Diversity Rules Magazine

6 Diversity Rules Magazine February 2019 History - Con't from page 5 especially his relationship with his mother, we see how his ideas on how love is shown and received were formed by that fundamental loving relationship. ose ideas cause problems as Jamie attempts to love others but ultimately the discovery of Jamie's true conception of love by the end of the season sets him on the right path of what it is he is really looking for. JRK: Being a singer/songwriter, do you introduce material that you have written on the show? JT: Absolutely! It's also called being cheap. So since everything is self financed, music was the biggest prob- lem in season one, and I ended up licensing a few tracks and finding royalty free tracks for other parts. After deciding not to deal with that night- mare anymore, from now on if the gang is at a bar or a club or a house party, all the music are my own creations. In sea- son two, I ended up falling in love with a lot of what I had made just as filler and so used those as the bones to create what became my first album "Older", which came out last summer and got me as a performer at Jersey City Pride and the the legendary Monster cabaret in NYC. is season you'll be able to hear the bones of what will be- come the songs for my second album, tentatively titled "For You" and due in the summer. But on top of that, I also score each season, and for that I create a brand new original song that I then uses pieces of to influence the score. is season's song "You Lose" will come out in full on YouTube the week before the season releases, and you can already hear pieces of it in the season three announcement that was released a few weeks ago. Season one's "Take It All Away" and season two's "Together" are available on YouTube and the entire "Older" album is on iTunes and Spotify. JRK: You started a film production company called Necessary Outlet, which produces "History." Can you tell us about the company and what motivated you to start it? JT: ere came a point in my life when I realized that a creative "outlet" was "necessary" to my life. It was the one thing missing. I had always tinkered with writing little scripts and making music, all throughout my 20s, but after my career in law settled a bit and I got more predictable hours, I decided that I needed to dedicate my free time and resources to creating LGBT content. e company motto is "Gay Characters, Universal Content." I create art where LGBT characters are the leads and telling a story through that point of view, but the story itself does not rely on our sexuality. e stories are about love, loss, politics, regret, ambition, family, but never about our "gayness." I started off as doing vol- unteer-led projects and earmarking all proceeds for various LGBT chari- ties, but starting last year I converted into a true production company and really invested into the productions. I'm still en- tirely self-financed but ran a successful crowdfunding campaign for season three which certainly helped. In addition to three seasons of History and a library of original music, I have four music videos (two of which received film festival nods), two award winning comedy series "Big Law" and "Millennial Memoir" and my first feature film "Snowflake" which has al- ready won a slew of awards and is set for its world premiere in March (details coming soon). Each proj- ect has inspired me to do three more and considering all of the love they have received and the exponential growth in quality with each new release (just wait until you see season three), I am now more motivated than ever to continue with my "outlet" as I wait for that one big hit to propel me into the next phase. JRK: Is there anything else you want to tell us about your upcoming third season, the show gener- ally, and what other exciting projects Jack Tracy has planned? JT: is year is jam packed. Coming up next I've got a serial dramatic podcast tentatively titled "Commu- nity" which takes place during the course of a shooting at a gay nightclub. After that will probably be new History - Con't on page 8

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