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He's been a mainstay on the Canadian indie rock scene for years.
Hi, I'm Rebecca Brayton and welcome to [B] WatchMojo.com.
And today we're speaking with singer [E]-songwriter Joel Plaskett.
You're a [A] wrecking ball, some [E] address.
Tell me about when you first decided [B] that music was for you, when you first picked [B] up an instrument.
I tried playing the drums when I [E] was about 10.
My parents got me a drum [Em] set and I took lessons for a couple of [C#] months.
And then I tried saxophone, didn't [E] take to that.
And then when I picked up the guitar at age [B] 13, my father was a guitar player my whole life.
I just moved from Lunenberg to Halifax, made a couple of friends who were getting really
into [A] music and one of them started playing an instrument.
I thought, [B] well, if I learn guitar, then I'll have something to do with these guys.
So I think the desire to play music actually came more from a social place initially than
it did [E] kind of a creative one.
And I said, I don't mind.
[E] Don't you say [A] that I'm out of my fucking [E] mind.
Do you find yourself [B] influenced by the Halifax music scene?
Gosh, I mean, that's probably been the biggest influence growing [A] up around Sloan, where they
[C#] were a huge band for me as a teenager.
They [F#] were great to me and my previous band, Thrush Hermit, took [B] us on tour and put our
records out on murder.
And there's one [D#] sort of aspect [Em] of Halifax [G#m] writing, Maritime.
I [A] feel like lyrics are always an important part of it.
And [E] also people like humor, but they also [A] like meaning and language and stuff.
[E] So I always feel like there's this [A] kind of nice detail to the writing out east that [B] can
be both sort of funny and [A] sad at the same time.
It can make and [E] roll a couple of emotions into a tune and that's a [B] tradition that I've
always tried to [E] kind of continue because I really like that.
I like stuff that can [A] kind of push a few buttons.
[B]
[A] [F#] Now, [F#] you tour both alone and with your band, The Emergency.
Can you compare these two kind of experiences?
[Fm] I like both and I like being able to go back and forth between both.
[F] Solo shows can be really great for my storytelling [Cm] and taking your time with the songs.
[C]
[G] [C]
The older I get, the more I like to sing.
And I feel like sometimes the acoustic guitar [G] is a really great instrument in your hands
when you want to sing and get more into words and vocals.
It's not to say that [D] I don't want to continue to play rock and roll.
I do, but I feel like I'm writing a lot on the acoustic guitar and that's [G] kind of becoming
more and more a feature in what I do.
And so some of the songs get mellower [F] as a result.
[G]
Let's talk more about Three.
Do you want to tell us a bit more about the concept?
Do you have a special [C] affinity for the number three?
I did when I was making that record.
I made a triple record and I aimed to put 33 songs on it.
I wrote and started the recording of 33 and I [Em] finished 30 and mixed [G] them all and then put 27.
Nine on each record and kind of made it conceptual, sort of about going away and being alone,
returning home.
It's a long record because I wanted it to feel [G#m] like a journey.
That's what touring can feel like [E] to me.
I sort of think about when I went to Australia for [D#] six weeks and I was on the [G] other side
of the world and it's just gone for so long and you just feel so [A] far away from [E] what your life is.
But then you realize, oh wait, my life is also here.
[G] I'm a musician, this is what I do, here I am.
It's a really exciting thing to do [Dm] and it's rewarding, but it's also [G] a little bit [Gm] selfish
maybe in some [F] ways.
And so it's this kind of, there's [G] this balancing act.
So I kind of was writing about those ideas a little bit.
[C]
Do you plan any more concept albums?
The covers record I'm going to do at some point, called By All the Girls I've Loved
Before, a few songs by women.
[Em] I like themes, if not concepts, certainly [G] themes.
I don't know what I'll do next.
I'm still writing songs.
I got probably another 10 or 12 kind of cooking, but they're half baked right now.
[F] Thank you very much.
