{"id":17133,"date":"2017-03-09T19:57:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T02:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=17133"},"modified":"2017-03-31T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T19:43:49","slug":"video-feature-web-exclusive-interview-joe-goodkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2017\/03\/video-feature-web-exclusive-interview-joe-goodkin\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO + EXCLUSIVE \u2013 JOE GOODKIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17143\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17143\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-0-album.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Goodkin-0 - album\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-0-album.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-0-album-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Michael Chu<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nMusician:<strong>JOE GOODKIN<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic Video: \u201c<strong>Charlie and Roger<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\nVideo Director: Nick Ferrario<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RnF__49wJU\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>JOE GOODKIN\u2019S <em>RECORD OF LOSS<\/em> IS THE SECOND EP IN A TRINITY\u2014LIFE, LOSS, LOVE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter who wants to be known as \u201ca sincere indie folk rock artist and musical storyteller who makes esoteric and difficult topics accessible.\u201d He has made a name for himself by touring the country performing his one-man folk-opera interpretation of Homer\u2019s <em>Odyssey<\/em>\u2014with over 200 performances in over 30 states.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17142\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17142\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17142\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-1-Photo-Credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: RJ Hooker\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-1-Photo-Credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-1-Photo-Credit-RJ-Hooker-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: RJ Hooker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For five years Goodkin released five albums and toured under the name Paper Arrows. When asked why the name change, he said, \u201cIt just so happened that my solo songs were speaking to me more intensely than the Paper Arrows material. But for now\u2014the world, and my muse, is telling me that the solo incarnation is the way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Goodkin released his first solo record, <em>Record of Life<\/em>, to wide college radio play. It is a 6-song EP that is uniquely personal\u2014sorrowful, profound, and a reminder of the human condition. His lyrics \u201cprovoke imagery causing the listener to examine their own life while taking comfort in the fact that they are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Goodkin released <em>Record of Loss<\/em> where he delves into these topics and emotions even further. He had a clear vision of the sonic palette for this album. The guitar was recorded in almost every conceivable way and configuration to layer as many as eight guitars per song, with each guitar track sometimes consisting of four different microphone signals. The vocals were recorded using a close mic and an array of room mics to capture ambiance and have just one vocal for each song in comparison to the vocal layering of <em>Record of Life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We talked with Joe Goodkin about his new album, <em>Loss<\/em>, and how he takes his personal experiences and makes it accessible to his audience. We also caught a glimpse of what to look forward to in the third album of this trilogy, <em>Record of Love<\/em>, due this summer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17141\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17141\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17141\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-3-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: RJ Hooker\" width=\"660\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-3-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-3-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-3-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker-300x449.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: RJ Hooker<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>JOE GOODKIN Web-Exclusive Interview<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>with\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0magazine publisher, Merlin David<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How did the new album <\/strong><em><strong>Record of Loss<\/strong><\/em><strong> evolve?<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Record of Loss<\/em> evolved out of the response I got to <em>Record of Life<\/em>\u2014and out of my own feelings about the themes I had started to explore: personal and professional regret, aging and death, old friendships, even suicide. Sonically, <em>Loss <\/em>was created as <em>Life<\/em> was, using just one guitar (a 1963 Gibson ES-125t tuned DADGAD) multitracked in various ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is this different from <\/strong><em><strong>Record of Life<\/strong><\/em><strong>?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn comparison to <em>Loss<\/em>, <em>Record of Life<\/em> happened with much less calculation. With <em>Life <\/em>I was just chasing a new muse. <em>Loss<\/em> was made with much more consideration of what came before (<em>Life<\/em>) and what I imagined might come after (<em>Record of Love<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspired the song \u201cCharlie and Roger.<\/strong><br \/>\nThinking about loss and the losses those close to me had experienced. And wanting very much to commemorate those lives in some sort of lasting and permanent way\u2014as much as song and the recordings of song are permanent, and making sure their stories were heard. In this case, my uncles and their partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your creative process for writing songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nA song almost always starts with a chord progression or melody that jumps off the guitar and into my voice. From there, it\u2019s a search for some sort of lyrical theme that resonates with me on that particular day. Sometimes it\u2019s something very specific and agenda driven, sometimes it\u2019s something more subconscious and impressionistic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us when something unique inspired you to write a song that is still a personal favorite.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most important large scale one to me and my career was a 30-minute continuous song (consisting of 24 interconnected shorter songs) I wrote that tells the story of Homer\u2019s <em>Odyssey <\/em>as it would have been performed by a bard 3,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17140\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-4-old-promo.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Goodkin-4 - old promo\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-4-old-promo.