Jenny Jean Love came into the world without a cry, under a skylight window in a one room house her father built in Eastover, South Carolina. Her father gave up the guitar to teach and purse eventually a PHD in Instructional Design. Her mother gave up any pursuit of music to marriage and a household of six children. No stranger to the hard life of poverty during her youth, but familiar to the glory of a loving family that never separated.  There was so much to write about. Jenny Jean Love's mother wrote down her first work of poetry by dictation, because Jenny could not even write yet.

A house of five girls and one boy there was music: harmonies, guitars, with fantastic determination as a remedy. When Jenny Jean Love was only six years old her older sister Beth decided to teach her how to sing in harmony as preparation for a talent show. Waking her every night, secretly to practice, as a surprise for the family, Beth was inspired not to fail. Jenny was annoyed at first but then surprising fell in love with descant harmonies. They performed about one month later at the People of Praise Easter Picnic Talent Show, wowing everyone with the African spiritual, “I’ve Been Redeemed”  at the age of six and eight years old. The some of the adults were so happy they laughed and Jenny thought that they were laughing at her so she did not sing for some time in public again.

Coming from a homeschooling family regular school was a trial the lack of maturity of students a challenge. Jenny wrote her way out, during every recess in grade school. She began a novel for her younger siblings as a bed time story, “Black Hood.” Though never published she reached nearly one hundred pages. The book was not enough to satisfy her need to express. When she reached thirteen she took out her frustrations by learning the guitar, and piano. That same year Jenny picked up the Mobile Press Register and noticed an article about a band named DCTALK that had just played at the first World Youth Day Denver, CO. She listened to their music and never really stopped listening. She decided in that moment that she wanted to pay at a World Youth Day.

It was not until Christmas during her 15th year that she received one of the land mark gifts that would change her career forever.  Beth knew that she had been praying for a guitar that Christmas and had been practicing on a broken classical for nearly two years.  Their parents could not afford to purchase a guitar, so Beth told her mother she would give up having any Christmas presents if Jenny could, “Just have a guitar.” Her mother told her that was fine, but they still didn’t have enough for one. There was a music shop having a sale that Christmas and Beth went in a begged the owner to mark the $700.00 classical guitar down to $150.00. He did. Jenny cried with joy on that Christmas morning.

High school came and things changed.  Her father was struggling to work three jobs and get a PHD. She was raised so differently than other children her age because of her parent’s strict but positive life style. She began to write poetry constantly and often during classes. Spending literally hours shut up in her room playing and writing music after school. Her freshman year at McGill-Toolen High School she performed, “Natural Woman”  by Carol King for the Drama Tapestry to an audience of nearly one thousand teachers, facility, and students. Earning a three full pages in the McGill-Toolen  1996 Vespida Year Book.

Jenny’s senior year in high school came as a surprise and the pressure to go to college seemed unavoidable. Fears of failure and instability keep her from majoring in music, though her and a few others pushed for a music business program at the University of South Alabama. The music business program was started a semester too late, so Jenny declared her double major in Communications (Television and Broadcasting), and Philosophy. Working full-time and going to school full time, she was often emotionally taxed by lacking the time to perform. She kept her sanity by performing for local pubs, youth groups, churches and hosting large musician jam sessions with musical colleagues.  Her first collection work was copyrighted in 2002 and as she continued to work toward finding the right people. Dan Lord from the band “Pain” helped her record her first demo CD as a five song single, featuring her and the guitar and original tunes. . Practicing music and preparing for eventually graduating the first birthing ideas about Ezekiel Media began in the form of the Positive World News Network (PWNN) which has not come to fruition as of yet.

Then she formed the a eight piece band, “Ezekiel,” promising them in 2004 that if they stayed and practiced for one year she would record with them at the end of that time frame. The beginning endeavors of the project, “Unless You Try,” the band originally started out with Joseph Craddock (sing/songwriter/guitarist),Richard Craddock (keys), Nicholas Weaver (singer/songwriter/guitarist),   Kevin Compretta (bass), Camron Alidor (drums), James Bolger(guitar/drums), Nicholas Denton (vocals/songwriter), and Jenny Jean Love. Time changed things: Joseph got married, Nicholas Denton, and Nicholas Weaver both went to the University of Mobile for music, Camron pursed other endeavors.  Searching for a studio that Jenny could afford that would release a professional level of music was very difficult to find in the small town of Mobile, AL.

Jenny Jean Love then took a detour to perform in Glasgow, Scotland during July 12th through August 11th of 2004. Jeanniene Whiting whom is now Sister Mother of Light headed the project and requested that Jenny perform for the Darmark Fun Day Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. Upon returning Jenny Jean Love got right back to work on the Project. The band Ezekiel was not to be forgotten, three days after Richard resigned from his keyboard position, Jenny met Norman Hastings at a college group called Chi Alpha at the University of South Alabama.  Norm was a keyboardist for the band Cool Rayz. Jenny then graduated from the University of South Alabama with a BA in Communications, and Philosophy in July 25th of 2005. Three weeks before graduation she lost her with Mobile County after throwing away porn magazines and posters that were all over different Maintenance Department offices of her work. She still doesn’t understand to this day why they terminated her. A few months later The Band Ezekiel then was in its final stage before the first all day recording of six songs at Back Door Studio’s in Mobile, AL on Yum Kippur in 2005. A month before the recording in October of 2005, Jenny was struggling to save enough to afford to recording, generously Leo Denton donated the amount needed a day before the recording date.

