Event: Saturday morning chat with Jon Peter Lewis
Date: Saturday, 1/29/05
Time: 10 am PT, 11 am MT, 12 pm CT, 1 pm ET
Place: JPLm Message Board

The chat with jon will be conducted as follows:

There will be 3 threads you will want to access during the chat.

1) The Questions Thread – This thread is only for posting fan questions. You may submit multiple questions. Add your name to the end of your post. Please do not post random comments in the questions thread, as they will be deleted.

Please note: jon only has a limited amount of time here, and may not be able to answer all questions posed to him.

2) The Response Thread – This is the thread jon will use to reply to questions posed to him in the Questions thread. Only jon will have the ability to post in this thread.


3) The Discussion Thread – This thread is where fans can gather to discuss the event.

Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since you've heard some music from me, and I've still got a lot to do to finish, but I put up a clip of one of my songs in the media section under audio. We'll have the full version ready shortly. I hope you guys like it

Hey omnibus(it sounds so impersonal not to use your name, but I know the rules and you probably get it all the time)Instant fame is really odd. It's cool, but it happens so fast that you're caught totally unprepared by it. I'm okay in the treansition. I think anyone changes under those circumstances, but Hopefully they make good changes. I think my brothers help me stay grounded the most. The beat the crap out of me if I changed too much

Hey vanesa, I like the the flaming lips a lot and elliot smith. I like the moony suzuki also. I'm starting to get into the shins

My favorite superhero has always been spiderman Keiya.

what's up Betts... well, I think songs come all together. The really good ones do anyway. There is no wrong or right method, I think

Green Eyed Soul writes:

I have a couple of questions. One is which do you prefer: Performing live or working on your music in the studio? As far as your music, what can we expect as far as content? A whole lotta rock with a little bit of ballad-type stuff, vice versa or an even mix? Any acoustic numbers? What genre would you place yourself in at this point?

I forgot I was supposed to paste the question...

Hey green eyes, I've written mainly mellow music so far. They aren't ballads, though. We'll see what esle comes up. I think I like the studio a little more, but I like the energy of a live performance, though.

ANDOGIRL777 writes:

If you could do a duet with any of the finalists from American Idol (from any season) who would it be and what song would you like to sing together?

What's up andogirl,

it would fantasia hands down and we'd do "take a load off fanny" by 'the band'. I think that's the name of the song anyway

BigNLiddle writes:

What do you think of all the attention you're getting from your fans? Do you enjoy it?

That's good question BNL,

Who doesn't love positive attention? I think it's cool to have fans, it's not something that you can just slip past people in a conversation, though.

Kimmy writes:

Say Jon, what was your nerdiest obsession ever?

I think it's a toss up between playing HALO until 4 in the morning and having read most of the science fiction/fantasy section in the Library

Cloe writes:

What advice would you give to someone who wanted to audition for American Idol?

I'd say to that person to keep in mind that the moment they step into the Arena to audition for AI They are competeing with the people they love the most on the radio, not the other competitors. They have to be ready for that

Oldluvnjon writes:

To what extent, if any, does American Idol retain control over your career decisions?

Well, it's the first thing america sees about that person. I'm sure you know the importance of first impressions. Well they can't really control you leagaly, but they control you by assosiation. They chose the way to market themselves, the colors they use, the logos they display, etc. All that is something that works for them on TV, and makes a great TV show, but itsn't exactly what works for every, in fact, very few artists.

hobbitpens writes:

What inspires you when you are writing songs? Is there any special place you go to write?

no special place. I write about things around me. Maybe I'll write a song a about chatting online with hobbitpens. It'd be original.

Thanks everyone for the questions. sorry I haven't gotten a journal page up in a while. I've been really busy. I'll get something up soon. Thanks so much for all the support.

take care

jon