{"id":15565,"date":"2016-07-11T00:07:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=15565"},"modified":"2016-07-11T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:47:42","slug":"jack-tempchin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2016\/07\/jack-tempchin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Feature &#038; Interview: JACK TEMPCHIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Featured Artist:<strong> \u00a0JACK TEMPCHIN<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Song:\u00a0 \u201cNOTHING WITH YOU\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15579\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15579\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15579\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-01-Live-Photo-by-Chuck-Philyaw-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Tempchin Live \/ Photo by Chuck Philyaw\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-01-Live-Photo-by-Chuck-Philyaw-2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-01-Live-Photo-by-Chuck-Philyaw-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Tempchin Live \/ Photo by Chuck Philyaw<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Writers:\u00a0 Jack Tempchin, Kim Richey, Joel Piper, Robert Stein<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:\u00a0 Josh Knoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFEEooLI-bY?rel=0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK TEMPCHIN Web-Exclusive Interview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>with\u00a0<em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em>\u00a0magazine publisher, Merlin David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the idea of \u201cNothing with You\u201d come to you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wrote this song at Michele Clark\u2019s Songwriter Retreat in Las Vegas\u2014with Kim, Joel and Bobby. Kim had an idea and we started playing it.\u00a0It is very different to write a song with four people at once. Suddenly we thought of a great chorus and the rest just flowed. Joel Piper and Kim went into the computer room and came out with a killer demo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15567\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15567\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15567 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-3-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jack-Tempchin-3---Photo-by-Joel-Piper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-3-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-3-Photo-by-Joel-Piper.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Tempchin \/ Photo by Joel Piper<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What is your creative process for writing songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every which way! (<em>Laughs<\/em>) A good song has an idea behind it.\u00a0Sometimes I start with a title. Or I just sing until I hear a good idea come out of myself, then I focus it. Sometimes I co-write and perhaps the co-writer has an idea I like, and we clarify and amplify it. I may wake up and write down a song I was dreaming. I did that this month with two songs\u2014\u201cThe Old Couch\u201d and \u201cThis is Another Trying to Drink You Off My Mind Song.\u201d So\u2014every which way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check my site for a video series I did call \u201cGo Write One.\u201d It is many short videos where I\u00a0give a million tips on how to get in the mood to write.\u00a0I do not tell you how to put the song together or how to get it placed with an artist.\u00a0That is because I think the most important thing is:\u00a0You must get in the mood or zone, then it will flow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you keep thinking of new song ideas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I go down to the beach and watch the ocean\u2014and play guitar. After a while, songs come out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does where you live geographically influence your music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Southern California person. The world you live in goes into your brain each day and the songs are made from that. I don\u2019t see the effect, but I am where I live. Where you are is who you are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15578\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15578\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15578\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-4-with-Eagles-Glenn-Frey.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Tempchin with Eagles' Glenn Frey\" width=\"330\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-4-with-Eagles-Glenn-Frey.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-4-with-Eagles-Glenn-Frey-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Tempchin with Eagles&#8217; Glenn Frey<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How has co-writing shaped your music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love to co-write, and have been fortunate to do it with some of the world\u2019s greatest writers. You must learn to not be attached to an idea just because you thought of it. You have to always think what is best for the song, just as you do when you write alone.<br \/>\n<strong>Tell us about writing Eagles\u2019 hits (\u201cPeaceful Easy Feeling,\u201d \u201cAlready Gone,\u201d) and writing with Glenn Frey (\u201cThe One You Love,\u201d \u201cYou Belong to the City,\u201d and so many more songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great things of my life! They took my songs, and put them into a form that people loved. They make great records! They captured the desert, captured the feeling\u2014in a way that went on to become a part of everybody\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is writing for TV difficult? I believe it yielded one of your biggest songs for <em>Miami Vice<\/em> \u201cYou Belong to the City\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That was such a great experience. They sent us a script of the episode\u2014where the guy goes back to New York City, where he\u2019s from. We read the script, and started fiddling around with it. Then Glenn said \u201cYou belong to the city.\u201d And we just knew that was it, and we wrote it. Writing for TV is unique and good in many ways because it actually gives you a framework.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you wrote \u201cThe One You Love,\u201d did you have those wonderful Ernie Watts\/Jim Horn sax parts in mind?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Glenn was amazing. He was thinking that right from the beginning. He was always thinking of the record as he wrote the song. Every step of the way, as he wrote, he had a lot of the parts in mind. He was an amazing lead guitarist, and he would write the lead part as we were writing songs. He\u2019d say, \u201cI think we need a lead here\u201d\u2014and he would write the guitar lead as we were writing the song.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You songs have been covered by a wide variety of artists: New Riders of the Purple Sage (\u201cFifteen Days Under the Hood\u201d), Tom Rush (\u201cEast of Eden\u201d), Emmylou Harris (\u201cWhite Shoes\u201d), George Jones (\u201cSomeone That You Used to Know\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know. It has been amazing! I was an opening act for Emmylou Harris\u2014one of my musical idols, and I was so excited and happy when she decided to do that song. And George Jones was one of the greatest singers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15570\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-8-Photo-by-Joel-Piper.