How did the use of “Autopilot” on TVs Third Watch come about?
Jake: It was just a happy tour accident. We played a gig with the music director of that show in LA and she and the producers like the tune and picked it up for broadcast. STYLUS: What were the plusses and minuses of licensing the song out? Jake: Plus: We got paid enough to get a good bass rig and a good education in publishing and licensing rights. Minus: The show sucks. No one watches it. If JetSet didn’t say anything about it in our bio, no one would even know we did it. But we are not ashamed to have done it. STYLUS: Did it take any arm pulling with JetSet to produce the album yourselves? Jake: No, we had the material and they were happy to put it out and not make us redo the whole thing or start from scratch with new songs. And it cost them next to nothing to put the finishing touches on it to turn the EPs into an album. STYLUS: On a similar note, what are the effects of signing to a large, independent label such as JetSet Records? Jake: It has been a really great experience for u
