Category Archives: Music

Emotional Alchemy with Guitar

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

I was 13 years old when I was gifted my first guitar. To my recollection, guitar-playing didn’t come that easily to me. Still doesn’t. I learned to play “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith and the Van Halen cover version of … Continue reading →

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PARTY TIME!!! (Day 31 of my 31 Day Challenge)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

This is it! My last song of my 31 DAY CHALLENGE!!!!!!!! Can you say, “Olé!”? I sure hope you can! I am going to write another post within a couple of days as a summary and reflection on my 31 … Continue reading →

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Rising to the Challenge!! (Day 30 of 31 Day Challenge)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

I write this blog with a bit of sadness as it is the penultimate recording of my 31 Day Recording Challenge! My o’ my, the time FLEW by!!! I must admit, the challenge has lived up to its name…I’m dragging … Continue reading →

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Music is Healing!!! (31 day Challenge/Day 29)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

Ha! This new song is a quirky little guy! I didn’t get much sleep last night because of a really bad stomach ache and then today I found out that I have SEVERE food allergies of which I had been … Continue reading →

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Live Your Dreams!

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

Just over a year ago, Lena released a beautiful inspirational book that contained photos of one of our flamenco shows coupled with inspirational and motivational quotes from many significant figures. The book is GORGEOUS! I wanted to collaborate with Lena … Continue reading →

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31 Days of Recording (Day 2)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

I was BEAT today! I put in a 14 hour work-day yesterday and was super-stressed….looks like it got to me a bit in the way of fatigue. But once I got up and moving around this morning I started to … Continue reading →

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Recording for 31 days straight (Day 1)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

May 1, 2013: Whew! Well, I did it! I started!!! The first day is a very important day and I did it! I’m patting myself on the back in case you can’t tell…. You might be surprised by the first … Continue reading →

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Chris Burton Jácome Feature Interview by El Imparcial

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

Hola Amigos! I received some great news this week…the Special Edition of Arizona Magazine in the “El Imparcial” newspaper did a feature story on me! Ole!! If you want to read the story (it’s in Spanish), click on the link … Continue reading →

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CBJ debuts Symphony with Chandler Symphony Orchestra

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

Today I’m sharing with you my attainment of a lifelong goal…to write a symphony. How did I do it? I said, “Yes“, to a very scary opportunity. After reflecting a bit on my life, that courage to say, “Yes”, to … Continue reading →

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I thought these 2 groups were 1…

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Chris B. Jácome (CBJ Music)

My apologies go out to Climax Blues Band and Little River Band…I never heard these 2 songs back to back before so I always attributed both songs to the Little River Band. I was WRONG!! These are 2 of my … Continue reading →

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