J-Guden

Just wanted to give a quick thank you to the 89.7 WTMD Towson radio staff for playing Here We Go on Tuesday and Saturday this past week.

Also, I’ve got a show from 7:00 – 8:30 PM this Friday 8/12 at Joe Squared in Baltimore. Excellent scene for good local music and some folks touring through town. The shows there are also always free. The evening acts are Brave Noise and indie rockers with a bit of jazz influence Community Center.

I want to extend my thanks to the more than 100 College and Community Radio stations playing songs from While the Cosmos Interweave.  A special thanks to these stations where the album has charted:

WAUG Rock Island, IL        Charted #4
WCVM Morrisville, NY      Charted #19
WLTL La Grange, IL             Charted #30
WUMM Machias, ME           Charted #10
WVIA Pittston, PA               Charted #15
KMNR Rolla, MO                   Charted #12
KTCV Kennewick, WA        Top 3 most added song to rotation
Lasell Newton, MA              Top3 most added song to rotation

Thank you all for the exposure and taking the time to listen to the music.

Best,

-J

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Songs from While the Cosmos Interweave are currently being considered for rotation on 300 college and community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. As an independent artist I need your help to help increase exposure!

Please call in to a station local to you and request one of these three songs to be played on the air:

1. The Sheets We Fell Beneath
2. Here We Go
3. May

Below is a list of all the stations the album is currently at with potential for adding songs to their regular rotations. to request a song simply call or email the station manager or programming director. As an unknown independent musician one of the hardest things to do is get exposure throughout the country. Any help you can provide would be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

