1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,600 The Kayden Gordon Show today's best country mix. I want to ask you a question. If you had an opportunity to become 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,820 one animal for the day, what would you 3 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,500 become? For me, uh, 4 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:17,420 that's... it's a hard one. I don't even know what I would say for that. That's, uh... 5 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:20,700 That is like... oh my god. 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:27,060 Um, I was getting ready to actually say my answer, but then it just kind of changed in my head. 7 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:30,060 So I think we're gonna come back to that. 8 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:33,720 Thank you so much for listening to the Kayden Gordon Show today's best country mix. 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,560 My name is Kayden Gordon, and I appreciate you tuning into my show. 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:43,760 So let's get started with doing a little bit of news, because we haven't done news in a while, just because there hasn't really been 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,940 much to update. But, um, in regards to Nashville, 12 00:00:47,940 --> 00:00:53,760 I actually want to do like a Nashville thing down there and kind of give you guys a like a recording snippet of Nashville. 13 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,840 So we'll figure that out when July comes. But we're gonna get right back into the show. 14 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,440 You're listening to the Kayden Gordon Show today's best country mix. 15 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,360 Be-oop! 16 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,840 The Kayden Gordon Show. Today's best country mix. 17 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:18,440 Hello and welcome to the Kayden Gordon Show today's best country mix. Joining me right here today is Heidi Hiasif. Heidi, how's it going? 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,400 I'm doing really well. How are you? Thanks for having me. 19 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:27,600 You are so welcome. So why don't we get started? For those that don't know much about you, 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,840 why don't you tell them a little bit about you and how you got started in music? 21 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:40,040 Well, my name is Heidi Hiasif. I am actually from Kelowna, British Columbia in Canada. 22 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,600 I started singing at a really young age. 23 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,640 Probably holding a hairbrush for my parents when I was younger. 24 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,520 And 25 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,160 yeah, I just 26 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,480 was actually really shy when I was younger believe it or not. 27 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:01,440 But my friends made me go out to karaoke when I turned 19 and I sang in front of people and I got a standing 28 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,860 ovation. So it just kind of went from there. I was like I can probably do this. 29 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,960 What is it about music that you absolutely love about it? 30 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,200 I love everything about music. I love I actually love every genre of music. 31 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,240 I think there's an art in every form. I just love it how it makes you feel. 32 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:27,000 I love it how it can lift you up in any sort of situation that you're in and make you feel happy. 33 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,040 Any kind of emotion. It's it's just lovely all around. 34 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:39,480 What advice would you give to somebody that might want to start doing music whether that be writing, singing, performing? 35 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,480 What would you tell them? 36 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,320 I would have to say to not be afraid of failing. 37 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,480 Because everybody's always afraid of disappointing people when they fail. 38 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:57,440 But really it's just learning how to perfect your art and if you don't fail, you're never gonna grow. 39 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Absolutely. 40 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,800 Do you have any upcoming projects, singles, anything like that you want to tell us a little bit about? 41 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,200 I am on my team's actually putting together for me a tour. 42 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:17,920 It's gonna be a brewery and winery tour. It's gonna be across British Columbia. 43 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:24,000 I really want to come down to the States soon and do a tour down there. 44 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:31,000 Next year, I'm hoping to do a bunch of festivals and actually plan a tour over in Europe. 45 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,320 Oh wow, that would be a really good opportunity. 46 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,800 Yeah, for sure. I would love it. I would love to go there. 47 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:47,800 Now if you had an opportunity to bring one singer or songwriter with you to whatever venue you go to, 48 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,800 in your case maybe a brewery or winery, who would you take with you to perform and why? 49 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,800 So this can be anyone that I want? 50 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,800 Yes, anyone that you want. 51 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 Oh wow, that's a hard one. 52 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,800 There's so many. 53 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,800 I would have to say growing up in a country where I was a singer, 54 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,800 I would have to say growing up I loved Shania Twain so I would love to do a show with her. 55 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,800 She was definitely one of my influences. 56 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,800 Definitely a good choice there. 57 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,800 What do you like doing outside of music Heidi? Do you have any hobbies, interests, anything like that? 58 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:40,800 Outside of music I love going to the woods and having fires and mud bogging and riding my dirt bike and stuff like that. 59 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,800 I just love being out in the fresh air. 60 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,800 If someone was to write a song about you, what do you think that they would take the time to write about? 61 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,800 I'm not sure he's going to write a song about me. 62 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,800 That's a hard one too. 63 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:07,800 I would think, I don't know, just maybe how much we like to have fun together and go on adventures and stuff like that. 64 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,800 That's what I like doing. I don't like any drama in my life so I just like to have fun. 65 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,800 Yeah, I mean definitely you don't want any drama. It just brings you down. 66 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,800 Totally. Who needs that? 67 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:29,800 Right. So kind of walk me through a typical day of Heidi. 68 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,800 Typical day of Heidi. I wake up in the morning. 69 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,800 Actually this morning I just woke up and I started practicing my music. 70 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:48,800 I have some shows coming up so that's generally what I do and I also go to school to be a mortgage broker. 71 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,800 So I study and yeah, take care of my kids. 72 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Absolutely. You don't want to forget music now. 73 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,800 No, no. I try to write as much as I can. 74 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Heidi, where do you see yourself in the next couple years or where do you want to be? 75 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:18,800 I would love to be playing. I just want to play a bunch of festivals. I want to travel the world. 76 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:25,800 I actually I would love my biggest goal ever is to play at the Grand Ole Opry. 77 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,800 And I would just love to fill out some stadiums. 78 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:38,800 What do you think you'd be doing right now if it wasn't for music or if you weren't studying to be a brokerage? 