My pleasure.
Thank you very [G] much.
[D] [C] [N]
Hi, I'm Rebecca Brayton and welcome to [B] WatchMojo.com.
And today we're speaking with singer [E]-songwriter Joel Plaskett.
You're a [A] wrecking ball, some [E] address.
Tell me about when you first decided [B] that music was for you, when you first picked [B] up an instrument.
I tried playing the drums when I [E] was about 10.
My parents got me a drum [Em] set and I took lessons for a couple of [C#] months.
And then I tried saxophone, didn't [E] take to that.
And then when I picked up the guitar at age [B] 13, my father was a guitar player my whole life.
I just moved from Lunenberg to Halifax, made a couple of friends who were getting really
into [A] music and one of them started playing an instrument.
I thought, [B] well, if I learn guitar, then I'll have something to do with these guys.
So I think the desire to play music actually came more from a social place initially than
it did [E] kind of a creative one.
And I said, I don't mind.
[E] Don't you say [A] that I'm out of my fucking [E] mind.
Do you find yourself [B] influenced by the Halifax music scene?
Gosh, I mean, that's probably been the biggest influence growing [A] up around Sloan, where they
[C#] were a huge band for me as a teenager.
They [F#] were great to me and my previous band, Thrush Hermit, took [B] us on tour and put our
records out on murder.
And there's one [D#] sort of aspect [Em] of Halifax [G#m] writing, Maritime.
I [A] feel like lyrics are always an important part of it.
And [E] also people like humor, but they also [A] like meaning and language and stuff.
[E] So I always feel like there's this [A] kind of nice detail to the writing out east that [B] can
be both sort of funny and [A] sad at the same time.
It can make and [E] roll a couple of emotions into a tune and that's a [B] tradition that I've
always tried to [E] kind of continue because I really like that.
I like stuff that can [A] kind of push a few buttons.
[B]
[A] [F#] Now, [F#] you tour both alone and with your band, The Emergency.
Can you compare these two kind of experiences?
[Fm] I like both and I like being able to go back and forth between both.
[F] Solo shows can be really great for my storytelling [Cm] and taking your time with the songs.
[C]
[G] [C]
The older I get, the more I like to sing.
And I feel like sometimes the acoustic guitar [G] is a really great instrument in your hands
when you want to sing and get more into words and vocals.
It's not to say that [D] I don't want to continue to play rock and roll.
I do, but I feel like I'm writing a lot on the acoustic guitar and that's [G] kind of becoming
more and more a feature in what I do.
And so some of the songs get mellower [F] as a result.
[G]
Let's talk more about Three.
Do you want to tell us a bit more about the concept?
Do you have a special [C] affinity for the number three?
I did when I was making that record.
I made a triple record and I aimed to put 33 songs on it.
I wrote and started the recording of 33 and I [Em] finished 30 and mixed [G] them all and then put 27.
Nine on each record and kind of made it conceptual, sort of about going away and being alone,
returning home.
It's a long record because I wanted it to feel [G#m] like a journey.
That's what touring can feel like [E] to me.
I sort of think about when I went to Australia for [D#] six weeks and I was on the [G] other side
of the world and it's just gone for so long and you just feel so [A] far away from [E] what your life is.
But then you realize, oh wait, my life is also here.
[G] I'm a musician, this is what I do, here I am.
It's a really exciting thing to do [Dm] and it's rewarding, but it's also [G] a little bit [Gm] selfish
maybe in some [F] ways.
And so it's this kind of, there's [G] this balancing act.
So I kind of was writing about those ideas a little bit.
[C]
Do you plan any more concept albums?
The covers record I'm going to do at some point, called By All the Girls I've Loved
Before, a few songs by women.
[Em] I like themes, if not concepts, certainly [G] themes.
I don't know what I'll do next.
I'm still writing songs.
I got probably another 10 or 12 kind of cooking, but they're half baked right now.
[F] Thank you very much.