Kind regards,

-J

Station List:
CJSW Calgary AB
KBBI Homer AK
KEUL Girdwood AK
WEGL Auburn AL
WLJS Jacksonville AL
KAMP Tucson AZ
KBRP Bisbee AZ
KJACK Flagstaff AZ
Radio Phoenix Phoenix AZ
Riddle Radio Prescott AZ
KALX Berkeley CA
KCRH Hayward CA
KCRW Santa Monica CA
KCSB Santa Barbara CA
KCSS Turlock CA
KFSR Fresno CA
KGAR Lemoore CA
KKSM San Marcos CA
KLMU Los Angeles CA
KMUD Redway CA
KSCU Santa Clara CA
KSJS San Jose CA
KSSU Sacramento CA
KUCI Irvine CA
KXLU Los Angeles CA
KXSC Los Angeles CA
KZSC Santa Cruz CA
WPMD Norwalk CA
KAFM Grand Junction CO
KCSU Fort Collins CO
KDNK Carbondale CO
KMET Denver CO
KMSA Grand Junction CO
KOTO Telluride CO
KRCC Colorado Springs CO
KRCX Denver CO
KRFC Fort Collins CO
KRZA Alamosa CO
KURA Ouray CO
WCNI New London CT
WESU Middleton CT
WHUS Storrs CT
WNHU West Haven CT
WQAQ Hamden CT
WSIN New Haven CT
WVOF Fairfield CT
WWUH West Hartford CT
WXCI Danbury CT
WGTB Washington DC
WRGW Washington DC
WVAU Washington DC
WVUD Newark DE
Osprey Radio Jacksonville FL
WFCF SaintAugustine FL
WMNF Tampa FL
WNSU Fort Lauderdale FL
WOWL Boca Raton FL
WPRK Winter Park FL
WRGP Miami FL
WVUM Coral Gables FL
SCAD-Atlanta Radio Atlanta GA
WRAS Atlanta GA
WVVS Valdosta GA
KKCR Hanalei HI
KTUH Honolulu HI
KRNL Mt. Vernon IA
KUNI Cedar Falls IA
KURE Ames IA
KZOW Forest City IA
KRUI Iowa City IA
KWLC Decorah IA
KRFP Moscow ID
KUOI Moscow ID
WAUG Rock Island IL
WESN Bloomington IL
WIDB Carbondale IL
WIIT Chicago IL
WLCA Godfrey IL
WLTL La Grange IL
WLUW Chicago IL
WMXM Lake Forest IL
WONC Naperville IL
WRBU Peoria IL
WRDP Chicago IL
WRSE Elmhurst IL
WUIC Chicago IL
WXAV Chicago IL
WECI Richmond IN
WGRE Greencastle IN
WIUX Bloomington IN
WMHD Terre Haute IN
KJHK Lawrence KS
WRFL Lexington KY
WWHR Bowling Green KY
KLPI Ruston LA
KLSU Baton Rouge LA
KNSU Thibodaux LA
KNWD Natchitoches LA
KRVS Lafayette LA
KSCL Shreveport LA
KXUL Monroe LA
WTUL New Orleans LA
Lasell College Radio Newton MA
WAMH Amherst MA
WBIM Bridgewater MA
WBRS Waltham MA
WERS Boston MA
WKKL West Barnstable MA
WMBR Cambridge MA
WMHC South Hadley MA
WMUA Amherst MA
WTBU Boston MA
WTCC Springfield MA
WUMD North Dartmouth MA
WUML Lowell MA
WZLY Wellesley MA
WFWM Frostburg MD
WJHU Baltimore MD
WLOY Baltimore MD
XTSR Towson MD
WBOR Brunswick ME
WERU East Orland ME
WMEB Orono ME
WMHB Waterville ME
WMPG Portland ME
WRBC Lewiston ME
WUMF Farmington ME
WUMM Machias ME
WCBN Ann Arbor MI
WHFR Dearborn MI
WIDR Kalamazoo MI
WLSO Sault Ste.Marie MI
WMHW Mt. Pleasant MI
WMTU Houghton MI
WNMC Traverse City MI
WQAC Alma MI
WSDP Canton MI
WUPX Marquette MI
KMSC Moorhead MN
KMSU Mankato MN
KQAL Winona MN
KUMD Duluth MN
KUOM Minneapolis MN
KUST St. Paul MN
KVSC St. Cloud MN
WMCN St. Paul MN
KFAI Minneapolis MN
KCOU Columbia MO
KDHX St. Louis MO
KMNR Rolla MO
KOPN Columbia MO
KSLU St. Louis MO
KTRM Kirksville MO
KWUR St. Louis MO
KDWG Dillon MT
WKNC Raleigh NC
WQFS Greensboro NC
WXYC Chapel Hill NC
WZMB Greenville NC
KNDS Fargo ND
CHMR St. Johns NF
WUNH Durham NH
RLC Piscataway NJ
WBJB Adelphia NJ
WFDU Teaneck NJ
WGLS Glassboro NJ
WLFR Pomona NJ
WMSC Upper Montclair NJ
WPSC Wayne NJ
WRRC Lawrenceville NJ
WRSU New Brunswick NJ
KRUX Las Cruces NM
M3 Radio New York NY
VIC Radio Ithaca NY
WAIH Potsdam NY
WBNY Buffalo NY
WCVF Fredonia NY
WCVM Morrisville NY
WCWP Brookville NY
WDWN Auburn NY
WEOS Geneva NY
WFUV Bronx NY
WGSU Geneseo NY
WHCL Clinton NY
WHRW Binghamton NY
WICB Ithaca NY
WITR Rochester NY
WKWZ Syosset NY
WMVL Purchase NY
WNYU fm New York NY
WPNR Utica NY
WRCU Hamilton NY
WRHU Hempstead NY
WRPI Troy NY
WRUR Rochester NY
WSIA Staten Island NY
WSPN Saratoga Springs NY
WTSC Potsdam NY
WUSB Stony Brook NY
BearCast Radio Cincinnati OH
Ohio.FM New Albany OH
WBGU Bowling Green OH
WBWC Berea OH
WCSB Cleveland OH
WCWS Wooster OH
WDUB Granville OH
WJCU University Heights OH
WMCO New Concord OH
WMSR Oxford OH
WOBC Oberlin OH
WOUB Athens OH
WRUW Cleveland OH
WUSO Springfield OH
WWSU Dayton OH
WXCU Columbus OH
KRSC Claremore OK
CFMU Hamilton ON
CFRE Mississauga ON
CHRW London ON
CHUO Ottawa ON
CILU Thunder Bay ON
KBOO Portland OR
KBVR Corvallis OR
KDUP Portland OR
KEOL La Grande OR
KPSU Portland OR
KPUR Forest Grove OR
KWVA Eugene OR
WCUR West Chester PA
WIXQ Millersville PA
WKDU Philapelphia PA
WLVR Bethlehem PA
WMUH Allentown PA
WNJR Washington PA
WPPJ Pittsburgh PA
WPTS Pittsburgh PA
WRCT Pittsburgh PA
WRKC Wilkes-Barre PA
WSAJ Grove City PA
WSRU Slippery Rock PA
WVIA Pittston PA
WVMM Grantham PA
WVMW Scranton PA
WVYC York PA
WXAC Reading PA
WXPN Philadelphia PA
WXVU Villanova PA
WXIN Providence RI
WPCX Clinton SC
WSBF Clemson SC
WUSC Columbia SC
KBHU Spearfish SD
WMTS Mufreesboro TN
WRVU Nashville TN
WTTU Cookeville TN
WUTK Knoxville TN
KANM College Station TX
KSHU Huntsville TX
KSYM San Antonio TX
KTCU Fort Worth TX
KTSW San Marcos TX
KUIW San Antonio TX
KVRX Austin TX
KWTS Canyon TX
Radio UTD Richardson TX
Aggie Radio Logan UT
KRCL Salt Lake City UT
KSUU Cedar City UT
KWCR Ogden UT
WDCE Richmond VA
WGMU Fairfax VA
WHRV Norfolk VA
WLUR Lexington VA
WMLU Farmville VA
WNRN Charlottesville VA
WUVT Blacksburg VA
WXJM Harrisonburg VA
WGDR Plainfield VT
WRUV Burlington VT
KAOS Olympia WA
KEXP Seattle WA
KSPU Seattle WA
KSUB Seattle WA
KTCV Kennewick WA
KWCW Walla Walla WA
KUWS Superior WI
WBCR -2 Beloit WI
WBSD Burlington WI
WCCX Waukesha WI
WIPZ Kenosha WI
WLFM Appleton WI
WMSE Milwaukee WI
WMUR Milwaukee WI
WORT Madison WI
WRFW River Falls WI
WRNC Ashland WI
WRST Oshkosh WI
WSUP Platteville WI
WWSP Stevens Point WI
KHOL Jackson WY

