We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Justin Jonson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Justin, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

To preface, I’ll be speaking on behalf of the band that I belong to, Justin & the Juicetones. When I was a young man, it was my life’s goal to master juggling and other common circus talents. However, due to the decline of the American circus circuit, I had to settle on playing guitar and writing songs. Which is still grand, but ain’t no circus. Thus, we’d like to be branded as an “entertainment act” rather than a band. This coupled with having a great deal of free time after school, lead me to practice guitar as much as I possibly could. The obstacles I encountered included being told I couldn’t succeed by many peers and teachers.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

To be frank, even though my name is Justin :) the way we had begun playing music together, started like many other stories. In one’s mom’s attic in southeastern Tennessee. We set out with one simple goal: to play music for the people. We couldn’t have done it without Hugh Mongous. Eventually we decided to add another dimension to our duo, Jonah “ill” Smith. He became our hype man and worked magic on the crowd from that moment forward. Hugh’s words always rang through when I needed them, “you gotta”.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Just some ol’ J.PEGs far as I know.

In the future, they could prove to be useful tools for artists to have control of their product. As it stands, we are just in this for the fun of creating.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

To reach a creative Valhalla of sorts, within which we could create music as a career and give back to those who’ve supported us along the way.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://instagram.com/justin_juicetonesofficial?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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• Youtube: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D2-LLhb6INEw&ved=2ahUKEwi86aH2x537AhV-ATQIHf4vBKgQjjh6BAgfEAE&usg=AOvVaw2yMyUxJQAq6Mo6YlnzKxSY

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Morgan Jergen Johnny Bailey Emily Bolin