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About Me

lady @ rockwood music hall, nyc, new years eve 2007it all ends todaymora the mermaidJes Hudak is a singer/songwriter living in Los Angeles. Her weapons of choice are the piano and her voice, and she has been known to wield a guitar from time to time. Seeing her live is quite an adventure, since she takes her audience on a journey through laughter and love and sadness and heartbreak. Her voice is powerful and soulful, and her songs are original, emotional, and real. There is no one in the world like Jes.

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Member Since: 12/11/2005
Band Website: jes-hudak.com
Band Members: No One in the World and Breakup Song were produced by Art Hays. Art on bass, electric & acoustic guitars, & synths. Ethan Eubanks on drums. Jared Scharff on lead guitar. Yours truly on piano, synth, & vocals. Life Come True, Whiskey & Misery, and Just the Girl I recorded live at Billy Sullivan's home studio in CA. If you've seen me live, you may have seen one or more of the following: Brian Delaney, Brett Bass, Richard Hammond, Thad DeBrock, Timothy Lefebvre, Emmett O'Malley, Colin Smith, Robin Macatangay, and Kristin Plater. They rock.
Influences: Rilo Kiley, Tom Waits, Regina Spektor, A Cloud Mireya, Weezer, David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright, Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis, Fiona Apple, Otis Redding, Gabriel Faure, Colin Smith, The Shins, Stevie Wonder, The Clash, Schumann, Mastodon, Teddy Goldstein, Ben Folds, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jenny Bruce, Bill Withers, Nina Simone, Elvis Costello, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Bjork, Ella Fitzgerald, Evanescence, Tegan & Sara, System of a Down, Sufjan Stevens, Billy Collins, boys, Alexandria Lipton, Kimberly Ince, Lindsay Griffith, and my family.
Sounds Like: Whodat...as in Who dat over thurr?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

shampoo is good

So, I was watching the View this morning. Okay, I watch the View sometimes. I enjoy how surreal it can be, how entertaining, how totally nuts everyone is...anyway, during the first commerc...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:59:00 PST

feeling good

Check it out! I've been covering the song "feeling good," performed originally by Nina Simone, for a few months now, and I just recorded my version of it yesterday. It was engineered by Ke...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:38:00 PST

hometown show!

Hey upstate new yorkers! I will FINALLY be playing a show in my hometown of Saratoga Springs. This is the same town that I performed my first original song in, where I discovered just what...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:42:00 PST

20,000 plays! yes, indeed!

Hooray! Today I reached 20,000 plays on the ol' myspace player thingy! It feels good, I tell ya. That tally system is just so satisfying. I love that you get immediate results....
Posted by Jes Hudak on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:21:00 PST

drunk people making out

What is with all these drunk people making out? I saw the most unattractive, slightly disturbing make-out session this past weekend. At a table of 3 people, 2 men and on...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:30:00 PST

oh regina spektor! oh pianos!

On September 28th, my friend Laura brought me to a concert as an early birthday present. One of my most favorite artists, Regina Spektor, was performing. Yay! I've never been to Town...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:38:00 PST

oh mora

A young fellow asked me for a copy of this here tune, "mora the mermaid," so I decided to give it up for some downloadin. Mora is my first name song. I always wanted to write a song with s...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:48:00 PST

EL BLOGGO

i hate the word blog. it makes me not want to do it. i am now learning what it's like to be really busy. i started a new job last week waiting tables. i've always been so intim...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:28:00 PST

purity

That night on your rooftop was one of the best & purest nights I've ever had. I was laying on that little uncomfortable bench, looking at the one star you can see in nyc, listening to music,...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:18:00 PST

Scrappy's getting a bath today!

You may have noticed a little dog in my top 8 called Scrapalicious. That's the little scraps, my dog. She's about ten pounds of fighting terrier fury. She has many names: scraptastic...
Posted by Jes Hudak on Tue, 30 May 2006 08:33:00 PST