In the past year I’ve written about 5 songs I’d like to start recording in the next few months. One song “Fractured Frame” is being recorded by one of my other music projects The Petticoat Tea Room.

I plan on running some of my other new songs by that group to gauge interest but ultimately I plan on recording these songs myself for an EP release sometime next year.

I have a couple rough demos now. If you would like to hear them just send an email to jgudenmusic@gmail.com and let me know you’d like a copy of the rough cuts.

Best in the new year,

-J

I’m not very impressed with the Bandcamp site from that last post. Multiple times I tried to upload files and the tracks were posted crackling sounds in them. Music can now be streamed here.

Best,

-J

So, I guess this is my website. I am very proud of my friend Paul who put this together for me. He is a very talented and charming man.

I look forward to having my first album While the Cosmos Interweave available for purchase on itunes, Amazon music and a host of other music sites by September. In the meantime, you can stream tracks at www.reverbnation.com if you search for j-guden.

I am working on booking shows now and hope to have some posted in the next week or two.

I have recently joined the other late adopters on twitter at http://twitter.com/jguden.

Say hello if you have an account.

L8r.

The album is almost wrapped up. Cover layout, mastering and pressing should be ready by July.

There were issues over the past few months with the person I recorded with. Not so much his work, which is good, just that he is in a band and was touring constantly. I get it…I should be doing that, but it has just been hard to stay focused with all the timing gaps. There was too much time to second guess and rethink songs. There is a lot to be said about spur of the moment decisions in music. As the song is fresh and in that moment something very different is captured. In my head there has been this struggle of wanting to keep moving forward and probably over thinking parts.

I will probably only work with this person again if we agree to a set amount of dedicated time on the project up front. From start to finish this has taken two years. That is over a year too long. I am not putting blame on the sound engineer. Many of the delays were my doing.

I have been writing more and want to move on to recording and performing new songs. Songwriting is a joyous, production labor sometimes is not. But…everything is good. Everything.

-J

All the tracks have been recorded. I had some very productive sessions in the studio with my friend Corey. We covered a lot of ground with harmony vocals and getting a old honest sound on a just acoustic, voice and shaker/tambourine track called Sunnywine. The first time tracked just was not working for me. You can hear some of the currently unmixed tracks on myspace or reverbnation. I should hear rough mixes this coming week.

Progress has been made and I am still excited for completion. I’ve been working on writing a number of new songs that are mostly finished so the next album or EP (I haven’t decided what it will be yet) will be in progress while I am out playing this record live.

Just as a note, I’ve been listening a lot to Dan Auerbach lately. He released a solo album recently called Keep it Hid though he also is a member of the Black Keys. The range of styles on his album moves from old-time folk to romantic-50′s melodic to psychedelic blues. I’m smitten with it at the moment. Enjoy.