My pleasure.
Thank you very [G] much.
[D] [C] [N]
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_ _ _ _ He's been a mainstay on the Canadian indie rock scene for years.
Hi, I'm Rebecca Brayton and welcome to [B] WatchMojo.com.
And today we're speaking with singer [E]-songwriter Joel Plaskett.
You're a [A] wrecking ball, some [E] address.
Tell me about when you first decided [B] that music was for you, when you first picked [B] up an instrument.
I tried playing the drums when I [E] was about 10.
My parents got me a drum [Em] set and I took lessons for a couple of [C#] months.
And then I tried saxophone, didn't [E] take to that.
And then when I picked up the guitar at age [B] 13, my father was a guitar player my whole life.
I just moved from Lunenberg to Halifax, made a couple of friends who were getting really
into [A] music and one of them started playing an instrument.
I thought, [B] well, if I learn guitar, then I'll have something to do with these guys.
So I think the desire to play music actually came more from a social place initially than
it did [E] kind of a creative one.
And I said, I don't mind.
_ _ [E] _ Don't you say [A] that I'm out of my fucking [E] mind.
Do you find yourself [B] influenced by the Halifax music scene?
Gosh, I mean, that's probably been the biggest influence growing [A] up around Sloan, where they
[C#] were a huge band for me as a teenager.
They [F#] were great to me and my previous band, Thrush Hermit, took [B] us on tour and put our
records out on murder.
And there's one [D#] sort of aspect [Em] of Halifax [G#m] writing, Maritime.
I [A] feel like lyrics are always an important part of it.
And [E] also people like humor, but they also [A] like meaning and language and stuff.
[E] So I always feel like there's this [A] kind of nice detail to the writing out east that [B] can
be both sort of funny and [A] sad at the same time.
It can make and [E] roll a couple of emotions into a tune and that's a [B] tradition that I've
always tried to [E] kind of continue because I really like that.
I like stuff that can [A] kind of push a few buttons.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] Now, [F#] _ you tour both alone and with your band, The Emergency.
Can you compare these two kind of experiences?
[Fm] I like both and I like being able to go back and forth between both.
[F] Solo shows can be really great for my storytelling [Cm] and taking your time with the songs.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
The older I get, the more I like to sing.
And I feel like sometimes the acoustic guitar [G] is a really great instrument in your hands
when you want to sing and get more into words and vocals.
It's not to say that [D] I don't want to continue to play rock and roll.
I do, but I feel like I'm writing a lot on the acoustic guitar and that's [G] kind of becoming
more and more a feature in what I do.
And so some of the songs get mellower [F] as a result.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Let's talk more about Three.
Do you want to tell us a bit more about the concept?
Do you have a special [C] affinity for the number three?
I did when I was making that record.
I made a triple record and I aimed to put 33 songs on it.
I wrote and started the recording of 33 and I [Em] finished 30 and mixed [G] them all and then put 27.
Nine on each record and kind of made it conceptual, sort of about going away and being alone,
returning home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's a long record because I wanted it to feel [G#m] like a journey.
That's what touring can feel like [E] to me.
I sort of think about when I went to Australia for [D#] six weeks and I was on the [G] other side
of the world and it's just gone for so long and you just feel so [A] far away from [E] what your life is.
But then you realize, oh wait, my life is also here.
[G] I'm a musician, this is what I do, here I am.
It's a really exciting thing to do [Dm] _ and it's rewarding, but it's also [G] a little bit _ [Gm] selfish
maybe in some [F] ways.
And so it's this kind of, there's [G] this balancing act.
So I kind of was writing about those ideas a little bit.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Do you plan any more concept albums?
The covers record I'm going to do at some point, called By All the Girls I've Loved
Before, a few songs by women.
[Em] I like themes, if not concepts, certainly [G] themes.
I don't know what I'll do next.
I'm still writing songs. _
I got probably another 10 or 12 kind of cooking, but they're half baked right now. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Thank you very much.
