We Finally Caught Up With JPeezy...
Who are you and what do you do?
I am Justin and I do stuff. And/or things, depending on my mood…
What is the origin of your artist name?
A friend in high school just started calling me “JPeezy” one day and it just kinda stuck. Both of us are way too white to ever truly earn M.C. names, so I’ll stick with what I got.
What has been the biggest challenge with your art so far?
Figuring out which part of art to pursue and become good enough to make money off of.
Who or what is your biggest influence?
A hodge-podge of people. My first influences were cartoons and comic books, seeing how people could tell stories with artwork and how something that would take forever to make could be absorbed and (un)appreciated by the masses in seconds. I always found that fascinating.
These days my inspirations are defined by concept and execution. My biggest influences are Yves Klein, my unbelievably talented illustration teacher Jon Krause, and my all-time favorite musician/artists/conceptualist/composer/innovator Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull
What is your wildest story?
Sorry, there are minors present…
But I will share about my networking activities. For those who don’t read on, people are my favorite. I am an obnoxious networker, I like to know everything about everybody all the time. What they do, who their friends are, why they do what they do. People’s backgrounds are amazingly interesting. That being said, I had the unique opportunity to interview to work ground crew for one of my favorite radio stations back in Philadelphia. I loved the station for years and knew the jocks and music by heart (for those of you interested – www.wmgk.com - Philadelphia’s Classic Rock – 102.9 WMGK). Their morning show jock, who has been a big name in Philadelphia since the 70’s and is mainly responsible for Joan Jett’s rise to fame, John DeBella, was someone who entertained me on my morning commute. When I started working for MGK, I was avowed to the knowledge of his ego. However, being prepped as I was…he wasn’t that bad. After working with MGK for months, I became a house member of the morning show. Whenever John needed someone to film stunts, take photos, or just assist in covering Intern Dave with icecream, I was his man. It was a sincere pleasure to wake up at 4:30am and go to a place where not only I was creative, but appreciated by the whole crew. I just love this because I got to learn about someone who I knew from an outside perspective and learn about what made them who they are. It was fascinating. It isn’t exactly a wild story, but those are best kept for the explosive memoirs…
What is the last book you read?
“Body Language” by Alan and Barbara Pease
If you could be any character in fiction who would you be?
Probably Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. The imagination is wonderful.
But I think I am fated to be Pinky and the Brain, because I have delusions of grandeur with great plans that are usually unraveled by an insane hyperactive little person who gets his finger stuck in the light socket.
What couldn’t you live without?
People. I love talking to people. They are the headlines of my most interesting stories, and are 90% of my inspiration.
What is your secret talent?
Well, I can do this thing where I take my censored while censored the lamp’s censored with your sister’s censored upside-down and censored censored censored while censored –ing the turkey baster.
Tell me about the last dream you remember having.
I don’t so much dream as die and come back to life. And not in Jesus’s way, it’s more like zombies…
What are you craving right now?
Coffee and a fire on a cool fall day.
What was the last song you fell in love with?
Ouch.
This one’s really hard…However I can randomly assign a song that love…
Let’s go with “The Outsiders” by Needtobreathe
What do you like?
Music. Art, Television, Coffee, being busy, hiking, people who make sense
What do you dislike?
Liars, hypocrites, stupid people, egotists, and orange juice in a can
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
One of the coolest things I’ve ever heard is a quote from Wayne Gretsky, “I missed 100% of the shots I never took”. It puts to words how I feel about life.
The rest of the credit goes to my father, who very abruptly told me, “Put the hammer down, or so help me, I’ll smack you with a 2-by-4”. Which obviously meant that I needed to be more delicate in my decisions in life. Kind of his Ralph Kramden-esque way of saying “Measure twice, cut once”.
How and why did you start RECording?
I met HR at Sundance. After speaking with the lovely Lula and Marke and Nathan, I knew that this was something I could sink my teeth into. One of my biggest sticking point with art is my stagnancy. I get into a way of thinking and I don’t really break barriers anymore. I just meander along doing art. HR lights a metaphorical fire under my ass to do new things. I have edited more video for HR than the rest of my life. I am excited to meet such amazing creative people on here, true friends who I hope to know for my lifetime. It is awe-inspiring to be with such like minded and talented people.
