Month: January 2022

New CD out and available

Joy Ann LaJeret
My site logo: https://joyannlajeret.

On Christmas eve, I released a song entitled, My One Desire The reason the song was written was because of my love for horses. I have a long history of equitation. I prefer English style of riding and jumping. I use an Australian saddle not English. I prefer the comfort and versatility of the Australian saddle. Horses have been a part of my life for years and my training was at St Benedicts college in St. Joseph, Minnesota. I have owned a horse and today they are very expensive to own or board; so I ride in a private arena called Gold Creek Equitation Center in Woodinville, WA.

The story of the plight of the western state’s mustang herds is available on my website page: https://www.joyannlajeret.com. I now have a CD for sale and it is posted for sale digitally as well. I encourage you to protect these horse, our national treasure, by donating on their website provided on my web page. It is imperative that we protect the animals on this earth. The most human way to thin herds is injecting mares, so they cannot produce. This needless killing is quite unnecessary.

I still do not have a band put together. However, I am still recording new songs. I have one ready to release, one not yet mastered and one waiting to be worked on. I am, also, trying to get ready for a busking gig in La Conner, Washington. It is being put on for their 10th Anniversary Celebration of La Conner’s Artist Gallery Cooperative. I am also working on the Northshore Senior Volunteer Band project, in Bothell, WA.. We perform every Tuesday at retirement communities and facilities. We have around 12-15 performers and give a two hour show.

That wraps it up for now. I am going to separate my blog from my earlier posts and reserve this blog for my music. It takes a bit of time to do this and it should happen in a few months. Until then, stay safe and hopefully we will get to see each other when I begin to perform with my own band.

Happy New Year!

Joy Ann LaJeret

A whole new year is upon us. I have made no resolutions, but hope to continue making and recording music. I have invested a lot in this undertaking in 2021. I really wonder where the money is going to come from in the future. It has been a challenging time with rising prices and those meat prices! I think we all are feeling the financial squeeze. It is with hope in the economy that I proceed on this course I have set for myself in the music business.

I have released nine songs and the album of these songs should be on my website for sale in February. The song that gave me the most gratification was released on Christmas eve. It is called, ” My One Desire.” It was recorded to bring attention to the unnecessary treatment of the wild mustangs and burros in the western states, specifically Utah. I have a place for you to donate to this cause.

I have three songs coming out in 2022, in February and the others a bit later than that. I have to keep working on a third song that will probably not be released until summer. I am hoping the money will begin to trickle in from sales, but I am not holding my breath. A good many of the musicians I interview on my Facebook site, Matured Musicians group are older and depend on the extra money they get from gigs and producing music. Social Security is not enough to live on and many musicians do not have retirements, per se. I know because I happen to be one of them.

After they take out my student loan money, that I have been paying for 25 year, I have $800.00 a month left to live on. My husband does not have a retirement, nor do I. Should anything happen to his job, we will be in a terrible financial place. So I have started working on this project to supplement our income if anythng happens to him. I keep hoping I will find a way to make this musical career work.

Along with creating new songs, I hope to get to work and play my music in this area. I do not have a band and the future is pretty unclear right now, but I am still hoping things will take a turn for the positive. I think dreams take a lot of hard work and accurate decision making to accomplish. I hope you wish me luck on this journey.

Until we meet down the road, do tune into my group on Facebook and learn how the musicians I interview got their careers started and what they are doing now and in the future. It costs nothing to join and nothing to be interviewed! You can find the group here: Matured Musicians group. Please enjoy this new year and make it the best ever.