Call Me J

I think it is only fitting that one day, people will remember my name, not just because I make it easier on them, but because I did something big enough for them to be affected by it.

Until then, I just ask people to call me J.

The reason behind this change is not because I do not like my given name Justin, but more that I am tired of being called everything but Justin. Jason, Jeff, Jeremy, Joe, Jack.

I'm so mediocre that my name is almost forgotten seconds after I leave some one's presence. I say almost, because they normally remember... what? The J part.

Ah, the J part.

So, in an effort to make that some one's life easier, Call Me J. Do it with gusto.

Now, the point. I have been at it again, the creative juices are flowing, and I'm ready to take on another task set forth by my own brain. As you may have noticed: DJJPHOENIX.COM is GONE. It is no more. Simply put, I do not go by that any more. I go by J, remember?

I came to a recent realization that DJing hasn't ever been the only thing I've done. I do lots of shit, technically. And lots of shit is what I should put out to all of you. Let's break it down for some example purposes.

I made a website, on my own, dedicated to me being a DJ.

I made graphics for that website, on my own...

Those mixes I did, I also edited them and mastered them.

Those Flash videos I did? Yep I did them. I edited songs for those too, quite well I may add.

Oh and then I kept you all up to date with pages and pages of rambling on the Internet some people like to call a blog.

And I take pictures.

And I have a brain that goes a mile a minute, always thinking of new shit, to add to my old shit.

I know how to work lighting, stage lighting. I know how to design sound setups.

I can build a computer.

I do weddings.

I can sing, and act.

I can NOT dance, however.

And on top of all that - I was a DJ. I did 90% of my shit, so I can promote myself being a DJ... when the answer was staring me right in my face. Why don't I just do... ALL of it. ALL, OF, IT.

If tomorrow comes and somebody wants me to DJ? I'll DJ. The next day if someone needs me to sing, I'll sing.

Sounds a little crazy, though. I have always said, I'm good at a lot of things, and I know a little about everything. But I'm not GREAT at anything and I don't know A LOT about anything.

So, I need to focus. What am I MOST GOOD at? MOST GOOD? Other than my command of the English Language... I need to find my niche - in the midst of all the things I love to do, there must be a niche somewhere that either wraps them all together or makes me leave it all and become a monk.

What?

So, the point. I created a new website that wraps it all together.

CallMeJ .com and .tv

Dot Com will be the headliner site, it will be the online resume... the pictures of me, about me - stuff like that. Links, etc.

Dot TV will be the beefy stuff. Everything from my mixes to this blog to a new video endeavor I'm looking into. Not porn... I got out of that a long time ago. And my pictures, too.

Dot Com is the "talk the talk,"
Dot TV is the "walk the walk."

Got it? Welcome to the beginning of yet another chapter. There will be many more, I'm sure.

See you next time.