Jeff Caylor

Pop / Acoustic / Soul

Co Spgs, CO

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About

It never seemed like my parents had very good music when I was a kid. They had a lot, just not much that I was really drawn to. I found a handful of their 45's and even fewer LP's that I really liked. One record that stands out in my memory, though, was Elton John's Greatest Hits.

I would play that record and picture Elton's brother "Daniel" flying away in an airplane bound for Spain. I would try to figure out what "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" had to do with the Wizard of Oz. And I would imagine the bars where Elton and his friends would go to fight on Saturday nights, since they were alright for fighting.

In hindsight, I think I really appreciated the stories and emotion in those songs. And somehow, this British dude with huge glasses managed to connect with a little kid from Indiana.

That's the magic of songwriting that I really love. I love the way you can put the notes and words together and it can have its own meaning apart from you.

Sometimes I imagine all these little s.o.s.'s can have a positive effect on someone else. You get all honest and transparent. You cry for help in a song. You write words that beg for someone to come and save you. And then, if everything goes right, in the end, the song ends up saving someone else.

The official Jeff Caylor web site is www.jeffcaylor.com.

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Feb 14, 2009

Two Kinds of Honesty - Coldplay vs Jay Z

I like this video for a few reasons. Mainly because you have Chris Martin singing in a kind of honesty that's a little metaphorical and riddle-ridden. Then you have Jay Z who comes in and gives a very specific kind of interpretation to the song. I like both kinds.

FAWM with or Without Fawm.org

Last year this time, I took part in a crazy songwriting marathon called February Album Writing Month, or FAWM. It was a blast and quite a success in my opinion. I came out with about 8 songs that will appear on my upcoming CD, What Birds Dream.

In case you want to …

What Birds Dream Update

Just wanted to take a second and give an update on the new album. I'm dedicating almost all of next week to production. In fact, I've been working on it quite a bit this month. If all goes well, I'll be doing a CD release in April or May. I'm planning to launch a new …

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Brandon Muth, Feb 26, 2008:

Hey Jeff - thanks for the comment the other day. I haven't logged int o Virb for quite a while. Like your music...

Balm, Jan 01, 2008:

There is a Balm in Gilead.

Gagosian Liga, Jun 28, 2007:

"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know."
Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!