The Regular Friday Post

Rando Lyric: Can't bring my broken heart to be untrue

Last week’s rando lyrics: The lyric, “The light diffused and fractured” is from the song "Ghost In My Room”. Written and performed by Heather Nova, it was recorded sometime in the last year (the credits are a bit vague, 2024 or 2025 at least). Released in the last month - February 2025 - as Track 8 on the album “Breath and Air” on the V2 label. Produced by Chris Bond.

This from Spotify: (Ed. This artist profile appears to be credited to Ms. Nova herself, which is kinda cool. See link below.) ““Singer/songwriter, Heather Nova, first appeared on the scene in the mid 90s with her cello-infused alt rock hit "Walk This World" off her breakout album "Oyster". She has since released 11 critically acclaimed studio albums and three live albums. She tours consistently, maintaining a devoted fanbase. She has played most major European festivals, as well as intimate acoustic gigs in churches and opera houses, and has had her music featured in major TV shows and Hollywood films. She has released a book of her poetry and drawings, and has even been known to show up and play free at hospitals in between tour dates. She now lives back in her home country, Bermuda, and continues to write, record and tour world-wide.”

https://www.heathernova.com

Join Heather on Patreon, where she shares rarities and exclusive content with her fans. https://www.patreon.com/heathernova”” (Ed. - in case you wanted to keep up to date with Ms. Nova…)

Credit: Spotify Link: Spotify - Heather Nova artist page

From Wikipedia: Link: Heather Nova

Ed. - A full sized Gibson (good for her!) - looks like a Hummingbird or Dove, but could be a custom build for her - gorgeous! Note the soundhole pickup in place and the capo on the headstock (I usually keep a Snark there too, but she probably has “people” for that…). From a 2019 appearance - Link: Heather Nova - 2019

Snark: (Ed. - see? It’s not just me…Link: Snark) Ed. Not an endorsement; I receive no consideration or compensation of any sort from anyone, but…just sayin…

---

Welcome to The Regular Friday post!

Today’s “A Song To Play” is “Ghost In My Room”, a sort of bittersweet song of parting from, and longing for, a lover, though we don’t learn whether the parting is permanent or if reuniting is uncertain. Ms. Nova’s ethereal voice (as we’ve commented in posts featuring her before) is enchanting, with songwriting skills to match. She seems to be one of those artists that’s always there, with a string of albums and hits over the years, but not always a household name. Most of the songs I feature on Michael Acoustic are from 20 - 40 years ago, maybe even earlier in some cases, so a great fresh album from a great artist is an opportunity not to be missed. I’ve long been a fan of Ms. Nova, and I’m glad to see she is still writing and performing great songs.

---

If you’re enjoying our content, please let your friends and musician acquaintances know about us!!! Thanks for supporting this free newsletter!

---

Some Stuff:

---

Some Links (Ed. - limited mostly to timely links this week from Music Business Worldwide):

Ed. - Very late breaking news - Mariah Carey has prevailed in a copyright lawsuit over her song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” against plaintiffs who wrote a song with the same title - link: Mariah Carey Lawsuit (Ed. Takeaway - this was an “own goal” - never piss off a judge by violating your own agreement…just sayin’)

Global Music Report 2025

Sony makes Bank!

Extra link : “How EADGBE Came To Be” (Note - the article is written under the Fender Musical Instruments Corp. copyright…not a qualitative editorial statement - I own and like Fender products - just sayin’ is all, just sayin’…)

---

A Song To Play: Heather Nova - “Ghost In My Room”

Key of GMajor, and uses ‘em all but the vii(dim) - (F#dim), 4/4 common time, a seemingly very slow 70 BPM, but Chordify hears only one whole note per measure. So, I think what’s going on is while the background instrumentation holds single notes for a 4 beat measure, Ms. Nova’s strums are certainly filling each measure at a much faster pace. The effect of both sounds great. If you decide to play this song, ignore the tempo shown and play a faster, if somewhat syncopated strum or pick. I played it through a couple times while fingerpicking and it rolls right along. To me, it kind begs for beats 1 and 3 to be emphasized, so…

…have fun!!

Chordify Link: Ghost In My Room

---

Lyrics Credit: azlyrics Link: Ghost In My Room

"Ghost In My Room"

I'm not alright with distance
But distance had to come
I need your nighttime kisses
The shelter of your arms
I reach out in the darkness
I reach out for your hand
Across the blanket ocean
Want what I cannot have

You're a ghost in my room
I can almost touch you
You're a ghost in my room
In all the places I loved you
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here

I touch the space around me
The emptiness you left
The sheets unchanged beneath me
The pillows where you slept
I see you getting dressed there
I'm standing at the door
Your smile as I tell you
There's nothing I want more

You're a ghost in my room
I can almost touch you
You're a ghost in my room
In all the places I loved you
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here

The whispers and the laughter
Left hanging in the air
The light diffused and fractured
I'm haunted everywhere

You're a ghost in my room
I can almost touch you
You're a ghost in my room
In all the places I loved you
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here
And you're here

---

The “ME!” Section…..

What I’m Listening2: - “Welcome To Jimmy's!”- 25 songs, some more playable than others… (Note - you may have to go to Ultimate Guitar or Chordify - subscriptions required, but worth it - to find chord charts for them)!

Shameless Self Promotion Section:

My song is out! Link: “>Long Road Back<”click on this link for streaming options, then scroll down for links (or just click on these links) to Amazon, Apple, Pandora, iTunes and even Spotify

---

If you’re enjoying our content, please let your friends and musician acquaintances know about us!!! Thanks for supporting this free newsletter!

Disclaimer Section

This Substack is free, I receive no compensation of any kind from companies or products I mention (except when you click on one of the links above for my song - then I might make 0.003 cents - yes 3/1000ths of a cent… just sayin…). Some linked or quoted material may be copyrighted by others, and I credit them. I rely on the “Fair Use” doctrine for educational purposes (Link: Fair Use). *I do not use AI for any of the text that’s found here, things I embed or link to (such as some images) might…

-Michael Acoustic

Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support this newsletter.

---

Thank You To Our New Subscribers and Followers!!

This Week’s Conversation With Mika, The Cat:

Me: “What?”

Mika: “There is only a small and inadequate amount of new, new food on top of my already new food,….

….we’ve discussed this before, Human….my disappointment now is profound…”

---

Cheers and keep playing!!

Michael Acoustic

“It’s never really final - you just run out of things you can bear to change…”