Brady Jacquin to debut new record at Newsroom After Hours on June 15

MANSFIELD — A musician should learn from every musical moment if they want to get better.

That’s Brady Jacquin’s philosophy, at least. When he released his first EP in August 2017, he used a stage name as the name of the record: Brady Gianquinto.

He has no issue admitting that error. People had trouble recognizing the name, people couldn’t find his music online and he said it just didn’t work the way he thought it might.

Now, Jacquin will release a new self titled four-track EP.

“Just trying to kind of make it simple for people since I made it so difficult the first time,” he said.

The name ‘Brady Jacquin’ on a lineup poster at a bar means you’ll see the alternative-folk musician performing with others. Jacquin said he used to consider himself a bit of a lone wolf when it came to making music.

“I am in a band now, and I love it. Everyone in the band is awesome,” he said. “But I mean, I think to a certain degree I can be kind of a loner, which I think having the band is helping me to kind of not always do that because sometimes it’s not so good to be alone, especially in terms of music. Like it’s good to have other perspectives.”

Jacquin said his song writing has grown as well in his new album.

His new songs have a similar feel in that folklore plays a significant role, the stories help tell the story.

“I’ve grown tremendously. I don’t really even like how that (last project) came together,” he said. “I can just hear my writing is not as good (as it is now). I think it’s a good thing because it means you’re hopefully getting better.”

His four songs were recorded at South Main Studios with Carl Perry and Tim Beair. Jacquin said he’d like listeners to listen with curiosity and wonderment.

His record’s first song, ‘Okinawa’ is described as funky and sad.

“The way I kind of laid it out for the songs to flow is like the first song is kind of kind of funky,” he said. “It’s got a lot of folklore in there too and it’s, it’s kind of very sad and what it’s about, but it’s still like a fast kind of funky song.”

His second track, ‘Portal In The Sky’ is described as really somber.

“Kind of about nature and how you can see kind of a higher power or God in nature and kind of how that stuff works,” he said.

Jacquin said he has learned there is no point in pressure. It’s his second record, and he’s certain there will be more.

“I guess that’s something I’ve struggled with is just kind of letting it be good enough and accepting that like, okay, there’s always next time like it’s not like the EPs, the end of the world and this one has to be perfect,” he said. “Like, I’m going to keep writing music and hopefully it’ll always keep getting better.”

Jacquin will perform at Richland Source’s Newsroom After Hours, Friday, June 15 and the following day at Relax, it’s just coffee. Both Performances begin at 7 and 7:30 p.m., respectively.