I was looking through some pictures on facebook and found this picture of my brother, Chris with Michael.  ......... What a weird moment.

                                              

     Just finished recording an EP and it feels great.  I was starting to wonder if I would ever get to record anything again, but it seems as though it's not really up to me.  Thanks Nathan and J.T. for playing guitar on some tracks and thanks Matt for your drumming skills!  Heath, thank you so much for your time.  There is no way to thank you enough.  You are truly talented at what you do.  

                                                                                   

You can hear some tracks at myspace.com/jonathanburgess.   The EP is called Disposition.

So, I've decided to really try to use this blog to let people in on the Burgess family.  I don't really use facebook or anything to communicate outwardly so.....I think this will be more fun.

-jon

MMMMM......  Can't wait.

Life can just flat out be crazy.  But, if crazy is the norm, that what do we call that?  Everyone's life is full of surprises.  Some good and some bad.  I can't say I know anyone who doesn't have anything big going on in their life right now.  Just epic journeys.  But again, if everyone's journey is "epic", is it really epic?  Crazy becomes normal.  It doesn't feel normal.  I can recognize that.  I guess it's just a crazy world, right?  

I didn't realized it'd been so long since I wrote on here.  I guess blogging isn't really my thing anyway.  Sometimes it's better than walking up the stairs to get my journal.  It's amazing to look back on all that's gone on in the past 8 months.  I won't list them because it could result in just complaining.  And I know I'm not the only one going through a lot.  There are so many people at Central V.  going through stuff.  And friends outside of church too.  I will say, I'm still learning a lot about who I am.  There are two major things I'm wrestling with right now: 

  The first is Chris's death.  I'm still in... denial i guess.  Last night I went out to take some pics for a school project and ended up not taking any.  Instead, I drove by Chris's Apartment.  I don't even know what I was looking for!  Maybe a feeling?  I don't want to let go of these feelings.  Even if they are of sadness.  Sometimes I even pretend as if I'm waiting for him to come over.  What he would talk about.  How he would greet me.  Or I pretend as if I'm driving over to his place for a good beverage and conversation.  He was one of my favorite people to have a conversation with.  His  things that I have claimed don't keep the feeling.  They're just becoming my things.  That's sad.  

The second is the relationship between school, work and music.  If there is one thing I've learned from pursuing photography, it's that I'm a musician.  I don't think that's bad, though.  I think you've got to get out and do other things if you want to be a good songwriter.  If not, you're in danger of becoming extremely cliche.  There are some sweet similarities between photography and music.  The craftsmanship.  The patience.  Good things for someone like myself to learn.  I guess what I mean is that I still feel very young.  A big misconception with song-writing (maybe photography?) is that you have to own a certain wisdom or you don't have anything to write about, which is completely untrue.  There have been countless times where I've written something, forgotten about it, revisit it later and somehow my brain or mind has progressed enough over time that I can then solve the question or feeling, or sometimes I even have the answer ready.  I learn not only from other's songs, I learn from my own too.  Now, I'm trying to do the same with a photograph which is a completely different thing.  It's more natural for me to pick up a guitar.

Anyway...  Looking forward to spring.  I've never FELT a winter like this.  I'm ready for spring.  Birds.  Green.  Porches.  Bikes.  Flip-flops.  Ice coffee and patios.  Walks to the community market with my ladies.  I guess I've only experienced the cold Clintonville.  I like it.  Just ready for spring.  I'm sure most of us are.

So, it's how it goes.  I remember sitting in front of ticketmaster.com wondering if I really should spend the money on the radiohead show aug. 4th.  We spent over $100 on tickets for Jan and I to go.   (phew, I'm glad I got that off my chest.)  I was so excited, but uneasy at the same time.  So, time moved on and I got over it.  We're going with some good friends and it should be a good time.  But, now of course there's a catch.  A potentially bad decision coming back to bite me in the butt.  I've been waiting for the new Ours record "mercy" and they're coming back to columbus.  It's only $15 a ticket and it's right down the street.  I was so excited and guess what!  you guessed it.  August 4th.  I will spend a good penny on gas, food, and parking.  (And that's after the ticket.)  And though I love radiohead, Ours may put on just as good a show, in a far more intimate setting.  Honestly after reading about how environmentally conscious radiohead has become.  I'm wondering if they might kick me in the teeth, for driving all the way to cleveland.  Oh well.  I'll get over it.  Live and Learn.  Although Ours is playing in Cleveland Aug. 5th.  Maybe Jan and I just need a solid 2 day vacation.

Why I Like Music

Music is productive, creative, art, honest, a persona, Fun, uniting, defining, mysterious, enlightening, history, the future, bold, dangerous, our safe place, confusing, convincing, influential, a stress reliever, stressful, a teacher, giving, worship, growing, searching, finding, living, reflecting, connecting, maturing, and for all ages.  It's another level of communication.