{"id":3312,"date":"2015-01-22T03:38:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2015-08-08T01:47:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:47:55","slug":"music-clout-winner-j-thomas-edward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/music-clout-winner-j-thomas-edward\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Clout Winner ~ J Thomas Edward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0KXGQXJwdo0\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_3310\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3310\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3310\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-head-shot-1-225x189.jpg\" alt=\"J Thomas Edward \" width=\"225\" height=\"189\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J Thomas Edward<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are super-excited to announce the winner of our first Music Clout featured artist contest: Contemporary Americana recording artist J Thomas Edward. We selected Thomas because we love his music, his edgy sound and his hit single <em>Wounded in Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, one of the first questions I asked J Thomas Edward was to tell me more about that amazing song. Thomas explained: \u201c<em>Wounded in Love <\/em>is the opening track on the album <em>Athens<\/em>. It\u2019s a song that\u2019s really close to my heart; it\u2019s really personal. I don\u2019t like talking about the meaning very much. It\u2019s a love song, but it\u2019s also more of a spiritual song to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, he added: \u201cWhat\u2019s unusual about that song is how quickly it came to me. I spend lots of time writing lyrics, and that song was done in a couple of hours, which is not usual for me. I\u2019m really glad you like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I do love the song, and I love it when your creative juices flow and everything comes together. It\u2019s magical.<\/p>\n<p>J Thomas Edward also plans to release two new albums this year under the name <em>Kain and Able<\/em> in April 2015, a collaborative project with singer-songwriter Matthew O\u2019Keefe: \u201cThe <em>Kain and Able<\/em> project came about after I had taken some time off, and I went through this marathon writing time. For months, I wrote song after song after song. When I thought it was time to record some of these songs, I knew that I didn\u2019t want to do it the way I had done previous records. I wanted to get one person to collaborate with on the arrangements. I ended up running into Matthew by chance, and we started working together.<\/p>\n<p>What does Thomas look for when he collaborates with another artist? \u201cI look for someone who is not cut from the same cloth that I am. I like someone who is from a totally different musical perspective, which can be really frustrating, but you can get better results. I write songs in sketches, like a painter before starting a painting. I don\u2019t always have a preconceived notion about how they should sound. Matthew\u2019s from a different planet. It\u2019s frustrating, but it really works.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3309\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3309\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"J Thomas Edward and Matthew O'Keefe\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-and-Matthew-OKeefe-1-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J Thomas Edward and Matthew O&#8217;Keefe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I listened to the pre-released singles from <em>Kain and Able<\/em>, and I really like the song <em>That\u2019s How It Goes<\/em>. J Thomas Edward told me the story behind that song: \u201cI originally recorded that song for my first record <em>Carnival<\/em>, but I didn\u2019t like the way it came out. I knew it could be better. I was frustrated with it, so I dropped it. A few years later, I was working on the <em>Athens<\/em> record with producer John Keane. When it came time to record, I still wasn\u2019t satisfied with it. We didn\u2019t even record a demo. When Matthew and I work together, we start the sessions out with some random jam. When I started playing it one day, it was there, exactly how I wanted it to be. Matthew had never heard it, and I hadn\u2019t played it in years. What you hear on the record is almost identical to the way we played it the first time we played it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I also love the video for the song <em>Get Off<\/em> from <em>Kain and Able<\/em>. The song has a great groove; I couldn\u2019t sit still when I listened to it. The video is also terrific. J Thomas Edward explained how this project came together: \u201c<em>Get Off <\/em>was produced and directed by Fredy Polania. He heard the song through a friend of mine in his car and wanted to make a video for it. I wanted to do a performance video, which we recorded at the Power Station, where we recorded the two <em>Kain and Able <\/em>records. I won\u2019t do the lip synch thing. We played the song to the tempo, but what you\u2019re seeing in the video is us playing live. We had to do a lot of takes, and Fredy got really frustrated with us. I think that\u2019s why the groove it there. The only thing that I regret is that no one thought to turn on a couple of good microphones and record the session, because the band was on fire that day. It was a lot of fun. Everyone had a really good time with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who can we credit as J Thomas Edward\u2019s major music influences? \u201cThat\u2019s one of those questions I don\u2019t quite know how to answer. If you look at my playlist, I have Duke Ellington, Eyrka Badu, Waylon Jennings, Jay-Z, Jack White, Beck, The Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, Jet and Carlos Varela. There are certain artists that have had a profound effect on me, like Lou Reed, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Mark Knofpler. Frank Zappa has also had a profound effect on me. If you listen closely to some of my recordings, you can hear a little Zappa attitude. I guess to some degree, maybe everything I\u2019ve ever heard has influenced me in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3311\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-performing-BW-225x157.jpg\" alt=\"J Thomas Edward performing BW\" width=\"225\" height=\"157\" \/>J Thomas Edward is taking a unique approach to social media: \u201cWe are doing some different things for each type of social media.\u201d Thomas plans to offer music that can only be heard or downloaded from a single platform, like only make certain songs available on Twitter or only on Facebook, so fans have a reason to come back and participate.<\/p>\n<p>What advice does J Thomas Edward have for other indie musicians? \u201cThe first thing an artist needs to ask themselves is, \u2018What am I doing this for?\u2019 If your ultimate goal is to become rich and famous, you should maybe go do something else. If you\u2019re a musician, it\u2019s about the music, about being an artist. There are way too many people doing this because they want to get well known. For the people who know they\u2019re an artist, they can\u2019t run away from it.\u201d He laughed and added, \u201cIt will find you if you try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas believes artists should listen to their own intuition. When you get told \u2018No,\u2019 and you will get told \u2018No\u2019 over and over and over again, you have to remember that the recording industry doesn\u2019t have the best record in choosing who will go over well and who won\u2019t. Elton John was refused by most labels. Jay-Z was refused by everybody, so he ended up starting his own label. Of course, the most famous example is the A&amp;R rep from Decca records who told The Beatles that they had no future in show business. When you get a door slammed in your face, don\u2019t take that as anything other than a reason to kick down the next door you come to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, J Thomas Edward has some pretty big projects to complete: \u201cI\u2019m going to get the song <em>Carnival<\/em>, which is about the Carnival celebrations, re-recorded in multiple languages, in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. The idea is to get is ready for release February 2016. That\u2019s a challenge, because I don\u2019t speak any of those languages besides English and a little bit of Spanish. We\u2019re going to do more videos. I\u2019m recording demos right now for a new album. I hope to do some more touring in the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>J Thomas Edward promised that he and Matthew O\u2019Keefe\u00a0would record me my very own acoustic version of <em>Wounded in Love<\/em>. Can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n<p>Amused Now Music Clout Contest Winners<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3308\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"J Thomas Edward - singing BW\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/J-Thomas-Edward-singing-BW-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>J Thomas Edward<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jthomasedward.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JThomasEdward.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jthomasedward\" target=\"_blank\">@JThomasEdward<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JTEmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Kahn, Founder of Amused Now<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Amused_Now\" target=\"_blank\">@Amused_Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmusedNow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/106372266016264510992\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/amusednow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/amused-now\/id916561789\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are super-excited to announce the winner of our first Music Clout featured artist contest: Contemporary Americana recording artist J Thomas Edward. 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