A dance remix of ‘Room With A View’ – Just in time for Halloween. Even our songs get dressed up:
Just Off Turner – Room With a View [Phoolish Remix] by justoffturner
Room With a View [Phoolish Remix]
October 27, 2009 by justoffturnerNew song: Believers, Deceivers & Thieves
August 19, 2009 by PhilHere’s a preview of a new song that JOT is working on – The verse and chorus of a longer piece:
Some quick updates
June 10, 2009 by PhilYes, yes, yes… Things have been quiet in the JOT camp lately. However, here’s a few things of note to keep you guys in the loop:
-We’re still talking about a Brazilian tour – It’s just taking a bit longer to get all of our ducks in a row.
-We’re playing a bunch in California this Spring/Early Summer – Check out our tour dates for details. Of particular note is our show at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood – Where we’ll be debuting a couple of new songs.
-Speaking of new songs – Here’s a couple of our ‘descriptive’ titles to some songs in the works:
- ‘Didn’t Anybody Tell You That The War Is Over?’
- ‘The Painter’
- ‘E-AM9-C#m-B’
- ‘7/8 – 4/4′
- ‘Sing-A-Long’
- ‘The Billy Joel Song’
- ‘Bm – A Delay Song’
This is all in addition to the songs that didn’t make it on ‘WOW’ are in the running for the next album we hope to get in your ears by Christmas 2009.
- We’re also revamping our live shows to include some reworking of songs and inclusions of some interesting instruments and textures. If you haven’t seen us lately, you might be in for a treat when you do.
- Me? I’m listening to a bootleg of Elvis Costello’s 1989 tour rehearsal, pining for the new Nord Electro 3 and looking forward to the release of the iPhone 3GS. Yes, I’m a nerd.
Updates
April 26, 2009 by justoffturnerWell, it’s been a month since the new album was released. Reviews and feedback are generally positive – Though a consensus of minds might think that it’s a bit eclectic; ‘Reckless’, ‘Lines’ and ‘Wasted’ all being on the same album… We’re still working in the next one already with two new tunes in addition to the four (five) that didn’t make the last one.
Earlier this month we flew to South Carolina for a great show in Spartanburg and I’m actually typing this up on the plane back from Detroit where we played The Magic Bag for a bunch of personal friends, family on fans. We also celebrated my birthday on Friday – Unanimously, all of us had an amazing time.
Personally, it was both gratifying and humbling to have the astounding turnout that we did have in Michigan. For anyone reading this that attended the 4/24 show, I apologize if we didn’t get a chance to chat but the insanity that followed was completely unexpected.
‘So what’s next’ you ask?
The official CD release show is at The Mint in May and our return to Gilroy in July for the Garlic Festival. Otherwise, it seems like we’re concentrating our energies to trying to make Brazil happen.
After the last few months of recording & producing ‘WoW’, planning a didn’t-happen tour and making sure the two tour dates that we did keep went off without a hitch I’m taking a back seat for a few weeks and letting other people work the black seam for a while. I’m [contentedly] pooped.
See you on the other side.
With Missy & Karen at The Magic Bag
South Carolina this week + traveling abroad
April 6, 2009 by PhilThe University of South Carolina Upstate is having us back on Thursday for a show for their Spring Fest festival (seems redundant to type that). We’re flying out on Wednesday and flying back on Friday – Not a whole lot of time to spend in the fine city of Spartanburg but we’re plenty busy and need to get back to LA by the weekend.
These one-off shows are great and all but the entire band would like to be out on the road for a more extended period of time… Y’know, like a [whaddayacallit?] ‘tour’.
Interestingly enough, we’ve been talking with some concert promoters in Switzerland, Italy and Brazil – Making headway in some shows in their respective countries and could be touring abroad as early as August.
Neat, huh?
We’ll be taking some photos and video while we’re on the east coast this week – I hope to have a little round-up sometime next week.
Until then, keep up with JOT on Twitter:twitter.com/justoffturner
‘Words On Waves’ available today
March 24, 2009 by PhilOur new album, ‘Words On Waves’, is now available exclusively through Amazon.com for an introductory price of $7.99 (or 89¢ a song). iTunes and other outlets will follow in April and we’ll be getting hard copies in about a week.
Not much more to say but ‘go get it!’ Come back here and let us know what you think…
To get you in the loop:
March 17, 2009 by PhilFirst of all, if you haven’t been keeping up with my Studio Diary (found to your right), then you’re not really in the know now, are you? Give it a skim and it’ll catch you up on what to expect from the new album.
Secondly, here’s the scoop on a bunch of loose ends:
- The album will be released digitally on March 24th – It remains to be seen if TuneCore can get it up to iTunes or their own server in time. If they can’t, it’ll be available through Snocap first – Since the store is so easily embeddable.
- Four songs didn’t make the album but will make their appearance later this year [hopefully] on another album. Both Bryan and I have germs of ideas for another four or five songs between us. Our goal is to get back in the studio by the end of summer to get another new JOT CD out by Christmas 2009.
- Some of you have heard – The tour has been postponed. However, April 9th in Spartanburg, SC at USC Upstate is still a go as is The Magic Bag show in Ferndale, MI on April 24th. The 24th is also my birthday – In my home state – With a bunch of friends and family.
I’m really looking forward to that one.
We’re talking about hitting the road in July instead – Making our way to the east coast and back. Let’s see if we can’t make that happen.
- Speaking of tours, we’re currently in contact with some overseas concert promoters and a European jaunt looks especially promising. Also, a concentration on some shows in Switzerland looks good.
- We’re also finalizing an overhaul of our justoffturner.com website with the help of the incomparable James Matthew Mudgett for www.jmmseasons.com. Keep your eyes out for that soon.
Other than those bullets, we’ve got some new media that’s going to be happening including some video blogs, behind-the-scenes videos, music videos and appearances where you’d least expect us. We’re really excited about the rest of 2009 – You should be too.
New Album Diary
December 12, 2008 by PhilCheck out the link to the right (under Pages) for [what should be] an ongoing diary from the recording studio on the progress of the new album (tentatively titled ‘Words On Waves’). It’ll be updated more often than not, so keep checking back for updates and goodies from the studio.
JOT article at The Arkansas Times
November 4, 2008 by Phil
Superfriend, Lauryn, posted her experiences with the band over at her Arkansas Times column Misadventures In The Dark. Check it out, leave a comment and tell her JOT sent you.
Live (studio) footage of ‘How Much It Hurts’ and more
October 28, 2008 by PhilHappy Halloween week, everyone -
Our friends, David and Dino, at Brave New Network invited us to their studio a few weeks ago to shoot some footage of us performing some of our tunes. Visit www.bravenewnetwork.net/ for the opportunity to purchase exclusive MP3s and videos of ‘Hurts’, ‘The Long Walk Back’, ‘Bad For Business’ and ‘Ghost Town’.