My pleasure.
Thank you very [G] much.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Hi, I'm Rebecca Brayton and welcome to [B] WatchMojo.com.
And today we're speaking with singer [E]-songwriter Joel Plaskett.
You're a [A] wrecking ball, some [E] address.
Tell me about when you first decided [B] that music was for you, when you first picked [B] up an instrument.
I tried playing the drums when I [E] was about 10.
My parents got me a drum [Em] set and I took lessons for a couple of [C#] months.
And then I tried saxophone, didn't [E] take to that.
And then when I picked up the guitar at age [B] 13, my father was a guitar player my whole life.
I just moved from Lunenberg to Halifax, made a couple of friends who were getting really
into [A] music and one of them started playing an instrument.
I thought, [B] well, if I learn guitar, then I'll have something to do with these guys.
So I think the desire to play music actually came more from a social place initially than
it did [E] kind of a creative one.
And I said, I don't mind.
_ _ [E] _ Don't you say [A] that I'm out of my fucking [E] mind.
Do you find yourself [B] influenced by the Halifax music scene?
Gosh, I mean, that's probably been the biggest influence growing [A] up around Sloan, where they
[C#] were a huge band for me as a teenager.
They [F#] were great to me and my previous band, Thrush Hermit, took [B] us on tour and put our
records out on murder.
And there's one [D#] sort of aspect [Em] of Halifax [G#m] writing, Maritime.
I [A] feel like lyrics are always an important part of it.
And [E] also people like humor, but they also [A] like meaning and language and stuff.
[E] So I always feel like there's this [A] kind of nice detail to the writing out east that [B] can
be both sort of funny and [A] sad at the same time.
It can make and [E] roll a couple of emotions into a tune and that's a [B] tradition that I've
always tried to [E] kind of continue because I really like that.
I like stuff that can [A] kind of push a few buttons.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] Now, [F#] _ you tour both alone and with your band, The Emergency.
Can you compare these two kind of experiences?
[Fm] I like both and I like being able to go back and forth between both.
[F] Solo shows can be really great for my storytelling [Cm] and taking your time with the songs.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
The older I get, the more I like to sing.
And I feel like sometimes the acoustic guitar [G] is a really great instrument in your hands
when you want to sing and get more into words and vocals.
It's not to say that [D] I don't want to continue to play rock and roll.
I do, but I feel like I'm writing a lot on the acoustic guitar and that's [G] kind of becoming
more and more a feature in what I do.
And so some of the songs get mellower [F] as a result.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Let's talk more about Three.
Do you want to tell us a bit more about the concept?
Do you have a special [C] affinity for the number three?
I did when I was making that record.
I made a triple record and I aimed to put 33 songs on it.
I wrote and started the recording of 33 and I [Em] finished 30 and mixed [G] them all and then put 27.
Nine on each record and kind of made it conceptual, sort of about going away and being alone,
returning home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's a long record because I wanted it to feel [G#m] like a journey.
That's what touring can feel like [E] to me.
I sort of think about when I went to Australia for [D#] six weeks and I was on the [G] other side
of the world and it's just gone for so long and you just feel so [A] far away from [E] what your life is.
But then you realize, oh wait, my life is also here.
[G] I'm a musician, this is what I do, here I am.
It's a really exciting thing to do [Dm] _ and it's rewarding, but it's also [G] a little bit _ [Gm] selfish
maybe in some [F] ways.
And so it's this kind of, there's [G] this balancing act.
So I kind of was writing about those ideas a little bit.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Do you plan any more concept albums?
The covers record I'm going to do at some point, called By All the Girls I've Loved
Before, a few songs by women.
[Em] I like themes, if not concepts, certainly [G] themes.
I don't know what I'll do next.
I'm still writing songs. _
I got probably another 10 or 12 kind of cooking, but they're half baked right now. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Thank you very much.
My pleasure.
Thank you very [G] much.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _