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a couple rad @jerandco projects are out in the world today! itās always an exciting feeling to āsend the kid to kindergartenā and i love working with both of these kids so much. the first single from a full-length record by @jessetaylor.band āprocrastination queenā is a real gem. a surprise acoustic EP by @millettemusic (featuring a haunting @bonjovi cover) called āall in a dayā that weāfittinglyārecorded in a day! much more very soon. xoxo, jerry
two years ago yesterday, i put out my first solo song in 15 years.
it was scary, and funny and exciting. the song is called ā90sā.
it was the product of a simpler time, at the time yearning for an even simpler one.
itās a celebration, and critique of nostalgia. itās a song about getting older. itās a corny letter to myself about how much and how little iāve changed. about how much, and how little life changes.
i wrote around 30 verses, kept two of them. i wrote, recorded and mixed it all myself. i got a grammy award winning engineer to master it. i built a whole world of ācontentā around it and scrapped most of it. a full music video. dozens of posters and gifs and promo clips.
relearned HTML and coded a āgeocitiesā-style 90s website around it. i shared some of it but mostly it was a great exercise in making a bunch of goofy stuff just for fun, like i did when i was a kid. it didnāt ādo numbersā but iām glad i did it.
it feels weird to celebrate much of anything while so much of everything feels dark. but iād like to think that sadness and celebration can coexist.
to my future self: keep making stuff & donāt let bad things take away the good things.
love you all, jer š¹
no matter how hard things get, iāve always been lucky to have music to keep me going - to keep me grounded, connected and making things with my friends. after making a song together last year for @easternmountaintime ās brilliant āburlington does burlingtonā compilation, @jessetayl0r and i talked about making a whole record, and here we are! basics from this week - unmixed, raw sounds of her and the band playing live. iām sure weāll overdub some stuff and add some literal/figurative bells & whistles but this gives you a general idea of the vibe. this song feels particularly poignant, powerful and important to share right now. if you have songs youāve been meaning to sing, hit me up. i want @jerandco to be comfortable, affordable and accessible to all. also yesterday marks 4 years without drinking for me so that feels pretty cool. alright be kind, go for a walk, pet a dog, check in on your friends, make art that matters to you. love, jer
Something To Leave Behind is out today! Hereās the full video by @jercoons . The widescreen cinematic version is on YouTube and I hope youāll check it out. Jer wrote the lyrics and titles out by hand. :)
When the @jerandco studio needed a new roof a couple years back I signed on to fix it up. Jer, being the gentle-giant-documentarian that he is, came out with his camera and got some footage. This whole video was spontaneous if you can believe that. And while it looks like Iām the only one up there I could not have got the old roof off and the new one down in the window of good weather we had without the help of @s.b.wooster , @shawnsybillops , and Indigo from @montpelier_construction who generously helped on his day off. Also Emily and Jer for doing most of the ground shingle clean up when it was getting dark and I was getting tired. Oh and Jer saved me from falling off the roof on one of these days too. š·āāļø
Speaking of spontaneity, Iād put this song in the āwhere in the universe did that come fromā category not because I think itās out of this world profound or anything, but because I wrote it in about the amount of time it takes to sing it and when we went to record the same thing happened. A few live takes, Willy jumping on the keyboard to see what spirits of basement tapes past we could pay our respects to, golden harmonies from the great beyond (by way of @whosagoodbaby ) and that was it. A little in house mixing and we shipped it out to Chris Colbert for mastering. So if youāre still with me I guess Iām saying that Time Is Cool and Not All Minutes Are Made The Same.
1,000 thanks to everyone involved. Happy October, best month of the year because thatās when @serahhhhh was born.
vote for @jerandco in the @sevendaysvt daysies! itās pretty surreal to even be nominated and a nice little moment to pause and celebrate some of the waves weāre making from our humble little ship over here. i donāt know if weāre āthe bestā but weāre certainly having a good time trying our best. lincoln biography! love, jerry
coming off a busy but fruitful handful of weeks and very stoked to be a part of some really cool projects recently! i want @jerandco to be comfortable, affordable, accessible and enjoyable to all. my nameās in the title (mostly because it was too good of a pun to pass up) but really the most crucial part of it is ācoā - company, community, collaboration. youāre only as good as the company you keep and iām lucky to get to keep company like this. 1. āevening newsā feat @connorymusic by @tall__tails out today! 2. got to master @easternmountaintime ās āburlington does burlingtonā comp and did a @theleatherboundbooks song with @jessetayl0r 3. āwhite whaleā by @forest_station_bluegrass out now! 4/5. more @tall__tails 6. tracking some new tunes w/ @jessetaylor.band 7. @troy_millette āin another lifeā is a bop 8. holy shit weāre in the running for the @sevendaysvt daysies! 9. monday/self-portrait 10. new door glow after the storm last night. not pictured: emily ran relay in the vt city marathon and monday and i are so proud. love ya! more soon, jerry
some snowy scenes from a fun few days of tracking some heat with the wonderful folks @forest_station_bluegrass - what a great crew! ājackson county lineā featuring @jessica.leone from @allnightboogieband is out now and streaming everywhere!! more jams on the way soon. if you have songs youāve been meaning to record and enjoy being creative in a supportive & relaxing environment get in touch! @jerandco has got you covered š²
š² COMINā IN HOT! Our new single āJackson County Lineā is streaming everywhere! š²
A huge shoutout and many thanks to @jessica.leone // @allnightboogieband for joining us in the studio and laying down some guest vocals.
Recorded, mixed, mastered, watered, fed & farmed by the man @jercoons // @jerandco ⦠more music on the way.
Enjoy!