JWP - A Year of Change...In a Good Way!
If anyone would have asked me a year ago what Just Wanna Play would be doing in 2007, I'd have missed the mark with my guess...by a long, long shot!
JWP came together in quite a chaotic manner. Several of us were playing in a sort of party rock formula band called Suckerpunch. We decided to try a nice, modular approach that could go do acoustic shows, or scale up and have a full-blown six-piece band with more harmonies than you could shake a tuning fork at.
Ok, so we got that part down. There have been two-person, three-person, even seven-person performances in the past six months. It's just the nature of the performances that comes as a surprise. In addition to doing shows like the DC Roller Girls Anniversary Party and our regular gig at Happy Endings bar in Fredericksburg, we're branching out. This year we've done wedding receptions, charity shows and even a Family Fun Day at an Elementary School.
A lot of it comes from the fact that we're the most accurately named band in the known universe. Everyone in this band just loves to play and sing music. I think there are plenty of rehearsals which we enjoy just as much as gigging out (and I have NEVER said that about any band I've been in). From my perspective (warped as it may be), I'm hitting 20 years as a "gigging" musician, and this band is the most fun I can ever remember.
We hope we get a chance for everyone who reads this (and plenty of others) to get together with us and enjoy the music as much as we do. Be safe, have fun, and we'll see ya soon!
nK, JWP
(Next Gig - June 16th: Happy Endings Bar - 1315 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg, VA)
JWP came together in quite a chaotic manner. Several of us were playing in a sort of party rock formula band called Suckerpunch. We decided to try a nice, modular approach that could go do acoustic shows, or scale up and have a full-blown six-piece band with more harmonies than you could shake a tuning fork at.
Ok, so we got that part down. There have been two-person, three-person, even seven-person performances in the past six months. It's just the nature of the performances that comes as a surprise. In addition to doing shows like the DC Roller Girls Anniversary Party and our regular gig at Happy Endings bar in Fredericksburg, we're branching out. This year we've done wedding receptions, charity shows and even a Family Fun Day at an Elementary School.
A lot of it comes from the fact that we're the most accurately named band in the known universe. Everyone in this band just loves to play and sing music. I think there are plenty of rehearsals which we enjoy just as much as gigging out (and I have NEVER said that about any band I've been in). From my perspective (warped as it may be), I'm hitting 20 years as a "gigging" musician, and this band is the most fun I can ever remember.
We hope we get a chance for everyone who reads this (and plenty of others) to get together with us and enjoy the music as much as we do. Be safe, have fun, and we'll see ya soon!
nK, JWP
(Next Gig - June 16th: Happy Endings Bar - 1315 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg, VA)
