Today we’d like to introduce you to Jason And Emily
Hi Jason and Emily, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
Hello! Thank you for the opportunity to share our story.
We are folk musicians, Jason Brown and Emily Potter, a guitar and piano duo living in Nottingham, outside of Baltimore, Maryland. We came together in March 2020 when we fell in love and Emily moved from Utah to create a life with Jason and his two children.
During our beginning months as a new couple, Jason and I began to define the musical dream we wanted to build together. Before we met, we both had experience performing in bars, restaurants, and festivals. We realized, however, that although providing music as entertainment was enjoyable, we wanted to
expand the dream to specifically serve fellow truth-seekers who know there is more to life than paying bills and conforming to societal expectations.
This is where we began to find our greatest purpose and fulfillment as musicians. Our songs offer our listeners “music medicine”, a phrase that clarifies how we choose to utilize our music as a healing tool. We have defined two intentions for our work:
1) In a world steeped in cynicism, we desire our songs to inspire a celebration of even the smallest joys that life has to offer
2) As a response to personal fears and self-limiting beliefs, our songs are a call to courageously live a sovereign, authentic life
For the last five years, we have written and performed original songs that contain these powerful messages of vulnerability and surrender. We are delighted when we receive the feedback from listeners that our music provided the inspiration to make a brave choice, or feel a relaxed moment of joy.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
FROM EMILY:
I quit my day job in Salt Lake City, Utah in April 2015 to become a musician full-time, before I met Jason. My musical journey took me to 14 countries until I finally rested from my travels in 2019. I was passionate about my work as a singer/songwriter, and went to sleep every night feeling deeply fulfilled.
Then I got very sick.
I was suffering from a combination of life-threatening illnesses. At one point, my body was so inflamed by the Epstein Barr virus, the streptococcus virus, the shingles virus, debilitating eczema, sinusitis, and neurological asthma that it severely compromised my ability to breathe. After moving in with Jason in 2020, I became partially housebound for about two years due to the severity of my symptoms. My care provider at the time admitted to feeling very nervous if I was going to live. I chose to live, and took action for implementing an extremely regimented healing plan.
Healing chronic illnesses, however, required all my musical dreams with Jason to be put on hold. My healing path has been slow, but I am improving every day. Jason and I are feeling a new surge of excitement to revisit the dreams that have been sitting on the shelf for years. We are stepping into those dreams as stronger and healthier versions of ourselves, individually and as a partnership.
FROM JASON:
In the summer of 2016 my whole world changed. After teaching full time for 19 years I was no longer in the classroom. My marriage of 15 years came to an end. I moved into a new home, and in many ways I started my life over. I had to re-examine who I was and who I wanted to be. This included my musical life. I had been playing in cover bands for several years, but the joy in it was slowly fading away. I felt stuck in a musical rut and had no idea how to get out. That is when a friend sent me a link to a Facebook group called “Lightworker Musicians Tribe”. The administrator of this group was none other than Emily! I resonated with Emily and the group immediately and I quickly enrolled in Emily’s mentorship program. This experience changed my life as I was empowered to overcome the limitations I had placed on myself through fear and insecurities. I was able to overcome the self doubt surrounding my ability as a musician and songwriter. I gained the courage to be more vulnerable and open in my songwriting and performances.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
When we first got together, we enjoyed performing at farmers markets, bars, restaurants, house concerts, and private events of all kinds. We have learned that what people enjoy most about what we offer is how we blend our male/female vocal harmonies with the combination of our thoughtfully crafted lyrics about living life passionately and fearlessly.
Now we are most interested in performing for yoga studios, healing retreats, and ceremony spaces. Our approach to everything we do is to play from the heart to the heart of our listeners. It is our goal to provide a musical experience that taps into the inner child and dreams of our audience and leave them inspired to make them come true.
We are currently bringing our original songs to life in the recording studio and creating our first album together! We are looking forward to sharing the album with folk music appreciators who share our belief that music has the power to create a world more centered in love, compassion, and gratitude.
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
We believe in the next 5-10 years within the artificial world of AI, auto-pitches, and photoshopped images, folk music appreciators will more and more crave true, deep, and raw authenticity in the musicians they seek. Jason and I will draw near to us those fans who desire human imperfections and transparency more than filters and perfected manipulations. We believe within the artificial world of the future, a movement is arising with throngs of real people who know who they are and are desiring their musicians to reflect this knowing to them in their songs.
From the beginning of our relationship, Jason and I have embraced sacred words and imagery that remind us of our divine royalty. I call him my king, and I am his queen. We carry this way of being from our partnership into our musical duo as well. Our mission, specifically in the music/storytelling ceremonies we offer, is to empower our audiences to courageously unveil their divine selves. By sharing our own story, we hope to connect with others who are also discovering the kings and queens they are. We feel that acknowledging the divinity in me and in you is the key to deepening and strengthening authentic relationships. It’s the journey that drives us as we empower humanity to remember who we truly are. This is the big shift we are feeling as folk music medicine as we look to the future.
Pricing:
- Live Music for Your Event- $200-$500
- House or Backyard Concert- $12-$20 Ticket
- Recording Studio Work- Pianist or Lead Guitarist- $100/hour
- Mentorship for Musicians- $82/month
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.jasonandemily.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason.and.emily
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonandemily
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jasonandemily
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jasonandemily
Image Credits
Lauren Mudrock, Jeremy Brown
