Yes, It’s 3:30 AM, but the New Site is Up!

My life always seems to work this way. I get an idea. I run with it. I don’t stop. Three days ago, I started work on a complete redesign of jaymathes.com. I knew the day was coming when I’d need to make that happen, but I didn’t expect it to happen this week.

I’m not going to restate why I did the new design. You can read out that on the first news post of the site. (Never fear, I will continue to keep this blog up. This blog is where I get to rant. Over there, I keep things more business-like, you might say.) What I will say, though, is that I feel much better now that it’s “done” (I have a few things yet to touch up, but they’re all very minor.)

I like the idea of starting something, going all in with it, completing it, then moving on to the next task. It’s refreshing. I hope you enjoy the new site as much as I do. I feel like I’ve accomplished something.

View from Horseshoe

This past Sunday night, I took the stage at Horseshoe BBQ on Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. It was a fun night – not a stupendous night, but a good night. It was my first show as a father of two. I had a mild headache. I was running on about 10 hours of sleep over three days. Beautiful. (in a weird sort of way.)

I want to say a quick thanks to Rena Newman for inviting Chris Zonada and me to perform, and I want to thank Mike at Horseshoe BBQ for paying us – for supporting live, original music in Chicago. His commitment is rare this city I call home. Thank you. Speaking on behalf of all other Chicago songwriters, we hope that we can pay you back – some day.