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-4-old-promo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most important thing to me is to show up and do the work. Don\u2019t be afraid to throw out a lot of material. And don\u2019t be afraid to call a song finished when it says what it needs to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspired you to write songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nThough I\u2019d already been writing songs for a number of years, discovering Jason Molina (of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., who sadly passed away several years ago after struggling with alcohol issues) was life-changing for me. His output gave me a model for how to approach songwriting as a craft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a time you performed on stage with a musical hero.<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>A previous band I was in opened up for Cracker in the mid-00\u2019s. I admire David Lowery for his songwriting and his informed pursuit and advocacy within the music business. It was fascinating watching how efficiently and simply that band toured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What instrument\/equipment can you not live without\u2014for writing, recording, performing?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor <em>Life <\/em>and <em>Loss<\/em> I used an incredible 1963 Gibson ES-125t to make every sound you hear. I used a late 90\u2019s Bogner Shiva amp heavily on <em>Life <\/em>and an amazing new Victoria Chicagolux amp (1959 \u201c5F11\u201d tweed Vibrolux style amp made exclusively for Chicago Music Exchange) on <em>Loss<\/em>. I lean heavily on the Victoria for live performance because it weighs less than half the Bogner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your performances of Homer\u2019s <\/strong><em><strong>Odyssey<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn college at University of Wisconsin\u2014Madison, I majored in Classics with a particular interest in Ancient Greek language and literature. On a whim about 15 years ago, I wrote a one-man 30-minute musical retelling of the story of Homer\u2019s <em>Odyssey<\/em> for acoustic guitar and vocals, and I\u2019ve performed it more than 200 times in 31 states, including Stanford, Columbia, Brown and UC-Berkeley. In April, I\u2019ll perform at Harvard. It\u2019s been incredibly meaningful to me professionally and artistically. It\u2019s challenging and fulfilling and allows me to express nearly every facet of my character\u2014from the creative to the intellectual to the pedagogic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17139\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17139\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17139\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-6-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: RJ Hooker\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-6-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-6-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-6-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: RJ Hooker<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What PRO are you with, and how do they help a songwriter\/artist like you? <\/strong><br \/>\nI am an ASCAP member. I\u2019ve been the recipient of three separate ASCAP awards for <em>Odyssey<\/em>, which were helpful monetarily and for prestige. They\u2019ve been instrumental in getting me paid for song placements and also the source of great and detailed information about navigating music publishing and copyright.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Musicians\u00a0who inspired you to become a musician?<\/strong><br \/>\nJimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Miles Davis, Jimmy Page, Slash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Band of Gypsys<\/em> (1970) \u2013 Jimi Hendrix<\/p>\n<p><em>Blue<\/em> (1971) \u2013 Joni Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><em>Pet Sounds<\/em> (1966) \u2013 The Beach Boys<\/p>\n<p><em>Blood on the Tracks<\/em> (1975) \u2013 Bob Dylan<\/p>\n<p><em>Houses of the Holy<\/em> (1973) \u2013 Led Zeppelin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice someone has given you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My sister, Kathy Goodkin said: \u201cArt is a battle of attrition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17138\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17138\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17138\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-7-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: RJ Hooker\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-7-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-7-Photo-credit-RJ-Hooker-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: RJ Hooker<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d like to give upcoming musicians.<\/strong><br \/>\nBe urgently patient in everything you do. Always remember the only things you have control of are your own creativity and work ethic. Think at least six months ahead of whatever you\u2019re working on. Incorporate yourself (literally, as a LLC or S corp). Most importantly: if you hit upon something that seems a little different or left of center, don\u2019t run from it\u2014run towards it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You used to be Paper Arrows. Why the name change?<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting in 2008, Paper Arrows did five records in five years\u2014of which I\u2019m incredibly proud, saw sturdy college radio play, and licensed songs to a number of TV shows (including, memorably for me, <em>Keeping Up with the Kardashians<\/em>). In 2014, I found myself with a group of new Paper Arrows songs written for a sixth recording, but also this group of six solo songs that became <em>Life<\/em>. It just so happened that my solo songs were speaking to me more intensely than the Paper Arrows material. I wouldn\u2019t rule out another Paper Arrows record at some point down the line, but for now\u2014the world, and my muse, is telling me that the solo incarnation is the way forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><br \/>\nReleasing the third EP of the series, <em>Record of Love<\/em>, in the summer of 2017 as part of a double vinyl collection of <em>Record of Life<\/em>, <em>Record of Loss<\/em> and <em>Record of Love<\/em>, spread over two records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can your new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joegoodkin.com\">http:\/\/www.joegoodkin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joesodyssey.com\">http:\/\/www.joesodyssey.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>twitter\/insta @joegoodkin<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: \/joegoodkinmusic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-8-live.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17137\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-8-live.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Goodkin-8 - live\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-8-live.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Joe-Goodkin-8-live-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician:JOE GOODKIN Music Video: \u201cCharlie and Roger\u201d Video Director: Nick Ferrario JOE GOODKIN\u2019S RECORD OF LOSS IS THE SECOND EP IN A TRINITY\u2014LIFE, LOSS, LOVE Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter who wants to be known as \u201ca sincere indie folk rock artist and musical storyteller who makes esoteric and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7725],"tags":[6271,3592,8848,8849,8850,8851,8852,8853,8854,8855,1503,3990,8856,5332,8857,7857,8430,8858,8859,310,4239,8860,8861,8862,8864,8863,991,8865,8866,4315,7566,8867,3010,2121,7978,8868,8869,8870,2376,8871,3938,2642,8157,8872,8873,8874,8875],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17133"}],"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=17133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17186,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17133\/revisions\/17186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}