79 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,800 Yeah, it was a brokerage. What was it again? 80 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,800 Mortgage broker. Mortgage broker. 81 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,800 I had it confused in my head. For some reason I had a twist and I was like that's not right. 82 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,800 Yeah, a mortgage broker. 83 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,800 That's what was trying to come out. 84 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Anyways, if you weren't doing that and if you weren't doing music, what do you think you'd be doing? 85 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,800 I would. I'm not. That's a hard question. I don't know. 86 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,800 I've I've done actually a lot of things in my life so far. 87 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,800 I've been a welder. I've done accounting. 88 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,800 I've oh man, I've done a lot of things, but I don't know. 89 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,800 I don't know what I would do without music. 90 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,800 Honestly, I think I'd be really sad. 91 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Sad, depressed. 92 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,800 We could go down the line. 93 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Yeah, totally. Totally. 94 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,800 It's what really gets you through a bunch of things in your life. 95 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,800 Music is a wonderful thing. 96 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,800 Yeah, I have no idea what we would do without it. 97 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,800 I don't see the world existing if we didn't have it. 98 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 I'm going to tell you right now, Heidi. 99 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,800 Me neither. I couldn't see it at all. 100 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 It'd be a very boring place. 101 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,800 Yeah, it would be. 102 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,800 So if people want to learn more about you, where can they go to learn more? 103 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,800 I have I have a website, Heidi Heisen's dot com. 104 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,800 You can find out where I'm playing all my two or all my tour dates 105 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,800 and stuff like that. 106 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 And also my new singles that are coming out as well. 107 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,800 You can find on there. 108 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,800 I am also on Spotify, Heidi Heisen's. 109 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,800 I'm on all actually all your favorite streaming platforms. 110 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,800 I am also on Spotify, Heidi Heisen's. 111 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,800 I'm on all your favorite streaming platforms. 112 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,800 I am on YouTube. 113 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,800 I am also on Facebook, Heidi Heisen's. 114 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:25,800 My page is on there. 115 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,800 I'm on Instagram, Heidi Heisen's music, Twitter, TikTok, all that stuff. 116 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,800 If you had one message to tell anyone that might be listening or anyone in general, 117 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,800 what message would you tell them? 118 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,800 I would say. 119 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,800 If you have a dream, go for it, because you really don't. 120 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,800 You're never going to know if you don't reach for the stars. 121 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:55,800 And if you're ever going through a hard time, don't be afraid to step back 122 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,800 and take some time for yourself, because you really don't know the mountains 123 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,800 that you can move after you finish working on yourself. 124 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,800 That's what I have to say. 125 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Absolutely. 126 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:13,800 If there was one place that you would like to go, but you've never been to, 127 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,800 where would it be and why? 128 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,800 I would love to. 129 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,800 I actually would love to go to Rome. 130 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,800 I want to see the Colosseum. 131 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,800 I want to just see all that old history. 132 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,800 That's a really, really good choice. 133 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,800 I have to say that would be really, really cool. 134 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Now, where would you like to go? 135 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Oh, you're putting it on me now. 136 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,800 I don't know. 137 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,800 I would probably say Italy. 138 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 I don't know. 139 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,800 I think Italy would pretty like the culture and everything, too. 140 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,800 I think that would be really cool. 141 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Totally. 142 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Yeah. 143 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,800 I just had an interview over there yesterday, actually. 144 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,800 It was really cool. 145 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,800 Oh, did you? 146 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 That's cool. 147 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Yeah. 148 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,800 Funny that we're on that topic then. 149 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Yeah. 150 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 Right. 151 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,800 Yeah, that works. 152 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,800 Yeah, sure is. 153 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,800 Well, Heidi, is there anything that I forgot to mention that you would like to 154 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 mention today here on the show? 155 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,800 I just want to say to everybody, thanks for supporting my music and listening. 156 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,800 I just appreciate you guys so much. 157 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,800 I love you to the moon. 158 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,800 Heidi, thanks so much for taking the time to come on the Kate and Gordon Show today's 159 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,800 best country mix. 160 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,800 We definitely appreciate your time and support, so thank you. 161 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Thanks so much for having me. 162 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,800 I appreciate it. 163 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:41,800 I can't wait to chat again. 