Hi everyone, Clay Goodman here. It's been several months since I have written a blog post here. After taking several months off and questioning if I was going to make music again, I am back with my new single Listen To The Rain which will be streaming everywhere 5/22. I started releasing my music exactly one year ago. It's a trip to go back and listen to my first track when I didn't have a clue what I was doing and my voice was a lot more laidback. My sound has always sat somewhere between emotional indie folk, power-pop, dreampop and really catchy and melodic pop songs. I think this song encapsulates all of that. The energy of the rocking songs, the emotions of a song like Hello, heartfelt vocals and melodies that work their way in your ears.
I started writing this song in 2020, during peak COVID times. Unlike some songs where I wrote them and hardly changed them, this is one I've changed and chipped away at over the years up until I recorded it a couple of months ago. It was a bit faster at first and the lyrics and melody weren't as smooth. Over time I slowed it down, refined the melody and stripped back the ideas I had to implement a full band bass, drums, electric guitar, etc. sound. Doing those kinds of tracks last time took a lot out of me and I decided to see what would happen if I recorded this one just like I wrote it and all the other songs I've ever written. Just me, my acoustic guitar and my voice. I think it turned out better than any other production of it could have and I am proud of it
I can't wait for you to hear it. It will be streaming on all streaming platforms and anywhere you can purchase music, including here and Bandcamp, on May 22nd. Thank you all for the support over the past year. I can't wait to put more music out and keep moving forward. Love you all.
-Clay