Hello Friends!

I call you “friends” though we may not even be properly acquainted because if you follow this we are unlikely to be enemies (Not sure I have any of those) and you deserve to be treated in a friend-ly fashion. 

If you’ve opened this expecting album news, then we will both be pleased that I can tell you that the next album is recorded currently being mixed. Determining the method of release beyond the obvious ones and zeroes of the Bandcamp page is on the agenda along with the means to do so. Please reach out and let me know if you have preferences or other related thoughts. Are you craving cassettes? Need a 7” (I’ve got some!)? Do you have a label that is interested in releasing song-based music?

I want to hear it!

The album has a couple old friends and at least one newer friend lending a hand to what is otherwise a fairly solo effort. Some of it is a bit different to what I’ve previously dropped so I hope you’ll stay with me for the ride. There will also be some fun extra things about which I don’t wanna over-share. Next time, perhaps.

Meanwhile, I’m already recording more songs and visualizing a world in which a fourth record will exist. No rush on that.

a 7" record and 2 compact discs that are for sale and, in fact, on sale.

This Friday, there will be nothing new on my Bandcamp page aside from low-low prices on all physical media. Get your physical media on the cheap and enjoy it forever. Seriously. Get it out of my studio and into your life.

It’s Spring. Winter only passingly dropped by my corner of Virginia so we’ve no snow to curse as it sorts itself into the storm drains but we are bidding farewell to the cold and hello to the sniffles and blooms of warmers days and nights. We’ve been trying to get outdoors more frequently (Remember outdoors? It’s where the record collection isn’t)  and so far it’s mostly just a ploy to generate undignified sweat in mountain trails but, the views have been nice…

Your host, J.M. Hart with a substantial vista of Blue Ridge mountains behind him. The sky is blue with a few light, white, clouds.

There continues to be talk of live performance and I hope to bring news of such a thing to you soon. Maybe. Is that a thing you want? Do you want to attend or even host a show? Please let me know.

To that end and in aid of the earlier album talk, I’ll remind you that my mailbox is here for your queries, missives, and complaints. Please post your electronic mail to rowjimmy at gmail. 

Also, following on the last newsletter, I should inform you that I am not to be found on twitter and, in fact, haven’t looked over the fence into that particular dump since my previous mailing. I am on Mastodon, as I stated, at @rowjimmy@shakedown.social. If you don’t know how that all works, ask your kids.

Please stay tuned here for future updates or follow me on Bandcamp to get the condensed edition in your email…