164 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Thank you. 165 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:11,800 Thank you. 166 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:41,800 Thank you. 167 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:11,800 Thank you. 168 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:41,800 Thank you. 169 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:11,800 Thank you. 170 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:41,800 Thank you. 171 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Thank you. 172 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:41,800 Thank you. 173 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:11,800 Thank you. 174 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:18,800 Thank you. 175 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:27,800 Thank you. 176 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Thank you. 177 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,800 Thank you. 178 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Thank you. 179 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,800 Thank you. 180 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:57,800 Thank you. 181 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:04,800 Thank you. 182 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:11,800 Thank you. 183 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:19,800 Thank you. 184 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:26,800 Thank you. 185 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Thank you. 186 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,800 Thank you. 187 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Thank you. 188 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Thank you. 189 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:54,800 Thank you. 190 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,800 Thank you. 191 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,800 And the strength of your perfume 192 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,800 Your love of life 193 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,800 Brought sweet joy into the room 194 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,800 Without you, time stands still 195 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:29,800 I'm still waiting for you to come home again 196 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:36,800 I'm waiting for you for days all on 197 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:44,800 Without you, the lonely display's on 198 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:54,800 Eternally, you're here with me 199 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:07,800 This dance can't take my love away 200 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:15,800 Eternally, you've been in my heart 201 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:25,800 Eternally, from the start you're in my dreams 202 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:32,800 And I'll give you all my love 203 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Eternally 204 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Music 205 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,800 Music 206 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,800 Music 207 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:22,800 Music 208 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,800 Music 209 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,800 They looked down into her brown eyes 210 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,800 And said, say a prayer for me 211 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,800 She threw her arms around him 212 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Whispered, God, keep us free 213 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,800 They could hear the riders coming 214 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,800 He said, this is my last fight 215 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,800 If they take me back to Texas 216 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,800 They won't take me back in life 217 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,800 There were seven Spanish angels 218 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,800 At the altar of the sun 219 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,800 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 220 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,800 They were praying for the lovers 221 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,800 In the valley of the gun 222 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,800 When the bells started to ring 223 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,800 There was thunder from the throne 224 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,800 And seven Spanish angels 225 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,800 Took another page of hope 226 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,800 She reached down and picked the gun up 227 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,800 That lay smoking in his hand 228 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,800 She said, Father, please forgive me 229 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,800 I can't make it without my man 230 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,800 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 231 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,800 And she knew the gun was empty 232 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,800 And she knew she couldn't win 233 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,800 But her final prayer was answered 234 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,800 When the rifles fired again 235 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,800 There were seven Spanish angels 236 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,800 At the altar of the sun 237 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,800 They were praying for the lovers 238 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,800 In the valley of the gun 239 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:39,800 When the band stopped and the smoke cleared 240 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,800 There was thunder from the throne 241 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,800 And seven Spanish angels 242 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,800 Took another page of hope 243 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,800 There were seven Spanish angels 244 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:03,800 At the altar of the sun 245 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,800 They were praying for the lovers 246 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:12,800 In the valley of the gun 247 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,800 When the band stopped and the smoke cleared 248 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:21,800 There was thunder from the throne 249 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,800 And seven Spanish angels 250 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:30,800 Took another page of hope 251 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 There were seven Spanish angels 252 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,800 At the altar of the sun 253 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:44,800 They were praying for the lovers 254 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,800 In the valley of the gun 255 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,800 When the band stopped and the smoke cleared 256 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,800 There was thunder from the throne 257 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,800 And seven Spanish angels 258 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:09,800 Took another page of hope 259 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,800 And seven Spanish angels 260 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:19,800 Took another page of hope 261 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:24,800 Well done to Wolf Milestone and Bohas 262 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,800 Seven Spanish angels 263 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,800 Now let's talk to my good friend Jim Bickersnaff 264 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,800 Hello and welcome to the Kayden Gordon Show today's Best Country Mix 265 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,800 Joining me right here today is Jim Bickersnaff 266 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,800 Jim, how are you? 267 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Doing well, doing well Kayden, thank you 268 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,800 You're so welcome 269 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,800 We are so excited to have you on the show today 270 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,800 So why don't we get started by getting to know you a little bit 271 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,800 And how you got started in music 272 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:59,800 Alright, well, I'm fairly older fella, I'm 67 273 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:05,800 First time I heard a Beatles record when I was about 8 274 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,800 I fell in love with music 275 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,800 And my dad had an old wooden tennis racket 276 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,800 And I'd take that tennis racket and I was suddenly Paul McCartney 277 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,800 Listening to Beatles records in the living room 278 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,800 And mom bought me a guitar when I was I think 12 279 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,800 And I just picked it up and kept doing it 280 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,800 It's just always been kind of in my blood 281 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:38,800 Kind of been around the world, mostly around the world 282 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,800 Did 8 years in the Navy 283 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:46,800 And then got out of the Navy and still always wanted to be in the music business 284 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,800 Went to work in Decatur, Alabama for a guy named Johnny Sandlin 285 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,800 He was the producer of the Almond Brothers and the head of A&R at the original Kats 286 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 In Georgia 287 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,800 And I engineered for him for 4 years and worked some really nice projects 