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Album Release News! (And teaching, and birthday!)

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Click the photo to see JPJQ's Facebook Event Page The Big Day is Coming! I'm so excited to be getting ready for JPJQ's big Album Release Party in less than 2 weeks (Holy Kamoley)! We had a fantastic rehearsal this past Monday with Team Portland of the JPJQ, along with our amazing special guests Katie Presley (trumpet) and Stan Bock (trombone). The band is going to sound so hot! Adam has added some extra horn parts (in addition to the ones on the album) and, unsurprisingly, they sound great... and we even have a few surprises in store for our supporters and friends in the audience! We've also booked a photographer to come and document our big debut, but if you're coming, we encourage you to take photos and video and share them with us - it takes a village (or a city) to promote an album, apparently! If you haven't already made plans for Wednesday, May 4th , please come down to Vie de Boheme  to help us launch our album! Admission is only $7, and yo

I Want Love Available for Download!

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I can't believe what a big deal it feels like to me that I Want Love  is now available on iTunes and CD Baby ! It shouldn't, I suppose, but it does. And I know Mom would be so incredibly thrilled to see her music up there, too! The CDs are on their way, and will (oh gosh, I sure hope they will) be ready and down in Portland in time for our CD Release Party on May 4th at the gorgeous Vie De Boheme Wine Bar and Restaurant! After so much waiting and planning, it's awesome that I finally have news to share and enough developments every week that it's easy to figure out what to say on "Website Updating Day" (formerly known as Friday)! So next week there'll be a bunch more information about this, but for now, just the teaser....

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

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I'm so happy to announce that "I Want Love" is finally on its way to our Earlybird Downloaders! It's been a long haul and we were a tiny bit late, but it's worth it! Everything is finally in place, and if you are one of the people who got a download as part of your Indiegogo perk, you should be able to get the album now on a "hidden page" on JPJQ's website! Unfortunately, since apparently Wix music doesn't yet offer a download code system, we can only offer the downloads to people who've prepurchased the album at this time. But not to worry!   I Want Love  will be available for purchase on the website within the next couple of weeks, and if you really can't wait, just go to our (still technically operating) Indiegogo page and buy the download. As soon as you do, I'll send you a link to the download page! The CD will be available soon, too- just finalizing a few things before sending it into production - still hoping to actua