Music City Unsigned

My junior year of college I had to take Biology. I don't remember our professor's last name, but I know it started with a "P" and her first name was "Angela." I don't think I liked much about this class. Didn't Belmont University know I was there for the music?? Dr. P was nice enough, but Biology isn't really my thing. This is Lindsey speaking, by the way.

The best part about this class, and the reason I'm talking about it (rather than my math or history or Spanish class), was that Dr. P made us get into groups of 4. And these groups did everything together for the whole semester. It was in my group that I met my good friend Rachel. And it was in my group that I met Ryan and Jon. The 4 of us had to come up with our own group name and we chose the "Umami's." It had to relate to biology. I remember making t-shirts that said "Umami said so!" Yea, we were so cool.

Anyway, it's great 5 years later to see what all my friends are up to. Jon has since started an organization called Music City Unsigned that basically helps unsigned artists in Nashville to unite. Jon just has a heart for helping people (and all things good) and does a lot of non-profit work on the side. He is getting ready to launch a non-profit called "Harmony Republic," which I think is really amazing.

this & that is the newest addition to the MCU roster and we are super excited about it. So check it out when you get a chance: this & that.

Be sure to read the bio Jon wrote for us!!

Extra, Extra

Good news. this & that volume 2 is on the way! And wait. It gets even better. A this & that Christmas ep! I'm not even kidding!

Eric and I feel really blessed because Mitch Dane (Jars of Clay, JJ Heller, The Kicks, Farewell Flight) has agreed to record volume 2 and we are going into the studio to record next week!!! Get excited. We are!

The Christmas ep is also a total blessing. A friend of mine, Rick Foster, has been generous enough to offer us his time and effort to make that happen. We are working through the music now, just trying to pick the best songs to fit our style. I really want to make them our own. And we are going to hopefully have an original song on there as well :)

For anyone who knows me (and this is Lindsey speaking), I am obsessed with Christmas. It is never too early to get into the Christmas spirit. It's not even Halloween and I already went to an Amy Grant Christmas concert. It was lovely.

Anyway, if you have any last minute ideas for our Christmas ep, we'd love to hear them.

I think some great things are on the horizon for us, so keep your fingers crossed!!

Lindsey

PS. If you haven't already downloaded this & that volume 1 for free...do it NOW!

We Are This & That

It all started when Eric Vinson and Lindsey Jones got together to write their first song. The process was seamless. So they decided to do it again. Then they wrote again. And again. And one day they realized that maybe, collectively, they had created something special. So they started "this & that." And they released a 3 song ep: "this & that: volume 1." And they gave it away for free. Some call it "dreamy/acoustic/indie/pop," and others just call it "good."

The end.