Hire Me
Need some crowd-pleasing live music for your pub or private party? Looking for an award-winning and reliable freelance writer? Email me at jongorey at gmail if you'd like to work together.
I know the ropes of live entertainment. I've performed at clubs and bars all over the world, but also at wedding rehearsal dinners and birthday parties. And of course I've played hundreds of shows in and around Boston -- including many a Saint Patrick's Day and, for awhile, most Saturday nights in Southie... so rest assured, I can handle your drunk uncle.
Rates: $125 for the first hour, $100 per additional hour
Live Music
If you'd like to take it up a notch at your next party or private event, I can perform hours of acoustic covers for your guests (I know more than 100 songs spanning six decades, from the Beatles and Tom Petty to Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan, but can learn specific requests given advance notice) and provide the necessary sound equipment.I know the ropes of live entertainment. I've performed at clubs and bars all over the world, but also at wedding rehearsal dinners and birthday parties. And of course I've played hundreds of shows in and around Boston -- including many a Saint Patrick's Day and, for awhile, most Saturday nights in Southie... so rest assured, I can handle your drunk uncle.
Rates: $125 for the first hour, $100 per additional hour
Writing
As much as I'd love to make music for a living, I'm actually a professional writer by trade. I'm the author of Home Buying 101, published by Simon & Schuster, and my work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Apartment Therapy, This Old House, MSN Money, and elsewhere - including my real estate and home improvement blog, House & Hammer, and in Land Lines, the magazine of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.I've won more than a dozen awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors, and twice won a Gold Award from the North American Travel Journalists Association.
I specialize in travel features, housing and real estate, and opinion essays, and I'm available for off-site freelance writing, copy editing, or ghost writing. Here's a link to my portfolio on MuckRack.
Rate: $100/hr or $1/word
Selected clips:
I specialize in travel features, housing and real estate, and opinion essays, and I'm available for off-site freelance writing, copy editing, or ghost writing. Here's a link to my portfolio on MuckRack.
Rate: $100/hr or $1/word
Selected clips:
- Kid County, Ireland — Boston Globe (Winner: Gold Award for Family Travel, NATJA 2019)
- Falling for the Farm Coast — Boston Globe Magazine (Winner, NATJA Gold Award for Culinary Travel 2022)
- The Brutal Calculus of Life Expectancy and Home Affordability — Boston Globe Magazine
- Reality Check: What Will Make Homebuyers Consider Climate Risk? — Land Lines
- This winter, consider a cosmopolitan, culinary weekend in chilly Montreal (Boston Globe Magazine)
- The common fan's guide to Fenway Park (Boston Globe Magazine)
- Back to school (while) shopping — Boston Magazine
- My high school summer job at Market Basket is still paying off (Boston Globe Magazine)