288 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:09,800 Widespread Panic and Colonel Bruce Hampton and Aquarium Rescue Unit and Dixie Draggs and a few others 289 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:14,800 And then moved on, started my own mobile studio 290 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,800 And did a lot of recording, but at the time I'd always been a writer 291 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,800 And I'd always done writing written songs 292 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,800 And when we were running around the mobile unit 293 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:31,800 I would have all these great players and singers and writers in the studio 294 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,800 And we'd usually get done about 1 or 2 in the morning 295 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,800 And then we'd have a few beers and I'd always kind of break out my tracks 296 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,800 And say, hey, you want to play fiddle on this? 297 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,800 And everybody of course said yes all the time and we had a good time with it 298 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,800 And by the time, I don't know, within a few months we had a full record 299 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,800 And we released that, it was called Gooseneck Soup Project 300 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,800 Mainly because it was all in a Gooseneck trailer 301 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:06,800 And that was my first record, I don't even know what year it was, probably late 90s 302 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:12,800 And kept on it after that, took a day gig for quite a few years 303 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,800 And kept a foot in music, I'm getting ready to retire now at the age of 67 304 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:23,800 Diving back in to the dream, never let it go, you know? 305 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,800 Absolutely 306 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:33,800 So what is it about music that you absolutely love about it, Jim? 307 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:39,800 It's my way of expressing what I feel 308 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:47,800 And trying to give something to people that are listening and that want to listen 309 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:56,800 I'm not really good at explaining myself emotionally or with any depth 310 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,800 But it comes out of music 311 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:07,800 So as a writer, I'm able to say things that I might not be able to say otherwise 312 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:14,800 And make people feel a way that I want them to experience 313 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:20,800 So that they understand what I'm thinking, sometimes they like it, sometimes they don't 314 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:26,800 But it's been in my blood as long as I can remember 315 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:34,800 And then getting to do it in the studio with Johnny Sandlin and those guys 316 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:45,800 And the Warner Brothers projects really kind of set it off to another level 317 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:51,800 And it was there really that I learned to actually write and get the fluff out of my songs 318 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:59,800 And to play and produce and teach and make my instruments stay out of the way of the words and vice versa 319 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,800 So what I learned from Johnny was invaluable 320 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:09,800 It's always been a lifelong journey 321 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,800 That's it in the past 322 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,800 If people want to learn more about you, where can they find you, Jim? 323 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,800 Jimbickersap.com 324 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,800 There's a couple of days there and of course if they want to know something 325 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,800 There's an email address on there and they can hit me up 326 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,800 I'm an open book, I like people 327 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:40,800 And you can certainly find me at that, at my website, Jimbickersap.com 328 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:46,800 If you had one message to tell my listeners, your fans or anyone that might be listening 329 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,800 What would that message be? 330 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:59,800 Keep living and keep driving toward a better world 331 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:08,800 Don't let naysayers and negative selfish people turn your head 332 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,800 Keep doing what you believe in 333 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,800 And definitely follow your dream, it's out there 334 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,800 If you really believe, then you can have it 335 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:25,800 If you don't believe, then you'll never see it 336 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,800 I definitely agree with that, Jim 337 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:33,800 And Jim, is there anything that I forgot to mention that you would like to mention on the show here today? 338 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:43,800 No, other than I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some spins and give me a conversation here 339 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,800 It's very nice and I appreciate it 340 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:53,800 Jim Bickersap, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the Cade and Gordon show today's best country mix 341 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,800 We appreciate your time and support, thank you 342 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,800 Alright, thank you 343 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:17,800 I remember a town where a black man was a fearsome sight indeed 344 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:24,800 Lurking in the shadows at the dark end of the street 345 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,800 Across the coastlines eastbound rail 346 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,800 Where the train slowed down just to pick up the mail 347 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,800 Where the police went to fill up the jail 348 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:44,800 Over in Colour Town 349 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,800 Now Leroy, he cleaned all the yards 350 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,800 But Grace McNo, you bully vaudeville 351 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,800 He worked real cheap and he worked real hard 352 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,800 And he kept his head bowed down 353 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,800 He never talked about black and white 354 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,800 He never complained about wrong or right 355 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,800 He just took it on home with him every night 356 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:17,800 Back over to Colour Town 357 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:24,800 All the world was ten years old as far as I could tell 358 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:33,800 And all the world was riding on a freight train bound for hell 359 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,800 Sunday prayers to God above 360 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,800 Mondays show our brotherly love 361 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,800 When we give old Leroy a gentle shove 362 00:33:44,800 --> 00:34:01,800 Back over to Colour Town 363 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,800 Randy made straight A's again 364 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,800 He ran the ball for first and ten 365 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,800 But he lived each day with the mortal sin 366 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,800 Of being Leroy's son 367 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,800 And to be anything that a man could be 368 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,800 He had to fight for the opportunity 369 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,800 That's what white do 370 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:32,800 You rarely see over in Colour Town 371 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:39,800 And all the world was ten years old as far as I could tell 372 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:48,800 And all the world was riding on a freight train bound for hell 373 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,800 Sunday prayers to God above 374 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,800 