Hey everyone, just wanted to wish you a huge HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! I can’t wait for Christmas! I’ve been posting and tweeting about Charlie Brown’s Christmas for the past few weeks and I seriously cannot get enough of it. My wife keeps filling the candy jar with Hershey Kisses and peanut butter cups so I’m packin’ on the added warmth for the winter. The tree is up and snow is on the ground and LIFE IS GOOD!
I’ve been on the road soooo much over the past few months and I have a much needed rest coming up through the rest of December and into January. I’ve had an amazing time performing at your colleges, universities, high schools and middle schools. I’ve met so many amazing people and got to hear so many awesome stories that I feel my life is so much better off from it. Over the past few months I’ve been to Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina and who can forget NEW YORK Baby!!! You’ve all treated me so kind so thank you for your hospitality.
Well I’ve got some cool things ahead in the new year including a live broadcast of a performance I’ll be doing in my home town on January 7th for PBS. Show starts at 8pm so make sure you tune in if you’re in the Southern Tier. I will also be performing once again for First Night in downtown Binghamton on New Years Eve at Christ Episcopal Church right across from Lost Dog Cafe. I have a performance at 9 and then another at 10 so I’ll see you there!
Many people have been asking how things with the Blue Project are going and I can’t explain how amazing things have been. This program is growing and growing and thousands of teenagers and young people are getting reached with powerful messages of hope and perseverance. I’ve literally performed for over fifteen thousand students this fall through the program and the new year is bringing in more and more schools so I’m so thankful for that. You should hear the amazing stories from students of how they’re giving up attempts at suicide, finding their self worth, ending their habits of bullying and finding a better outlook on life…it’s amazing!!! If you want more info on the program please email info@jcblueproject.com.
And last but not least….WE GOT A NEW PUPPY!!! Many of you know our first dog Tucker and his trusted side kick Vox the cat…so now Tucker has a girlfriend…Ladies and Gentlemen please say hello to the beautiful Bayla!!! She’s a pooper and a biter but we love her…Tucker does too…Vox, not so much but he’s getting there.
She's a biter and chewer for sure!
They're in love!
So I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year and Happy Holidays! Make sure you follow me on Twitter and be a fan on facebook by going to www.facebook.com/jaredcampbellfans. Stay well and be happy!
jc
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Tonight I performed for the amazing students at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI or as I like to call it WESTERN MISH! I always have an awesome time at this school and tonight was no exception. The crowd was awesome and we had a blast! The show went really well and everyone was so cool and responsive to my tunes and random stories. Tonight was definitely random..but fun! I remember the first time I performed at Western Mish and I got to meet some of the coolest people like Chris and Whitney who are now engaged and getting married in the summer of 2010. They’ve asked me to come and be apart of the wedding and I couldn’t be more honored. To think that I have the opportunity to make life long friendships with people that are states away is one of the coolest things about being a musician. So thanks to everyone who came out tonight and I hope to see you all again soon. Next stop….OHIO!
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Hey everyone, JC here with an update…it’s been way too long! Many people have been asking about the live DVD/CD that was shot back in March and I totally apologize for not posting this info earlier. After the filming the footage itself was out of my hands and production was kind of put on hold throughout the rest of spring/summer however we will finally be getting the footage next week and the editing process will soon begin. I don’t have a release date for the project but I’ll be sure to keep you updated on the site. If you’re really interested in updates though you should definitely sign up for the mailing list here on the home page.
This summer is going by way too fast. It’s almost the middle of August and I seriously have no idea where the summer went. Seems like yesterday I was just shoveling the driveway. I’ve had an amazing summer so far. I’ve gotten the chance to play the most beautiful places throughout the New York State finger lakes region. But summer is still not over so be sure to check out my tour dates for the rest of the season.
This fall I will be kicking off my college tour and can’t wait to visit a bunch of you at the schools you go to. Don’t see your school on the tour page?…shoot me an email at jared@jaredcampbell.com requesting me to come to your campus and we’ll tell you all you have to do to bring me there.
I’m also heading off this fall to knock out a bunch of Blue Project performances at various high schools and middle schools so if you’d like to see me at your high school or middle school, once again email me at jared@jaredcampbell.com and I’ll give you all the info you’ll need to bring the Blue Project to your school.
So enjoy the rest of this summer and hopefully I’ll see you real soon!
jc
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So I was recently watching John Mayer’s DVD “Where the Light Is” (amazing by the way) and I couldn’t help but notice that John really looks like Matt Dillon in his role as Dallas “Dally” Winston in the ginormous 80’s hit “The Outsiders”. I’ve taken the liberty to post some pictures so you can see for yourself. I have no life.
Do it for Johnny!
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I took a flight out to the great state of Illinois this past week to perform at Blackburn College in Carlinville. I always prefer driving to shows over flying due to the hassle involved in flying these days so needless to say I wasn’t thrilled about my travel arrangements. However I had beautiful weather for flying and I love getting the opportunity to check out the landscape below on a clear day. So shortly after my takeoff in Syracuse NY I scrambled my vision to recognize anything I could. The obvious were the lakes in New York…and I’ll tell you if you ever get the opportunity to fly west out of Syracuse on a clear day you get the coolest view of all the finger lakes cascading down the country side. It’s amazing. Here’s a sneak peak from my trip home heading north…
Finger Lakes of New York
But as I was making my way closer to Chicago I found myself searching for something else…people! I could see all their little cars bustling about like they were made by matchbox but for the life of me I couldn’t make out any individual people
from where I was in the sky. It brought me back to all those times as a kid standing in an open field desperately waving my arms about when a plane would fly overhead just to simply say hello and realizing they probably never saw me.
But deeper than that I started to think about our view on life compared to God’s view. We go about our lives here on earth bumping into each other and seeing things head on while God gets this amazing view of all of us simultaneously from above…or within…however you look at it. But as I was searching to find at least one person from my seat on the plane I thought about how cool it is to know that God knows us all inside and out no matter how insignificant we seem from the seat of an airplane.
Psalm 139. Check it out!
“You are familiar with all my ways…You created my inmost being…I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made!”
- I threw in the exclamation at the end.
Jc
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