Jets Under Fire

SXSW 2009

SXSW is finally here. It’s always a ton of fun, but also a ton of work. This year we prepared by starting the 4 EP idea back in December, culminating March 17th, the day before SXSW music begins. We made it! We got three new songs recorded, and got a new website, and all the social amenities completed. After booking a few shows for SXSW, we’re now ready to play. That’s the easy part.

It’s funny, people sometimes think band guys are slackers. Sometimes they are, but I don’t feel that our band is. We’re constantly pushing to do more, create more, and become better. Maybe it’s my obsessive compulsive tendencies, but it’s a lot of hard work.

I’m excited to see what happens this year. Hopefully we’ll make few more contacts, and play in front of a few more business people who can help us. After all, that’s part of why you live in Austin as a musician, to have such easy access the industry in your hometown.

Now it’s time to chug the energy drinks, forget about sleeping, and run from show to show, and party to party. Time to connect. Time to make something happen. As my wife always says: “You can sleep when you’re dead!”

–Jason

I find that inspiration is often hard to come by, especially when your stuck in the midst of day to day tasks.  How do you stayed inspired when at your job, or at home?  We’ll to help ourselves out, we’ve created a little tumblog over at:  jetsunderfire.tumblr.com to keep track of those things the we find inspiring.

Right now you’ll find a lot of Beach Boys documentaries, which I find fascinating, and couple on Radiohead.  I get inspired by see how others approach the creative process.  We will also be posting websites, quotes, and anything else that strikes us.

Feel free to check up on that site periodically.  We will when we need that inspirational kick in the pants.  Let us know what things inspire you.

–Jason

It’s been over a year since we built a new website, so I’ve spent the past few months trying to work up this little beast between the shows, the practices, the recording, oh yeah, and the real life, like the job and the wife.

So far, so good I believe.  I guess we’ll find out the further along we go.  I hope this becomes a central location for you to communicate with us, and let us know what you want to see from Jets Under Fire.

Tell us what songs you love.  What songs you hate.  What photos we look cool in.  What photos we look like dorks in.  Tell us what gets you out to shows, what your favorite artists are, etc…or just say hello!

I think this is going to be a fun year! So come take the journey with us!

–Jason