I am Justin and I do stuff. And/or things, depending on my mood…
What is the origin of your artist name?
A friend in high school just started calling me “JPeezy” one day and it just kinda stuck. Both of us are way too white to ever truly earn M.C. names, so I’ll stick with what I got.
What has been the biggest challenge with your art so far?
Figuring out which part of art to pursue and become good enough to make money off of.
Who or what is your biggest influence?
A hodge-podge of people. My first influences were cartoons and comic books, seeing how people could tell stories with artwork and how something that would take forever to make could be absorbed and (un)appreciated by the masses in seconds. I always found that fascinating.
These days my inspirations are defined by concept and execution. My biggest influences are Yves Klein, my unbelievably talented illustration teacher Jon Krause, and my all-time favorite musician/artists/conceptualist/composer/innovator Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull
What is your wildest story?
Sorry, there are minors present…
But I will share about my networking activities. For those who don’t read on, people are my favorite. I am an obnoxious networker, I like to know everything about everybody all the time. What they do, who their friends are, why they do what they do. People’s backgrounds are amazingly interesting. That being said, I had the unique opportunity to interview to work ground crew for one of my favorite radio stations back in Philadelphia. I loved the station for years and knew the jocks and music by heart (for those of you interested – www.wmgk.com - Philadelphia’s Classic Rock – 102.9 WMGK). Their morning show jock, who has been a big name in Philadelphia since the 70’s and is mainly responsible for Joan Jett’s rise to fame, John DeBella, was someone who entertained me on my morning commute. When I started working for MGK, I was avowed to the knowledge of his ego. However, being prepped as I was…he wasn’t that bad. After working with MGK for months, I became a house member of the morning show. Whenever John needed someone to film stunts, take photos, or just assist in covering Intern Dave with icecream, I was his man. It was a sincere pleasure to wake up at 4:30am and go to a place where not only I was creative, but appreciated by the whole crew. I just love this because I got to learn about someone who I knew from an outside perspective and learn about what made them who they are. It was fascinating. It isn’t exactly a wild story, but those are best kept for the explosive memoirs…
What is the last book you read?
“Body Language” by Alan and Barbara Pease
If you could be any character in fiction who would you be?
Probably Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. The imagination is wonderful.
But I think I am fated to be Pinky and the Brain, because I have delusions of grandeur with great plans that are usually unraveled by an insane hyperactive little person who gets his finger stuck in the light socket.
What couldn’t you live without?
People. I love talking to people. They are the headlines of my most interesting stories, and are 90% of my inspiration.
What is your secret talent?
Well, I can do this thing where I take my censored while censored the lamp’s censored with your sister’s censored upside-down and censored censored censored while censored –ing the turkey baster.
Tell me about the last dream you remember having.
I don’t so much dream as die and come back to life. And not in Jesus’s way, it’s more like zombies…
What are you craving right now?
Coffee and a fire on a cool fall day.
What was the last song you fell in love with?
Ouch.
This one’s really hard…However I can randomly assign a song that love…
Let’s go with “The Outsiders” by Needtobreathe
What do you like?
Music. Art, Television, Coffee, being busy, hiking, people who make sense
What do you dislike?
Liars, hypocrites, stupid people, egotists, and orange juice in a can
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
One of the coolest things I’ve ever heard is a quote from Wayne Gretsky, “I missed 100% of the shots I never took”. It puts to words how I feel about life.
The rest of the credit goes to my father, who very abruptly told me, “Put the hammer down, or so help me, I’ll smack you with a 2-by-4”. Which obviously meant that I needed to be more delicate in my decisions in life. Kind of his Ralph Kramden-esque way of saying “Measure twice, cut once”.
How and why did you start RECording?
I met HR at Sundance. After speaking with the lovely Lula and Marke and Nathan, I knew that this was something I could sink my teeth into. One of my biggest sticking point with art is my stagnancy. I get into a way of thinking and I don’t really break barriers anymore. I just meander along doing art. HR lights a metaphorical fire under my ass to do new things. I have edited more video for HR than the rest of my life. I am excited to meet such amazing creative people on here, true friends who I hope to know for my lifetime. It is awe-inspiring to be with such like minded and talented people.