Mondays show our brotherly love 375 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,800 When we give old Leroy a gentle shove 376 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:08,800 Back over to Colour Town 377 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:35,800 So many years later Leroy's gone 378 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,800 His grandchildren playing on a color sag lawn 379 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,800 Some things change as time moves on 380 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:47,800 But time can move so slow 381 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,800 But there are changes blowing on every wind 382 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,800 And every mighty oak will bend 383 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,800 Time will heal what it cannot mend 384 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,800 Over in Colour Town 385 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:11,800 And all the world's still ten years old as far as I could tell 386 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:20,800 And we're standing here with a choice to board that freight train bound for hell 387 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,800 Sunday prayers to God above 388 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,800 Pray for peace and won't you pray for love 389 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,800 And won't you say a prayer for every gentle shove 390 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:47,800 Back over to Colour Town 391 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:52,800 If you never sip the coke, you're gonna get drunk 392 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:59,800 If you never sip the coke from a cold glass bottle 393 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,800 Drink water from a garden hose 394 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:08,800 If you're an addict for amstatic craving that country gold 395 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,800 If you never, ever wrote a love letter 396 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,800 Or used a phone with a dial 397 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,800 Let me say a little personal touch 398 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,800 Never goes out of style 399 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,800 I might not play as fast as you 400 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,800 But I'm still having a ball 401 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,800 You just need some time to catch up to me 402 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,800 That's all 403 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:40,800 Let me bring you up to speed on cool 404 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,800 I can tell you're new 405 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,800 To old school 406 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:54,800 My truck's got cranked down windows, they steep 407 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,800 Cause I'm in the stuff that works 408 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:03,800 And I still bring my old king James with me to church 409 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,800 My favorite kind of pie is moon 410 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,800 My favorite sound is twang 411 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:15,800 Even though our world's apart, it's okay we can hang 412 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,800 I might not play as fast as you 413 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,800 But I'm still having a ball 414 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,800 You just need some time to catch up to me 415 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,800 That's all 416 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:35,800 Let me bring you up to speed on cool 417 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,800 I can tell you're new 418 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,800 To old school 419 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,800 Boys turn into their daddies 420 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,800 Girls turn into their mothers 421 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,800 Won't be long till you'll be saying 422 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:57,800 Age is just a number 423 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,800 I might not play as fast as you 424 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,800 But I'm still having a ball 425 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:08,800 You just need some time to catch up to me 426 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,800 That's all 427 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:16,800 Let me bring you up to speed on cool 428 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,800 I can tell you're new 429 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,800 To old school 430 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:46,800 You're new to old school 431 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,800 She'll get down and dirty 432 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,800 She ain't afraid to work 433 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,800 She leaves a few unbuttoned 434 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,800 When she wears that plantle shirt 435 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,800 She's got a certain smile 436 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,800 When she wants to play 437 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,800 You know she drives me crazy 438 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,800 With her not so lady-way 439 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,800 Sunny dress, just a little too tight 440 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,800 Skinny-dipping in the broad daylight 441 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,800 That girl turns me on 442 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,800 She gets the right amount of wrong for me 443 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,800 That's her trash, talking, sexy, walking 444 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,800 She's so awesome, she's the perfect blend of nice and all 445 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:27,800 She's innocent with a touch of sin on her own 446 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:33,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 447 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,800 She gets a little flirty 448 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,800 In the back view of a church 449 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,800 And when she's feeling frisky 450 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,800 She won't clean a dirty work 451 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,800 She's like a margarita with an extra shot 452 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,800 And when she starts to lose her cool 453 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,800 It's bound to get real hot 454 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,800 She throws me a curve with a body of hers 455 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,800 Rocks my world with a denim and pearls 456 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,800 She's got me stringing along 457 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,800 She gets the right amount of wrong for me 458 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,800 That's her trash, talking, sexy, walking 459 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,800 She's so awesome, she's the perfect blend of nice and all 460 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:14,800 She's innocent with a touch of sin on her own 461 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:20,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 462 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,800 She's not like any girl I've ever known 463 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,800 Her twisted and her thinking with a mind of her own 464 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,800 She's unpredictable, that girl's hard to read 465 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,800 She does things differently 466 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,800 She gets the right amount of wrong for me 467 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,800 That's her trash, talking, sexy, walking 468 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,800 She's so awesome, she's the perfect blend of nice and all 469 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:53,800 She's innocent with a touch of sin on her own 470 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 471 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:13,800 She's just the right amount of wrong for me 472 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,800 That's her trash, talking, sexy, walking 473 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,800 She's so awesome, she's the perfect blend of nice and all 474 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:26,800 She's innocent with a touch of sin on her own 475 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 476 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 477 