Highlights from this Episode

Nashville Music Scene (03:40)

Experience in NOLA (05:15)

Cold Blood Collaboration (06:05)

Publishing Deals (07:40)

Unsaid EP (12:30)

What happens to the unused songs (14:34)

Jeffrey’s favorite memories of a small town (15:35)

Lessons learned from small town community (18:35)

Jesus Christ Superstar experience (20:20)

Choir experience (22:55)

The book of guitar playing (24:20)

What made Jeffrey decide to do music professionally (25:40)

Who inspired Jeffrey (27:25)

Reason for moving to Nashville (28:10)

Songwriters rounds (31:50)

Nashville Co-Writing culture (39:00)

Co-Writing do’s and don’ts (40:05)

Jeffrey’s writing process (41:53)

Advice for writer’s block (43:29)

What was Jeffrey’s life before his label deal (44:50)

Moment when Jeffrey felt comfortable in his career (49:55)

The team behind the music (53:15)

How to know when you know you’ve found your voice (55:55)

What changed for Jeffrey (1:01:55)

Jeffrey James being featured on Nashville (1:03:30)

Collaborations in the music career (1:05:55)

Jeffrey’s advice on content (1:08:08)

What to expect (1:11:05)

Advice for the aspiring songwriter (1:11:50)

Behind the scenes questions (1:13:24)

Funny Fan Encounters

Superpowers

Success

First Concert & First Album

First 90 / Last 90

Favorite Media

Favorite Apps

Mentors

Night of drinks with anyone

Time Travel

Making it to Jeffrey James (1:21:30)

Quotes from Jeffrey James

“Just be nice man, people talk.”

“As big as Nashville is, it’s still a small city.”

“You start out and you’re just replication the music you know, and you do that until you find your own voice.”

“At that point it wasn’t about people hearing me, I needed to perform.”

“You grow thick skin by preforming in front of people who aren’t necessary there to hear you.”

“If they love you that night, they won’t have any problem booking you.”

“The best way to get a good lyric it to get the crappy ones out.”

“If you hear yourself talking the most, then shut up for a bit.”

“No one wants to write with the guy who uses all of his own music.”

“I gravity towards content that I can connect with my life.”

“People are coming to be without me having to swim against the current.”

“I knew what I thought was good, and the music I was making didn’t add up to that.”

“We are in the ages of singles.”

“As long as I can put out music, I will put out music.”

“I’m still finding the balance between release things and promoting them.”

“Keep writing, and don’t hold too many songs close to your heart.”

“Every song you write before you write 200 songs is crap.”

Links to people, places, and things mentioned

People

Eric Olson

Gabe Simon

Tungevaag & Raaben

Emily Kopp

Michael McDonald

Randy Dease

Antonio Benderas

Places & Things

Unsaid EP

South By Sea

Les Miserables

Jesus Christ Superstar

Hal Lenard Guitar Method

Incubus

311

The Beatles

Doobie Brothers

Belmont University

Full Sail University

NACA

ASCAP

UTA

Fly South

Walls EP

Criminal Minds

Finding Carter

Nashville

I Zombie

SouthWest Airlines

BPM App

Jeffrey James’ Definition of Making It

“It changes every year.”

Keep in touch with Jeffrey James

http://jeffreyjames.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jeffreyjamesofficial/

https://twitter.com/jeffreyjames

https://soundcloud.com/jeffreyjamesmusic