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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 actually be on schedule for that one!

Once again, the support we have received on this project has been huge, humbling, and happiness-inspiring! You are all awesome, and we can't wait for you to hear the album!

Incidentally, we'd love to hear what you think! So once you've given it a listen, send me an email/facebook message with your thoughts, or leave a comment on our Facebook Page!

Finally, as you can see in the headlines, our first CD release party (Featuring the brand new "Team Portland") has been scheduled. It will be May 4th (which is a Wednesday) from 8-midnight at Vie De Boheme. They haven't updated their webpage yet to reflect our gig, but we are confident that it will be up soon, so keep checking!

The "Team Vancouver" CD release party will be sometime between June 19-26 in Vancouver. We're just waiting on a few undetermined details, but as soon as I have another update, I'll let you know!

PS. This is NOT an April Fools' prank - we're actually REALLY launching this thing!




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