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,800 That girl's the right amount of wrong 478 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 479 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:45,800 That's the right amount of wrong for me 480 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,800 That's her trash, talking, sexy, walking 481 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,800 She's so awesome, she's the perfect blend of nice and all 482 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,800 She's just the right amount of wrong 483 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:28,800 I was lucky enough, my mother paid for piano lessons 484 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,800 and she made me keep them up 485 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,800 and they came good in the end 486 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,800 I didn't like it because I wasn't keen on classical music 487 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:40,800 When I was about 12 or 13 I started to play pop music by ear 488 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,800 and that stood me in good stead then later on 489 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,800 I picked up the guitar later on 490 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:51,800 I really didn't get seriously into what you might call professional 491 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:56,800 music until well into my 50s when I got an opportunity to do 492 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,800 a one year music course concentrating on songwriting 493 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:05,800 and from that I learned the art of structuring a song for the singer 494 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:10,800 things like introduction, background instrumentation and so forth 495 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,800 all the fine art that's involved in the studio recording 496 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:18,800 So I'm really only professionally involved since about 2018 497 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,800 the last five years 498 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:27,800 What is it about music that you absolutely love about it? 499 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:33,800 I think it's the ability to create a little pen picture of a situation in lyrics 500 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:38,800 and to match that with the mood of the music itself 501 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,800 I write both the lyrics and the music 502 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:46,800 and I think probably when I was younger I was probably good at writing poetry 503 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,800 but writing poetry and sound lyrics are quite different 504 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,800 they have to be much simpler 505 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,800 and they have to be in tune with the melody as well 506 00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:59,800 so it's quite an art to get the two to match 507 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:06,800 but I love that the way they come together and create word pictures in the listener's mind 508 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,800 that's what I love about it 509 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,800 Now I know you were telling me before we jumped on that you have a new single that's out 510 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,800 tell us a little bit about any upcoming projects or singles that you got 511 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:24,800 Okay so it's a studio band that I put together with my producer and his brother 512 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,800 his brother plays bass, Rowan himself 513 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,800 and my producer plays lead guitar 514 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:36,800 his dad actually is quite interesting in that he was involved in the Australian music industry 515 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:42,800 and indeed played with a number of fairly high profile left field type of bands over there 516 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,800 and he's still involved in the family business 517 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:50,800 and then we recruit female singers that we might come across from time to time 518 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:56,800 so in 2018 I had a number of country pop songs ready to go 519 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:02,800 and I'd come across a very good female singer called Darian Chase 520 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,800 an Irish girl, very professional in her approach 521 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:08,800 she had made some home demos with me 522 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,800 and we put the proposition to her of recording a complete album 523 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,800 so the album's been out a while 524 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,800 it's called In the Heart of the Castle 525 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,800 the band's name again is Weekend Special 526 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,800 we recorded the album in 2018 527 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:26,800 and in last year we did a complete remixed version of it 528 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:31,800 and we were very pleased with the remixed versions of them 529 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,800 currently I'm working with a singer I came across busking 530 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,800 I don't know if you use the word busk in the United States 531 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,800 it means a street singer 532 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,800 and this girl, Kyla Bell, she's still at music college 533 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,800 she plays at weekends in the centre city 534 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,800 and attracts quite a strong following of people 535 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,800 quite a good money maker for the weekend 536 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,800 people just donate, throw money into the hat 537 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,800 so we've three songs recorded with her 538 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,800 the first one is out, it's called Make Room for the New 539 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,800 and we'll be releasing the other two as part of an EP project 540 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,800 over the next few months 541 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:16,800 That's awesome, congratulations to you Sean 542 00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,800 Thank you very much 543 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:23,800 What advice would you give somebody that might want to start doing music 544 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,800 whether that be singing, writing, performing, anything like that 545 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:27,800 what would you tell them? 546 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:34,800 Well there was a rather severe teacher in the one year course that I did 547 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,800 we'd nearly call him Mr Grumpy 548 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,800 but he was severe for a reason 549 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,800 and I think the reason was he wanted us to make up our minds 550 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:48,800 did we see music as a hobby, a past time, something we'd enjoy doing 551 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:49,800 or a career 552 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,800 and as it happens, out of the 40 people who started 553 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,800 maybe only 20 were left after four months 554 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,800 and of those 20, I'd say only one myself 555 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:04,800 actually went into the music business professionally 556 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,800 so that's the most important thing to decide 557 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,800 are you talented enough and committed enough to make it a career 558 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,800 bearing in mind it's extremely difficult to break through 559 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,800 or are you content just to get good at playing an instrument 560 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,800 or doing a bit of composing 561 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:27,800 but you're quite happy to leave it in your mind as something you enjoy doing 562 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:32,800 it's certainly a lifelong hobby and a very rewarding one 563 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:39,800 and sometimes a person like that might do a little bit of song competition entries 564 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,800 