Jacob Fannin

Hey hey! You should all come out to the Copper Rock Coffee Co. on College Ave in Appleton this Friday night (Feb 19th) from 9-11 pm. I’ll be playing. It’s usually a good show there… so come support an relax!

You should check out and subscribe to my family’s YouTube page!

Hey hey. Check out my family’s website at http://www.Fannin11.com. We have a nice surprise coming up here within the next week. It’s exciting on our part… and we hope you like it!

Hey Hey. Thank you everyone that voted. It was a fun month to watch go by. Here is the interview that was posted to their website this morning. Thank you again!

It was a backhanded request. Hope it turned out ok!

So here I sit, it is 5:15 in the morning and I’m waiting for a taxi to come get me and take me to the airport. From there, I know that I am getting on a connecting flight to Chicago and then flying to Los Angeles. From there, I know that I mailed a rent check out to that area about two weeks ago and that in my pocket I have scribbled down an address where apparently there is an empty room waiting for me. After that? I have no idea.

So how exactly did this happen again?

I always liked singing. Always. Even when I was a kid I found it a liberating and strange kind of challenge… and the fact is that everybody sings. But now and then it will happen when you hear someone start singing and the entire room stops. Everyone sits and listens … and when that person is done singing the room pauses for just a second and then someone hits the ‘play’ button and the room goes back to normal. I remember the first time that happened to me. I was in the second grade and our choir was holding auditions for a solo in one of its’ songs. Our choir teacher had everyone lined up who wanted to and one by one we were taking turns singing through the solo in front of the class. I was near the back of the line and when my turn came … I remember singing and feeling pretty good about it. I remember that when everyone else had gotten done singing … the room would clap and cheer for them and then that was it. I remember finishing and being kind of embarrassed because there wasn’t much of a reaction from anyone. I went and sat down next to my friend who had auditioned a little bit before me and it took a second before he finally looked at me and said “you jerk”. I realized that the ‘non-reaction’ was actually a very big compliment.

I was hooked.

It is the most empowering feeling I have ever known … and it still holds true to this day. When you start to play or sing a song and you realize that you just grabbed the attention of every person in that room. Unbelievable.

I’m not going to sit here and say that I am better than the rest of the world at what I think I can do. I’m not a fool. The fact of the matter is that the place where I am going later this morning probably has 400 exact clones of myself with different names all knocking on the same doors that I will be knocking on. I am smart enough to know that the only thing I can control is how hard I work … and from there you need a unique combination of luck and timing to ‘finish the deal’.

But I also know that that ‘control’ that I felt when I auditioned in the second grade remains the most compelling and awesome thing I’ve ever gone through… and each and every time it has happened since then it has had that same effect on me.

I’ve worked really hard and taken a few risks to put myself in a position where today is possible. These next few months in Los Angeles? Nothing more than an audition to be honest. They say that Los Angeles can make you or break you. I’m lucky enough to be in a position where the latter isn’t possible. I’m going out to LA today to see what IS possible. If after these first few months I find that the west coast isn’t for me or that I am wasting my time by being there … I will have no qualms about packing up and coming back home. I have an awesome situation here in Wisconsin… so the “break you” part means coming back home here and living… which is actually a different kind of win. But I’m going after that ‘what if’…

Am I crazy for moving to a place where my rent is three times (true) more than what I am currently paying and my living space is about 1/4 (true) of what I have now? Probably. But they say you have to live life to the fullest, yes?

Hello world … let’s dance.

Hey all! Just reminding everyone that I am going to be playing at the “License to Cruise” event which is the first day of Appleton’s “Octoberfest”. Last year, over 50,000 people attended … so it is a popular ordeal. You should all come down and have a fun Friday night!

Here is the link to their website: http://www.octoberfestonline.org

Go check out their website and all the activities planned. I am playing on the corner of College and Walnut street (kitty corner to Victoria’s Italian Restaurant … in front of the PAC) from 6-10 PM.

See you there!

Jake

I finally found the trailer in a place where I could embed it. Here it is for those who haven’t seen it yet. Listen to the music!

I wanted to create some kind of souvenir before my family headed off in their own directions… let me know what you think.