If you were directed here by my Facebook post, you would've learnt about me leaving The Jaywalkers. I thought an 'official statement' would explain my rather-sudden departure from The Jaywalkers best, so here it is.
To be frank with you all, I've kinda been the only one putting up a slight fight against the formation of the band right from the start, but I have a good reason for it. I've been a part of another band, The Jansz (if you don't know about us, it's perfectly okay because we are pretty low-key) since poly started, and coming together as The Jaywalkers mid-poly was never my intention.
Before you get the wrong idea, I just want to clarify that throughout this entire period, my fellow members from The Jansz and my CCA mates from Music Vox have been nothing short of supportive of The Jaywalkers. In fact, a few of them even dropped by our gig at Hard Rock Cafe - thank you all very much. However, being split between 2 acoustic bands with very similar styles has proved to be quite a challenge for me. More often than not, we even end up covering the same songs (Little Talks and Royals to name a few), and although I try to switch it up between the bands, there's only so much to play around with. Overtime, I feel like I am morphing The Jaywalkers into The Jansz, vice versa.
But having 2 bands is not my sole concern because The Jansz disbanded when our guitarist, Jeremy, left us, and we have since then combined with JayBeeDee to form The Remnants which is currently on a hiatus because everyone else is on their internships.
Amongst The Jaywalkers, I feel like my level of motivation just can't match up to Nikita's and Ron's. I am extremely thankful for Nikita's hard work at getting us gigs, radio interviews, press coverage etc., and I can't be more blessed to have had the opportunity to perform at Hard Rock, Timbre, have Danny as our mentor, and work with so many inspiring local talents. But while the both of them are still highly driven by their passion for music, I've been trying my hands at performing for the past 5-6 years (since 14 years old) and I'm starting to feel rather burnt out. I constantly feel like my weariness is holding them back, and I can't be happier that they continue to embark on projects without me.
That being said, I've given it much thought and realised that since they're doing so well without my involvement, it's time I take a step back and let them bask in the spotlight as a duo. I really don't want to end up killing whatever passion I have left for performing by trying too hard and tiring myself out too. Of course, I will come back together with Nikita and Ron to complete whatever performances that I have already promised to do prior to this.
But for now, I'll just be focusing on my YouTube channel, so if you're interested in being my instrumentalist(s), producer (I've been producing my own covers with my meager production skills, and as you can see, they're not great), or videographer, hit me up at: stephaniechee@hotmail.co.uk
Really, I'm keen in any kind of collaboration (except maybe forming a band, because I'll be laying off bands - maybe until uni).
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