and you never know, you could strike it lucky there 565 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:46,800 and come up with a song which attracts the attention of the industry 566 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:51,800 but in general it's as easy as lightning striking twice 567 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,800 to make it in the music business 568 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:58,800 so it's very important to be realistic from the word go 569 00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,800 I'm not sure myself will I ever make it 570 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,800 but I know that I've already a substantial body of work 571 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,800 of three albums and quite a lot of singles on release 572 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:13,800 my own particular hope is that I can attract the attention of a publishing company 573 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,800 publishers are people who not just 574 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,800 nowadays they tend to more collect the money than anything else 575 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:24,800 and look after that technical side and protecting copyright and so forth 576 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,800 but the best of them also place songs 577 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,800 they get to be in the networking with record companies to know when 578 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,800 a particular project is short of a few songs 579 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:42,800 and if the publisher is respected he or she will be allowed place or suggest a song 580 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:48,800 and I think that's the most likely way that I might become successful as a songwriter in the future 581 00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,800 but in the meantime I just keep writing 582 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:53,800 and the other bit of advice I'd say 583 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,800 answering your question again is 584 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,800 it's very important to have a lot of output 585 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:00,800 productivity is very important 586 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,800 if you're not writing a song a week or a song a fortnight there's something wrong 587 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,800 if you can imagine 588 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,800 you know when you read about classic albums when they were put together 589 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,800 and they sometimes say we had 80 songs to start with 590 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,800 and we whittled it down to a dozen 591 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,800 but what happens if you don't have the 80 songs or the 70 or the 60 592 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:26,800 so a good strong sustained output of completed songs is very important 593 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:31,800 if people want to learn more about you where can they find you 594 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,800 well the most handy one stop spot is 595 00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,800 sean silk songwriter dot com 596 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,800 that's s-e-a-n-s-a-l-k-e 597 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,800 sean silk songwriter dot com 598 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,800 and if they want to see all my material on YouTube 599 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,800 where there's about 25 videos of different recordings at the moment 600 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,800 if they just type in 601 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,800 sean silk youtube playlist into Google 602 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,800 sean silk youtube playlist 603 00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:05,800 and that's a really handy way you get all the material lined up for you 604 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,800 you can listen to song after song 605 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,800 and you might decide you like my country stuff or you like my electronic or pop stuff 606 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,800 there's quite a variety there 607 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,800 if you had one message to tell anyone that might be listening 608 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,800 any of my listeners or any of your fans or just anyone in general 609 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:25,800 what would you tell them 610 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:30,800 well that's an awful question Caden 611 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:37,800 I think I'd be more inclined not to talk just about music but to talk about life in general 612 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:42,800 and I think the one message I would give to people based on my own life experience is 613 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,800 don't carry resentments around with you 614 00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:50,800 so many of us find it difficult to live today 615 00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:53,800 this particular Thursday, this April the 27th 616 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,800 just within those 24 hours 617 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,800 we're looking back to the past about opportunities lost 618 00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:02,800 we're looking to the future what might or might not happen 619 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:09,800 and we lose out on making the most of the 24 hours that we have each time 620 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:13,800 so many people don't realise they're carrying around resentments 621 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,800 maybe you were a less favoured son or daughter in the family 622 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:21,800 and you carry that perhaps to your grave 623 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:28,800 but those resentments, it's a great opportunity in life if you can shed them 624 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:32,800 and just try and simply be of help 625 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:37,800 as they used to say in the old alcoholics anonymous recovery 626 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:42,800 let's show kindness, tolerance, patience and love to each person I meet 627 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:49,800 Sean is there anything that I forgot to mention that you would like to mention today? 628 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:53,800 No I think you've, well there is another 629 00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,800 at the risk of complicating it for your listeners 630 00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,800 there's a second band called Camden Place 631 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:03,800 which is a place, a street name in Dublin in Ireland where I'm speaking from 632 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,800 C-A-M-D-E-N, Camden Place 633 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:12,800 and that's a different style of music, I'm working with a very talented singer 634 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,800 she's what we call Irish Nigerian 635 00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:19,800 we have a lot of immigration to Ireland from different parts of the world 636 00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,800 so somebody whose parents were Nigerian 637 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,800 could actually have been born here in Ireland 638 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,800 and we're seeing the benefit of that in a sort of a multicultural sense 639 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:32,800 in the music industry and also in sports 640 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,800 where we're getting black athletes in soccer and running and so forth 641 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:40,800 Rachel is a great singer and if you're interested in the sound of that 642 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:42,800 it's much more in the pop mold 643 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:46,800 you can look up CamdenPlaceMusic.ie 644 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:51,800 but you can also find those same videos in the playlist I already mentioned 645 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:57,800 Sean, thanks so much for taking the time to come on the Caden Ordon Show today's best country mix 646 00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,800 we appreciate your time so much, so thank you 647 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:24,800 Thanks a million Caden, all the best 648 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:37,800 We're feeling one to a jumble 649 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:42,800 If it has a colour 650 