The Regular Friday Post
Rando Lyrics: There's a silence that may be heard loud and clear
Last week’s rando lyrics: The lyric, “If you're thinking of me now I hope you know that I don't need no explanation” is probably a bit more obscure than my usual in this space. Today’s lyric is from "Jamie”, a song by singer/songwriter Kayleigh Goldsworthy as Track 2 on the EP “All These Miles”, released in 2018. The EP was produced by Arun Bali.
“Kayleigh Goldsworthy is a folk-pop singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who got her start as part of the six piece Syracuse indie rock band The Scarlet Ending. After they disbanded, she began her solo career and toured with Against Me!, The Menzingers, The Front Bottoms, and Frank Turner, among others. She released her debut solo album, Burrower, in 2013.
After moving to Nashville in 2016, she began touring as a member of Dave Hause’s band The Mermaid. In 2018, she independently released a solo EP titled All These Miles and embarked on tour with Bayside for their full US acoustic tour, concluding with a headline set at Philadelphia’s legendary World Cafe Live.
She has since settled in Philadelphia, and she continues to tour as both a solo artist and a supporting musician, most recently joining Frank Iero’s new band The Future Violents and recording their 2019 album Barriers.”
Credit: Genius Link: Kayleigh Goldsworthy
The “ME!” Section…..
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I listen widely to songs across many genres - check out this playlist on Amazon Music - this feature doesn’t get much love, probably because I always leave it at the bottom of the page. Moved it up here today (my conversation with Mika, The Cat is at the bottom today…) - 25 songs featuring music from Linda Ronstadt to The Cars to ELO to Michael Nesmith to Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown! It’s “public” so you should be able to access it even if you don’t subscribe to Amazon. Yes, it’s my petty little dig at Spotify for their perfidy in withholding royalties from artists like me….
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For Today
I came to appreciate Ms. Goldsworthy’s music in a sort of roundabout fashion. It started with a video game called “The Flame In The Flood”, sort of a small survival type of game, kinda frustrating, but interesting. The music was just as interesting - the title track was very cool - “The soundtrack for the game was made by Chuck Ragan of the band Hot Water Music.” Credit: Wikipedia Link: Soundtrack YouTube: The Flame In The Flood.
So I found that Mr. Ragan was the also driving force behind “The Revival Tour”, which he described as, “…the tour is about "sharing music together" and "bringing it to people in an extremely honest and grassroots fashion.” Credit Wikipedia Link: ibid - Chuck Ragan link above
And, most interestingly (to me), “The 2011 Revival Tour featured Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem, Dave Hause of The Loved Ones, and Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio,[5] as well as guest appearances from Helen Chambers, Sam Russo, Jimmy Islip, Brian Brody, and Franz Nicolay[15] In 2012, Ragan, Andriano, Laura Jane Grace, Cory Branan, Ben Kweller and Nathaniel Rateliff performed across the United States and Canada for the Tour's spring leg, with guest appearances by Jenny Owen Youngs, Dave Hause, and Kayleigh Goldsworthy.[8] In the autumn of the same year, a European leg of the Tour featured Ragan, Branan, Emily Barker, Rocky Votolato, and Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash.[16] Credit: ibid
So, Mr. Ragan had me at Brian Fallon, one of my favorite artists of all time. Intrigued, I checked out some of the other artists from those tours, and immediately loved Ms. Goldsworthy’s vocals and lyrics. One of her songs, “Where The Summer Goes” (link) became a staple of mine to play as I was trying (Ed. - still am) to master fingerpicking. I featured Ms. Goldsworthy and that song in a previous post on Michael Acoustic. This week I was looking for something a bit different and came upon Ms. Goldsworthy’s EP from 2018, “All These Miles” <(link). Every song on the EP is great, and I was especially drawn to “Jamie” because the fingerpick is very close to the “Calypso” or “island” rhythm that we’ve discussed on here before; where the count is 1 2& (x)& 4& - a syncopated rhythm where the the 3 beat isn’t played at all (but the “and” of the 3 beat is). It can be a bit difficult to pick out, there’s a bass line and another guitar, and probably Ms. Goldsworthy on violin, but it’s basically that pick. Anyway, I liked the song, the accompaniment, her voice, and it’s a pretty fun song to practice working on a fingerpick style . If fingerpicking isn’t your thing you might try just strumming that Calypso pattern, it’s my go-to for just about everything. If you’re just not hearing it in this song, check out the opening riff to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Up Around The Bend”, (<link) and count “One….Two And….And Four And” as you listen.
