Jason Rubin

bio rewrite! Besides "Songs of Queen Anne, Songs of Japan", my first record, I'm not sure what I'll talk about when I rewrite. Maybe

Seattle Grunge

and how I am not that, or

Seattle Pop

and how I'm not exactly that either. Maybe

Seattle Alternative Rock

... hmm genres... who needs them... I write music. It's what I do from time to time. Lately, for a lark, I've been writing

Seattle Country

songs but don't tell anybody, it's a guilty pleasure and a secret. Seattle Grunge was a thing of the past that never really was (see the movie "Hype"). I could name drop and mention it was my two really close friends that helped me complete my first record, one in Queen Anne, Seattle, one in LA-- Keith and Peter. There I did it, Keith and Peter. I name dropped. Anyhow, I live in Seattle, am from the Seattle Area, and I assure you there is no Seattle Grunge out here. Perhaps there is Seattle Grunge from a tribute band but really the only Seattle Grunge is at the record stores. As a token non sequitur, I will tell you that I really like Woody Allen's movies, Annie Hall says it all. I'm big on chocolate, but try not to overdo it. I think I am a lifetime fan of XTC the band, which is why I learned to sound nothing like them and instead work from the gut with my

Seattle funk, blues, 70's retro, rock, alternative rock and country roots

. Living and loving, failing at things from time to time-- it character builds [grin]. I surf the net and fine-tune a rental house. As I write this, I am on the second chapter of Faulkner's "The Sound and The Fury" - which does NOT mean I'll take a pass on sci-fi fantasy or some woo woo book, I like reading... when I feel like it. I hate colds. I like cats. That should have been my whole bio right there, "I hate colds. I like cats." One thing I'd like to say about music in general is: when you choose your music, you are choosing your mood-- same with writing music. These days, for listening, I'm often in an Edvard Grieg or, newly, a Philip Glass mood-- though NPR makes for an interesting drive. I'll close with this thing unrelated to music; one of my favorite things is giving people what they need or long for, if I am able to. Okay, enough about me - like this is a blog post or something - what I should really do, when I write this bio, is write about the music. Well... it's not Seattle grunge, I can tell you that. It's high time I put together a proper Jason Rubin [auto] bio (we all know that bands- or band management- write their own bios anyway). Hmm... I should keep it succinct... what should I write... what should I write...