Identity Crisis

So since this takeover, there's been some question among friends and foes about the name change. About the concept itself, about what it means, about why Jesse doesn't write this and Jane Lady does.

The concept:
I'm about to repeat myself. I don't often do, but in this case my high school english teacher's words ring true that if somebody says it once, its intentional, but if they say it twice, its important. So here it is. The concept has to do with saving myself form myself. To hide behind an alias gives one the freedom to create what they will of a character, and use them to highlight the best parts of that personae, and maybe get a chance to bring in some much needed, lacking attributes. For instance, the fear is something Jane Lady doesn't take to. There is also a strong point to be made in naming a band after something inspiring and something that creates some branding.

What it means:
The notion of being plain, of being Jane, is something I love. It's liberating to feel normal, to be basic, simple and unrefined. It lets me have all the flaws and fears I (we) struggle to get a handle on. Now here comes to poetry. To be the Lady of any place is to rule it, to be the upholder of all feminine ideals and manners, to act with only the kind of elegance and grace that one expects from royalty. In the ultimate music story ever told, the woman behind the man who inspires the music and the madness, and whose youth informs and designs the arch of every other characters' progress? Her name is Penny Lane, and she's perfectly executed by Kate Hudson in Almost Famous. Over the film it's questioned what her real name is. She reveals that her mother always advised her to 'marry up, and marry someone grand. and that's why she named me Lady.' There are also a few varying ways these names are anagrams. And I love nerding out with worgasms as much as I love to sing.

So there you go. That's the what and why. Now here is the revelation for today.

A concept that has been only literal to me now has recently become very metaphorical. Jesse Daly and Jane Lady are one in the same. My words are hers are ours. We are one. I don't have to hide. I don't have to fear. It's time I start owning up to what's what and who I am.

That said, a stage name is always a good business and marketing strategy, and, face facts, its fun.

From here on out, I'm Jesse Daly. AND Jane Lady. Any combination of these ideas is possible at any given moment. But for the purposes of some very big news that is potentially about to befall me, I have to choose one definitive identity. As me, as musician.

I have the opportunity to host an open mic night.

There are of course a million and one other more pressing questions which I am working on answering for myself about how this ridiculous notion has come into my life. But the first and foremost right now for me, what in high heaven do I call myself when I get up there for the first time?

I like J. Lady J.

Let's see if anybody else likes her.

Likes me.