A Song To Play - “Jamie”
Key of BMaj (originally - capoed on 4 here to GMaj), 4/4 common time, a slow, contemplative 77 BPM. You can play this capoed on 4 to play in the key Ms. Goldsworthy is singing in, which is most likely BMaj, (the one in the lower right hand corner of the Circle of Fifths with 5 sharps…) but could be the relative minor - G#minor. If you play the chord chart below with a capo you can play the chords in the original key. OTOH, she may have liked BMaj because it fit her voice, and if GMaj is a better fit for your voice (definitely is for mine) just leave the capo off and play these chords while singing in GMaj (or maybe the relative Eminor, but it doesn’t really matter…. music theory, good God, y’all, what is it good for?). Note the outro is on the IV chord rather than returning to the I. That’s interesting because it leaves the outro unresolved, which oftentimes can leave us with the same feeling, that is, something hasn’t resolved to an expected conclusion. My guess is that it may have been intentional as the lyrics relate to a mostly unresolved love affair, dunno.
"Jamie" lyrics
[Verse 1]
Every time my plane shakes
My thoughts go right to you
And I still can't figure out just what that means
Grab my armrests if I’ve got 'em
Hold my breath and swear the bottom's
Gonna swallow us, but the attendant’s smiling
[Verse 2]
Haven't heard a thing from you
Since you were talking about school
And how you thought that might be better for you now
You wanna teach photography
Age with grace and dignity
But you never granted that last one to me
[Chorus]
Oh, Jamie
I think that's what I heard you called
From some girl who never liked me out in Portland
Oh, Jamie
If you're thinking of me now
I hope you know that I don't need no explanation
[Verse 3]
Ain't it strange to see our friends
The ones who knew us way back when
They're getting married to different people we don't know
Some I do but from a context
The world is just too small to connect
All the people and the places and you
[Chorus]
Oh, Jamie
I think that’s what I heard you called
From some girl who never liked me out in Portland
Oh, Jamie
If you’re thinking of me now
I hope you know that I don't need no explanation
[Bridge]
’Cause when I touch down
I'll go ahead
Pack my bags in single file and leave again
A different year
A different town
So don't you worry, I stopped holding my breath hoping I'd see you around
[Outro]
Every time my plane shakes
My thoughts go right to you
And I still can’t figure out just what that means“The news is blue (the news is blue)
It has its own way to get to you (ooh)” [Driver’s Seat”, 1978, Sniff ‘n’ The Tears, Paul Roberts]
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Some Links for today:
From Blues Guitar Unleashed: BGU is just a great site for guitarists. Mr. Hamlin’s main fare is electric guitar and especially blues/jazz, but every guitarist will learn something…
Using Chord Inversions For Solos Mr. Hamlin can get just as far down in the music theory weeds as I can on occasion, but he knows what he’s talking about and shows you as well…
From Songtown: - If I haven’t mentioned it lately, Songtown features a couple of gentlemen, Clay Mills and Marty Dodson, who actually know what they’re talking about when it comes to songwriting - worth the read…
Writing Songs While Keeping Your Soul
From Carvin Audio:
No PA At Your Gig? Don't Panic! Just in case you have to…..
From ASCAP:
ASCAP Wellness Tips I belong to ASCAP and they really do a good job with articles and programs aimed at artist wellness. Good for them - this stuff is important.
From Speed Songwriting:
Emotional Impact - Yes, there will be a pitch for the product, but this is still worth the read….
From Disc Makers:
Music Metadata - The Jeff Price video above (SONA…) covers some really important issues about getting paid for your songs. Songwriters often don’t do themselves any favors, though, when they fail to fully include all of the metadata about their songs with their distributors (believe me, there’s a ton of numbers…). You can maximize your opportunities, though - read this for how.
Spotify Strategy - I think mine is going to be to not place songs on Spotify, but your mileage may vary…
From Rumble featuring our absolute favorite video guitar skills instructor, Sean Daniel:
Finally…..
George Harrison and Paul Simon....
Thank You To Our New Subscribers!! This Week’s Conversation With Mika, the Cat:
Me: “Seriously? You’ve been staring at me like that for 20 minutes….”
Mika: “Yeah, how long has it been since treats, Mr. Timekeeper…?”
Cheers and keep playing!!
Michael Acoustic
“It’s never really final - you just run out of things you can bear to change…”
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