Music Minute: Jesse Jukebox - Just a Minute

 

With an outrageous sense of fun and an irrepressibly buoyant energy, Cleveland’s beloved family musician and “professional goofball,” Jesse Jukebox (a.k.a. Jesse Friedberg), is set to release his fourth kids’ album, Just A Minute, on September 2, 2022.

Every musical gem on Just A Minute clocks in at just about a minute in length. Challenged and excited by how much artistic punch could be packed into only 60 seconds, Jesse Jukebox says, “I have always wanted to make an album full of one-minute songs. At first, I was daunted by the limitations of writing fully fleshed out songs while keeping them small and digestible.  I reminded myself that limitations and finding ways to work around them inspire creativity. Every track was a new opportunity to problem solve.” 

Jesse continues, “Just A Minute is a completely silly, and weird album, and I thrive on that.  The weirdest thing about ‘weird’ is the stigma occasionally attached to it. Weird makes you unique! That’s why I have a song on the album called ‘Weird,” which I placed after a slew of goofy songs. It’s to remind kids that being ‘weird’ is not a negative; it’s a worthy attribute. The song wraps up with the observation, ‘it’s also ok to be normal, but what’s normal, anyway?’”

ABOUT JESSE JUKEBOX:

Jesse Jukebox (a.k.a. Jesse Friedberg) is on a mission to inspire children and their parents to be creative, compassionate, free-thinking, and a bit smarter than he is (which is pretty darn smart). These days, Jesse goes about accomplishing this mission by writing and recording original children’s music. He also brings his music to children and adults alike through his amusing, thrilling, and interactive live shows.

After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a major in songwriting, Jesse opted to, instead of mastering the art of jazz or shredding guitars, dedicate his time to writing, recording, and performing fun and catchy music for kids and families.

In 2012, Jesse recorded a children’s album titled Jesse’s Jukebox with multi-platinum-award-winning producer Michael Seifert. In 2017 he released a follow up: Jesse’s Jukebox: There’s Music Everywhere. 2020 saw the release of Jesse’s third album, Awesome!, recorded with Grammy-winning producer Dean Jones, who also produced this year’s Just A Minute.  

Jesse is driven by all things awesome, including, but not limited to, rock and roll, the blues, Batman, electric guitars, silliness, funky bass lines, pizza, corny jokes, loud drums, banjos, outer space, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Just A Minute will be available to purchase digitally via Bandcamp and available to stream on all streaming platforms.