jaymay serenades the troubadour

If you don't know about Jaymay (aka Jamie Seerman) yet, you're in sincere trouble. Why, you ask? Well, because Jaymay's beautiful music acts like a cough drop for the soul. Her lyrics are smart, her voice is absolutely stunning, and put together, you're left with an unbelievably talented musician.

Last night I was fortunate enough to catch Jaymay's acoustic set at the Troubadour. I stood there in awe at the wonders of her voice and enjoyed every last second.

She played some unreleased songs as well as some that were on her EP, Sea Green, See Blue and full-length CD, Autumn Fallin'. The show was so good, in fact, that I bought myself a second copy of her CD. Yes, she's that good.

In addition to the wonders of her music, Jaymay seemed to be an incredibly down-to-earth and friendly person. She made personable small-talk between her songs and graciously signed copies of her album after the show. Jaymay even was kind enough to take some pictures with fans, including myself (I couldn't resist).
All day today I couldn't get Jaymay's songs out of my head, first of all because I listened to her CD over and over again whilst I sat in traffic, and second of all because I fell in love with a Youtube performance of the tune, One May Die So Lonely.

Jaymay has a Youtube account, jaymaymusic, where she uploads videos of her performing and interviews. They're quite fun to watch.

Anyway, the Youtube performance I'm referring to isn't actually from Jaymay's account, but it's on Youtube and features Jaymay nonetheless. The performance was recorded in Chicago for Fearless Radio.

I invite you to watch. Curl up with a cup of coffee, open your ears, and relax.

coldplay viva la vida cover

Amy Kuney has done it again. She's recorded a new stellar cover, this time of Coldplay's Viva la Vida. The video is a split screen of her on piano and her singing the harmonies. It's beautiful.

I hope to give you a full rundown of the album by the end of next week as well as give you some more music tidbits of what I've been listening to lately. Stay tuned!

the subway song interview

Since I have two fantastic intern bosses, Amy Kuney and Annie Hardy of Giant Drag, we all thought it would be a fun idea to have them interview each other.

The result? Pure genius.

Amy's manager and I stayed up until about three in the morning on my birthday editing all of the clips together and we couldn't stop laughing the entire time.

The interview revolves around the wonderful five dollar footlong song from Subway (the dance remix).

Please enjoy these 10 minutes of joy.