Nobody Said It Was Easy

No one ever said it would be so hard. They say if it was easy it wouldn’t be worth it. I say that sucks. I just want one thing to be easy. This whole thing - starting a company, managing my time, releasing music again, dealing with people - it’s never easy. It’s been a series of one step forward, two steps back at every single turn. It’s not even just my career, it’s my whole life. Today I found out I have a misdemeanor on my record because I got a speeding ticket in Brainerd, Minnesota. I paid the ticket, expecting to be done with it but found out about it when a real estate agent called to ask about my rental application and if I could explain why I was a petty criminal. “Uh… cause I did 74 in a 65 on an open road the one time I was ever in Minnesota I guess…. can I still have the apartment?”

We’re getting ready to introduce (reintroduce) our second artist, The New Hippies, this month. Understanding and myself had the privilege of working on the music for the Hulu show “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” over the past four years, and we got the opportunity to write and license a handful of songs to the show to use in season 3. Consider this a soft announcement of our upcoming release. Unfortunately obtaining permission to use the title of the show is highly unlikely and leads to a world of legal loop-de-loops and just doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

We can pick another name for the album. I can explain that it was a just a speeding ticket. I can speak with support at Spotify or CDBaby or Distrokid or whoever to make sure my releases end up in the right place and whatever other problem comes next. I just had to complain for a second. Just once I would like this to be easy, ya know? Maybe next time.

-J.P.