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Tempchin-8 - Photo by Joel Piper\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-8-Photo-by-Joel-Piper.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-8-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-8-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>How has the business of songwriting changed through the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The digital technology revolution has changed every business in the world\u2014from taxicabs to hotels to record stores to newspapers. You can still have a liquor store because they can\u2019t download beer. But soon Amazon will have drones that fly beer to your house so the liquor stores will be gone as well! I was fortunate to live in a time where songwriters got paid for records sold\u2014for records that had their songs recorded on them. That is all over. Unless you write a big pop hit, and there are only so many of those a year\u2014and Max Martin and his friends write most of them (which is OK, because they are so good at it!) you will never make any money writing songs. I truly believe that until the wheel turns again and creators have once again a legal way to get paid, there is no way to make money being a songwriter. Even if you get songs in movies, TV and commercials\u2014you probably cannot make a living from that. Whose fault is it? It is no one\u2019s fault. The world changes\u2014and we just live in it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Musicians or Songwriters\u00a0who inspired you to become a musician?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Hoyt Axton, Robert Johnson, Ewan MacColl (he wrote \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15569\" style=\"width: 181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15569\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-5-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Tempchin-5 - Photo by Joel Piper\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-5-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-5-Photo-by-Joel-Piper-584x1024.jpg 584w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-5-Photo-by-Joel-Piper.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Joel Piper<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>First lines of songs are so important. What is your strongest first line for one of your songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Probably the first line of the song \u201cPeaceful Easy Feeling\u201d (\u201cI like the way your sparkling earrings lay against your skin so brown\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On MyPeacefulEasyFeeling.com\u2014there\u2019s a photo of the handwritten lyrics, and the opening line reads \u201cearrings swing\u201d rather than \u201cearrings lay.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, it was \u201cswing\u201d at first, and then I changed it to \u201clay.\u201d There are also a lot of other lines I had, but what jumped out at me most was \u201cpeaceful easy feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What instrument\/equipment can you not live without\u2014that helps you write, record or perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guitar and Voice, and these days\u2014iPhone\u2014to capture and remember what I make up. Thank you, Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us how your most recent <em>Learning to Dance<\/em> album evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two things happened. First, I got an amazing record deal with Blue Elan Records, a truly artist-friendly label. They let me follow my creative heart. Then I met producer Joel Piper. He comes from a young generation and a completely different kind of music. I wanted to try something different, while still keeping the focus on having people feel the power of the song itself. Joel and I wondered what would happen if we could combine our two totally different musical lives. And we thought that it had a million to one chance of working, but if it did\u2014it would be really cool. It worked, and I love the album we made!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15568\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15568\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-7-Harmonica-by-Joel-Piper.jpeg\" alt=\"Jack Tempchin-7 Harmonica - by Joel Piper\" width=\"330\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-7-Harmonica-by-Joel-Piper.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jack-Tempchin-7-Harmonica-by-Joel-Piper-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Tempchin \/ Photo by Joel Piper<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My next CD <em>One More Song<\/em>! I\u2019m working on two videos for my next release with legendary music video producer and photographer Jim Shea\u2014a video for the title track \u201cOne More Song\u201d and a video for \u201cSlow Dancing\u201d (my Top 10 hit popularized by Johnny Rivers in 1977).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Didn\u2019t Randy Meisner record \u201cOne More Song\u201d back in 2007<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Browne &amp; Linda Ronstadt recorded it live. Kate Wolf was the first one to record it in the studio. Then Randy Meisner did a version I really like. And now, I get a chance to record the song my way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When will <em>One More Song<\/em> be released?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due out September 2, 2016\u2014on Blue Elan Records<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>They Harder They Come<\/em> (1972) \u2013 Jimmy Cliff and other artists\u2014soundtrack from the movie<\/p>\n<p><em>Solitude on Guitar<\/em> (1973) \u2013 Baden Powell<\/p>\n<p><em>Between the Buttons<\/em> (1967) \u2013 The Rolling Stones (the one that has \u201cRuby Tuesday\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><em>Rubber Soul<\/em> (1965) \u2013 The Beatles<\/p>\n<p><em>Desperado<\/em> (1973) \u2013 Eagles<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15566\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Top5-Albums-JACK-TEMPCHIN.jpg\" alt=\"Top5-Albums-JACK-TEMPCHIN\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Top5-Albums-JACK-TEMPCHIN.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Top5-Albums-JACK-TEMPCHIN-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For more info and to stay updated with Jack Tempchin:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/peacefuleasyfeeling.com\" target=\"_blank\">peacefuleasyfeeling.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Featured Artist: \u00a0JACK TEMPCHIN Song:\u00a0 \u201cNOTHING WITH YOU\u201d Writers:\u00a0 Jack Tempchin, Kim Richey, Joel Piper, Robert Stein Video:\u00a0 Josh Knoff &nbsp; JACK TEMPCHIN Web-Exclusive Interview with\u00a0M Music &amp; Musicians\u00a0magazine publisher, Merlin David &nbsp; How did the idea of \u201cNothing with You\u201d come to you?\u00a0 I wrote this song at Michele [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7725],"tags":[7847,7845,3592,1628,2737,7838,4340,3880,7837,7828,1625,7848,7841,7846,7830,7842,7832,7844,6551,6069,7836,3010,7834,7833,7839,7835,7829,7843,4314,7831,7840,3818,5085,3620],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15565"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15584,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15565\/revisions\/15584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}