effortless is losing myself, late at night, in the soupy, loopy delay of a slow ambient guitar progression. (Especially when I have new loop...
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LOVE by John Lennon (For Gray and Lauren)
Gray and Lauren got married a few weeks ago, so I worked up this old favorite to perform at the wedding. How much more simple, beautiful and true can a song get?! Love is real, real is love Love is...
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