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Jay Stott

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Brrrrr…winter.

January 30, 2019 by JGstott Leave a Comment

In which I co-write a song with a friend.

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Posted in: Music, Nature Tagged: songwriting, writers

Texas bound and Fall Updates.

September 23, 2018 by JGstott Leave a Comment

Happy fall!!! At least technically. It’s still pretty hot here today. But it is the start of fall. I have no idea what that means. I’m headed to Texas this … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: album, gigs, music, recording, songwriting, youtube

Who are your heroes?

August 26, 2018 by JGstott Leave a Comment

If Darrell Scott played guitar in your band at a club show on a Saturday night, everyone who heard it would swear he was the best guitar player they had … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music, Ramblings Tagged: Lyons, music, songs, songwriting

Myths and Legends

July 15, 2018 by JGstott Leave a Comment

I grew up with Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. If you aren’t from Minnesota we’ll forgive you for not knowing what that is. Click the link. Later on, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dirt&Heartache, Music, Ramblings Tagged: dirt&heartache, songs, songwriting, video, youtube

Process, what process? Birthing a song.

June 20, 2014 by JGstott 2 Comments

Someone asked me a while back, “what’s your songwriting process?” I think I mumbled, ‘uh, I dunno, I write stuff and sometimes it rhymes, and sometimes I figure out how … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music Tagged: music, song, songwriting

Hey Ray Wylie, I did my homework…

January 22, 2014 by JGstott 1 Comment

Ray Wylie Hubbard, who has taken to writing loooong and really entertaining Facebook posts, included a song suggestion in a post not too long ago. I’m a big fan of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music Tagged: music, recording, song, songwriting, soundcloud

Experience into Art (with songs and a flood update)

October 13, 2013 by JGstott 4 Comments

So I posted the Flood Update a while back. In between finding a more stable place to spend our exile from home, talking to FEMA (I feel like I have … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music, Ramblings Tagged: flood, Lyons, music, song, songwriting

Weather influenced songwriting…

April 21, 2013 by JGstott Leave a Comment

I’ve been taking an online songwriting class the past few weeks, which has been pretty cool. It’s has been a chance to learn some vocabulary for talking about the mechanics … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Music Tagged: snow, song, songwriting, weather

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