Work - The Unexpected Source for Music

Trunk by Jason Vosu



Back in mid-January, I started working in the interactive marketing department of a large corporation. It's the kind of place where everyone wears suits, except of course on "Casual Fridays," a place where at least 75% of your day is spent in meetings. It is an all around professional and very formal place. Don't get me wrong, I really like it. But it certainly is not the kind of place where I would have expected to encounter really avante guard music.

On my first day at work, I was settled into the middle section of a 3 person cubicle next to a gentleman named Jason Vosu. It was his first day as well. We both conversed about expectations of the position and complimented one another on our suits. Time passed and eventually I found out that Jason played music. He gave me a cd of some stuff that he had recorded back around 2002 or 2003. It's called "Elephant," and it was not at all what I expected. It was wild. Some of the songs are really experimental, slightly reminiscent of Ween, while other songs are more seemingly straight forward folk but with extremely bizarre lyrics. There's not a dull moment. It is really interesting stuff that is quite bold. It just goes to show that you never know where you'll find something cool.

If you are interested in finding out more, check out Jason's website http://jasonvosu.com.