About

The Ordinary Things formed in Albuquerque in 2018.

 

Jacqueline Chacon
Drums, Vocals

Jackie grew up in a musical family and was surrounded from an early age. She started taking piano lessons at age five and played for several years until she decided drumming was her passion. She started lessons, joined band at school, and never looked back. Her parents wanted to know how serious she was about this and she did yard work and chores for months to save up for her first drum kit. She studied percussion for two years at Northern Arizona University and then switched majors to become a speech pathologist. Jackie returned to Albuquerque and has since played with bands such as Jimmy Deveney and The Lamplighters, Dust City Opera, Cactus Tractor, and Eileen & The In-Betweens. The Ordinary Things has been her biggest creative project and she is honored to have such fine musicians and humans by her side on this journey.

 

Justin McLauchlin
Bass, Synths, Vocals

Born in 1974 in Las Cruces, NM Justin started listening to The Beatles at age four. At age 12 he started to play the trumpet and continues to play to this day. At age 14 he was inspired to pick up the guitar from being influenced by metal and thrash music. At 19 he picked up the bass and played in local jazz, country, and bluegrass bands. Justin studied music at NMSU and graduated with a bachelors in Music Composition in 1999. He joined the Latin band Nosotros and moved to Albuquerque in 2001. Justin has also toured with guitarist Ryan McGarvey (2011-2013). Today he teaches music and performs with Alex Maryol, and The Porter Draw. Considered to be a multi-instrumentalist, Justin plays guitar, bass, mandolin, trumpet, and piano/synth. The Ordinary Things is his passion project and he loves to collaborate and create music with Jackie and Andrew.

 

Andrew Chacon
Guitar

As a youngster Andrew got a healthy dose of 94 Rock (Albuquerque’s rock station), and fell in love with the classic rock and hard rock genres heard on that station. In high school when he started to discover music for himself, he was drawn to the instrumentals that the hip hop producers of the 90s had created. Each seemed to have their own creative style and way of doing things. He started to notice that they weren’t really following any rules other than “as long as it sounds good”. In interviews they showed a sense of joy when talking about the process of creating something from nothing. This idea stuck with Andrew and gave him a greater appreciation for music as a fan. Andrew never thought he would be creating music with a band and for people to hear, but he has taken off as a musician in The Ordinary Things.