Jay Mathes

Author: jaymathes

  • New Album? Yes. Coming in October

    Yes, it is true. Many details are amorphous right now, but what I can confirm is that I will be releasing an all-acoustic album in October. I’m currently commissioning artwork from a couple of friends of mine, working on the track list, and figuring out how I’m going to make it happen. So here’s what I can guarantee:

    * All new music
    * Huge album jacket
    * Eco-friendly production
    * Hand-made album cover and disc image
    Mailing list members will hear about the track list and pre-order info first, plus they’ll get a free track from the record the week of the release. Sign up on my website, jaymathes.com.

  • Going Away for a While

    I just wanted to let you know that I will be out of town for ten days, beginning on this coming Tuesday. I will be traveling to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountain Range, where I will be backpacking, fly fishing, and hiking. I’m taking the trip with a very good friend of mine, and I can’t wait for him to teach me how to fly fish. Yes, I’ve never done it before. Chicago doesn’t really have any good places to go fishing; and seeing as I’ve lived here all my life, I have never experienced a yearning to fly fish. As it is, I barely remember how to cast a line on a “normal” reel.

    So off I go in to the great outdoors. This is my first backpacking trip since 2003 (?). Ridiculous, considering that I love doing it. But it’s not cheap if you live in Chicago, because you always have to travel pretty far to get anywhere worth going to.
    I’ll try to post another entry or two before I leave, but if I don’t, please forgive me. I have a lot of packing to do, and I still have to bone up on some rudimentary fishing skills – like tying a hook to a line!
    Ciao!