The day after recording Jenny accepted a job in New York as a nanny, hoping to pay down student loans and find a good engineer to mix and master the first six songs of the project. The nine months in New York proved to be a learning experience, and useful in some ways.  The song, “Love Giveth, Love Taketh” was recorded during Jenny’s stay in Syosset, NY by Steve Ronsen.  Thought the search for a decent sound engineer at an acceptable price was to no avail. Six months and seven engineers later Jenny moved to Huntington, NY working as a house keeper/driver for a bachelor household in need of a mothering type. She searched for music opportunities on the internet and went to job interviews in New York City, but with so little experience in Communications and so much in Music, it was difficult to find adequate paying job using her degree field.
In March of 2006 an opportunity to tour with Japanese (Singer/Songwriter) Vienna presented itself through internet contact with lead guitarist Eric Pfieffer from the Band Category 7 based in Deltona, FL.  Eric’s mother generously housed Jenny during her state in Florida. The tour was scheduled for the following year. Unfortunately two concerts past and three business meetings later Jenny discovered “Conservative Film Company,” that funded Vienna’s five year contract, was not capable of sending her on tour. Thus, yet again, Jenny found herself in ruff state because she had a verbal contract not a written one. Finally learning that lesson she sought help from counselors from Pulling Down Strongholds in Lake Land Florida. She got a job at a Flo Met a metal molding factory working the grave yard shift as a machine operator. She rented an office unit close to her job to live in, so that she could have the freedom to practice with loud equipment without disturbing any one (which is a problem she had before with apartments), without a car she bicycled approximately ten miles every day back and forth from work, the office, the local grocery, and the YMCA (for a shower everyday). On Sundays she bicycled twelve miles back and forth to St. Peter’s Catholic Church for mass.

In December of 2006 the archdiocese of Orlando noticed her need for a car, and donated the 1984“Yellow Bananna” to her. She felt so loved and thrilled.  With a car again her hopes of booking shows in Florida gave her encouragement.  She began seeking out musicians and persons interested in Film to possibly do a music internet show from the Office Unit. Saving for a laptop and the equipment needed. During that time Flo Met began layoffs, Jenny survived three layoffs before putting in her two week notice. Veronica her cousin generously asked her to stay in Pittsburgh for a time, and pursue music, so Jenny took her up on the offer making the trip in the car from Deland, FL to Pittsburgh, PA.

Pittsburgh was the land marking time for her.  Jenny learned the social networking, web building end of music and applied for the largest international event World Youth Day 2008 to be held in Sydney, AU. She played out every night at different pubs and booked gigs at almost every major venue in Pittsburgh. Jenny also talked almost every day by phone to her drummer back home in Mobile, AL. James Bolger wanted her to return to find an engineer in Mobile, but Jenny felt the need to stay longer in Pittsburgh. Until one month in the words of Joni Mitchell “she got the urge for going.” In December of 2007 she told Veronica that it was time to go home, and it was a hard thing to do, because Jenny had made so many friends, meet so many musicians in Pittsburgh.  She drove from Pittsburgh, PA in that same old car to Mobile, AL. On the way home her car stopped running as soon as she crossed over the Tennessee Board sign Welcome to Tennessee. Ironically wondering if Tennessee was where she was suppose to be, but being the practically minded she is she decided to wait.  Ask for help to get the car running, to make it to Alabama. She did.

Moving back home with her parents was difficult, Jenny felt discouraged and frustrated. She started practice once a week with her band again, and booked local shows. Then Dec 20th of 2007 she received by e-mailed an acceptance letter to perform at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, AU. This changed her life. She was over whelmed with joy but had no money to even begin to consider touring that far from home. Jenny was trying to figure out who she could ask for help to raise money who was experienced in the fundraising area, as well as desperately again searching her hometown for an engineer. Finally, twelve engineers later Jenny came in contact with Matthew Damico working for Jada Entertainment, and Annette Nolan a long time friend of the families whom had 25+ years of experience in fundraising.

Matthew agreed to sponsor the project, “Unless You Try” with his time and talents. Having eleven plus years of experience Matthew was more than just interested in the project, he wanted to help produce it. After working very hard THE BAND EZEKIEL & JENNY JEAN LOVE recorded a second all day session at Back Door Studios, finishing the rest of the project.  Matthew Damico with Jada Entertainment mixed, mastered, and co-produced the project. The project was completed July 10th only one day before getting on the plane to Sydney, AU with James, and Norm.

Jenny Jean Love designed the artwork on the CD and handled the manufacturing end as well. Producing 1,000 Limited Edition CD’s of “Unless You Try,” Jenny says, “I am very grateful that this project is complete.  I had that same feeling when I graduated college, that of relief, when I received the first CD shipment from Nation Wide. I am glad that I did not settle for an amateur project. I wanted to go all the way, and learn and I did.”

Jenny Jean Love and The Band Ezekiel have weathered a lot. World Youth Day 2008 was a once in a life time experience, for them playing for over 5,000 youth from around the world in the city of Sydney, AU.
So what is the Jenny Jean Love band doing now? 

Digital Release due for October of 2008, and the International Songwriters Competition.  

“There is a price to everything we do the question is, are we willing to endure it.”- Jenny Jean Love