00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:46,800 Call it monochrome 651 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:55,800 Monochrome 652 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,800 Melancholy flavours 653 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,800 A taste upon my tongue 654 00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:07,800 Promise of illusion 655 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:11,800 We deliver to the young 656 00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:16,800 Moon smiling on the city 657 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:21,800 Slips behind the clouds 658 00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:25,800 Corner shops are closing 659 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,800 Sharks pass without a sound 660 00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:38,800 Without a sound 661 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:43,800 Melancholy evening 662 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:47,800 Workers walking through 663 00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:52,800 They kiss the coming darkness 664 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:56,800 And tell a glow 665 00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,800 Melancholy taxis 666 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,800 Lost without a friend 667 00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:09,800 In black and white they plough the night 668 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:13,800 Beneath the restless rain 669 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:22,800 Beneath the rain 670 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:26,800 Melancholy buildings 671 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:30,800 Of this ancient town 672 00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:35,800 Speak of former glories 673 00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:39,800 Ambitions seldom found 674 00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:43,800 Melancholy feeling 675 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:48,800 One to a jumble 676 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:52,800 If it has a colour 677 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:56,800 Call it monochrome 678 00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:04,800 Monochrome 679 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:13,800 Ducks pass without a sound 680 00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:22,800 Streets not explored 681 00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:35,800 Monochrome 682 00:57:52,800 --> 00:58:02,800 Kentucky Badgey 683 00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:24,800 I dress like my daddy 684 00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,800 Walking crazy 685 00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:29,800 Wear hoes in my jeans 686 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:34,800 Never took that T-shirt in just right 687 00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,800 When trouble rolls around 688 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:42,800 I'll stand my ground and fight 689 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:44,800 Well they call me 690 00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,800 A Kentucky Badgey 691 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:51,800 Just a little wild and crazy 692 00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:53,800 That's me 693 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:56,800 A Kentucky Badgey 694 00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:58,800 Just like my daddy 695 00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:11,800 Walking crazy 696 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:13,800 Some folks say 697 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:15,800 I'm just like my daddy 698 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:19,800 Tough and strong 699 00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:24,800 Got that Cherokee in me 700 00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:27,800 Love that country music 701 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,800 Heart and soul 702 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:31,800 When I hear that country tune 703 00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:34,800 My blood starts to flow 704 00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:36,800 Well they call me 705 00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:39,800 A Kentucky Badgey 706 00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:44,800 Just a little wild and crazy 707 00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:46,800 That's me 708 00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,800 A Kentucky Badgey 709 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:51,800 Just like my daddy 710 00:59:51,800 --> 01:00:04,800 Walking crazy 711 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:09,800 Rolled up on them hand-me-downs 712 01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:13,800 Watched my daddy put them blisters on his hands 713 01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:17,800 So proud to have been born 714 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:21,800 On them old Kentucky grounds 715 01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:23,800 Well they call me 716 01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:26,800 A Kentucky Badgey 717 01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:31,800 Just a little wild and crazy 718 01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:33,800 That's me 719 01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,800 A Kentucky Badgey 720 01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:38,800 Just like my daddy 721 01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:41,800 Walking crazy 722 01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:43,800 Just like my daddy 723 01:00:43,800 --> 01:01:09,800 Walking crazy 724 01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,800 God has his little ways 725 01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:15,800 To make big things happen every day 726 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:19,800 One loved one dies and flies away 727 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:22,800 Really soon a new little baby gets made 728 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:31,800 Oh, oh 729 01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:39,800 God has his little ways 730 01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:42,800 He can make a mountain 731 01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:46,800 He can make oceans 732 01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:49,800 He can make rivers 733 01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:53,800 Run to the sea 734 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:57,800 He can make the moon glow 735 01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:00,800 And the grass grow 736 01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:04,800 He can make a difference 737 01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:08,800 In you and me 738 01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,800 God has his little ways 739 01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,800 To make big things happen every day 740 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:18,800 One loved one dies and flies away 741 01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,800 Really soon a new little baby gets made 742 01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:28,800 Oh, oh 743 01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:34,800 God has his little ways 744 01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:38,800 I was down harder 745 01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:41,800 When my daddy died 746 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:45,800 I cried and cried 747 01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,800 When I buried him that day 748 01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:52,800 Wasn't very long 749 01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,800 We heard a different song 750 01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:58,800 New kind of crying 751 01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:27,800 Came away 752 01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:37,800 Round and round 753 01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:41,800 Oh, the circle goes 754 01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:44,800 Seasons change 755 01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:48,800 They come and they go 756 01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:51,800 Through it all 757 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:55,800 One thing I know 758 01:03:55,800 --> 01:04:03,800 Oh, God has his little ways 759 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:06,800 God has his little ways 760 01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,800 To make big things happen every day 761 01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:13,800 One loved one dies and flies away 762 01:04:13,800 --> 01:04:16,800 Really soon a new little baby gets made 763 01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:23,800 Oh, oh 764 01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:29,800 God has his little ways 765 01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:54,800 God has his little ways