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The Privilege of Waiting

Last night I got the weekly email: I’ve sold 88 albums this week for a grand total of 3,863 albums sold since my release date on February 12th.

I’ve basically just told you how much I weigh and every dirty little secret I have.

Unless you are celebrating CD sales with a gold record in your hand- there is really no need for anyone to strut their numbers, especially numbers this paltry.

I laid in bed- refusing to cry.

But then it occurred to me that one time, when I was doing a wrapping paper fundraiser for middle school choir, I was desperately trying to win a plastic helmet that had a fan and flashlight attached to the top and a swirly straw that wraps around your entire head and lands in your drink- and I am sure I sold way more than $3,860 then.

The tears came.

I’ve sold more boxes of girl scout cookies.

Yesterday I crunched numbers. How much it costs to travel to where I am going, how much I pay the people who play the music for me on stage, how much for a hotel room.

About Jenny

It’s in the fear and the famine. In the taste of bitterness and the feeling of despair. It’s found at rock bottom and the rope’s end. It’s defeat and dry, desert wasteland. Empty hands and frayed edges. Long nights and desperate prayers. It’s the midnight before the sunrise. The middle. The in-between. Jenny Simmons, former lead singer of Addison Road, much prefers to simply call it the becoming. A time of growth; a journey of self-discovery and a path of unanswered questions. Continue reading


The Becoming
Download Jenny’s new record “The Becoming” today!
  1. Where I Belong
  2. What Faith’s About
  3. Heaven Waits for Me
  4. This I Know
  5. Broken Hallelujah
  6. The Becoming
  7. Letting You Go
  8. The In Between
  9. Don’t Lose Heart
  10. Come Healing

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  • Jun
    30
    Jenny Simmons @Rockets Over Rhema
    Broken Arrow, OK
    Rhema Bible Church
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    Jul
    19
    Jenny Simmons @ Hills Alive Festival
    Rapid City, SD
    Main Street Square
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    Jul
    20
    Jenny Simmons @ Hills Alive Festival
    Rapid City, SD
    Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park
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    Aug
    02
    Jenny Simmons @ Rock the Desert
    Midland, TX
    Rock the Desert
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    Aug
    07
    Jenny Simmons @ Kingdom Bound
    Corfu, NY
    Darien Lake Amusement Park
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    Aug
    10
    Jenny Simmons @ Unity Music Festival
    Muskegon, MI
    Heritage Landing
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    Sep
    01
    Jenny Simmons @Lives Ablaze Student Conference
    Albuquerque, NM
    Hoffmantown Church
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