A World Like That

The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (Live at B-Side)

How Do I Say No (Live at B-Side)

How Can You Walk Away (Live at B-Side)

All I Want Is All of You (Live at B-Side)

Miracle Drug (Live at B-Side)

Love Love Love (Live at B-Side)

Keep on Keep on (Live at B-Side)

Something so Wrong (Live at B-Side)

Baby We're a Bad Idea (Live at B-Side)

The Rhythm of the City (Live at B-Side)

Last week I was a guest speaker at my friend Nancy Apple's songwriting class at the University of Memphis. Nancy invited me to talk about the intentional use of simplicity in songwriting. I really enjoyed the class, and later I decided I should write a song using some of the elements I stressed to the students, and share it with them. 

This is what I came up with. The elements we discussed that apply to this song are: 1) the title is the first line; 2) it has the A/A/B/A structure; 3)the lyrics are as simple, clear, and direct as possible; 4) it is musically simple; 5) it contains a II-V turnaround in the bridge, and 6)the theme and the emotions expressed are (hopefully) universal and timeless. I thought I would post the tune so the class could check it out. How'd I do?

Someday Somebody's Gonna Love Me [demo]

Spills & Thrills

Rock n Roll Will Break Your Heart

From the upcoming album from John Paul Keith, "Heart Shaped Shadow".

Heart Shaped Shadow

Something So Wrong

Do You Really Wanna Do It

Memphis Circa 3am

She's Almost You

Baby We're a Bad Idea

Last Night I Had a Dream About You

My new single "How Can You Walk Away" is out now. From the upcoming album, THE RHYTHM OF THE CITY, out 02/19/21 on Wild Honey Records.

John Paul Keith

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