The new jwonder

(DISCLAIMER...I wish someone other than Fox owned MySpace.)

yes, I would like to state that our band name consist of one word...jwonder. The name comes from a nickname I was given while working 2 jobs when I was younger. Of course it stuck and we have yet to discard yet or shake it yet. In terms of the name having any meaning pertaining to specific members. I can claim the "J" and Dave and EJ are the "wonder". As in its a great wonder why they even play with me still. Thanks guys. Speaking of Jwonder and specifically EJ and Dave. Without those guys the new Jwonder would not be impossible. Dave kept us relevant when all we were was a recording band from 2004 to 2006. He doesn't show up and we don't learn the recording process and become not only self sufficient but also somewhat good at recording our own material. Given that situation I was dying to get myself on a piece of property. Preferably one with a 2 car garage and in May of 06' Eureka! We found the house that fit the bill as the future home of norFUNK RECORDS and Spirit of 76' studios. The place also had a 2 car garage we converted to a studio/practice space.

Since the 4^th of July 2006 EJ (bass/vocals) gave us a second chance in both the studio and live environments. It is in the studio where we are creating a piece of art & not a piece of crap hopefully. Sure, we’ve had our shares of misfires before, but lately we have started to realize our potential and come into a new level of thinking about music. Luckily we have learned that we had to take the whole process into our own hands. Ownership. We take ownership from being there from the start to the end of making this album. We brought in Fern Glass (bassist/songwriter/producer), formerly of Crab Nebula, to put his mark on the album. Fern put his mark on the album by assisting in mixing, engineering and putting together every song with Jwonder. This allowed us to focus on finding the right tone on the album. To really tell a story not just with a standard but good performance of the music and lyrics but rather a unique performance. One that stands out.

See, we believe that music and original music specifically is taking a hit lately and especially music that is album oriented. We see music and the old mechanisms used to get the music to you are all dying slowly and painfully. Just one look at record companies suing 12 year olds for illegally downloading material is evidence of their gasping downfall. Fortunately for us there is some good news. Good in that this new world is so fully digitalized and it is easier for us to afford the mechanisms to record. Now that we have the equipment we can fully craft our music. Not just write and perform the songs but also record them as well. Now that the playing field is level per se for recording, the brave new world of digital recording and the internet also has it downside. Instead of having to buy an album, you can just download the songs you like off the internet. This takes away the chance that just maybe by listening to the whole album you might find that after a few listens that you have a new song as your favorite. This also does not allow the listener to hear the full idea from an artist. “OH, but you can listen to each song before you buy it.” However, sometimes a 20 second snippet does not give you a chance to really digest what the artist is trying to get across to you the listener. Not to mention the many times that a song will grow on you over time as you get tired of the other songs on the album.

This new digital technology also provides the vehicle for the ever growing file sharing orgy happening on the internet. The reduction in the value of music is a painful change especially for those who weren’t getting much per album as is are not getting less. However, for us this is a good thing because we can sell our stuff for less than the major label artists and still make more per album than they do. All we have to do is sure up this Internet album sales thing.

Hopefully you will allow us to present for you the listener our new album Parley: The Greek Gospel. We will do our best to provide you this album at a reasonable download price at around 5 to 6 bucks and a copy of the album in CD form for less than 12 bucks shipping included. For a download that is less than most Apple albums and $11.99 for a cd off the internet delivered to your door is better than most sites. We would love to have our CDs in all the cool little stores all across the country but we're still waiting to hear back from the Lottery.

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