pop country

This week Cale Tyson returns. He’s a musician originally from Texas, now living in LA. He walked over the other day and we caught up about what’s happened since he was here last including his upcoming pop country album. We talk about his music trajectory from playing in emo bands in high school to beginning a music career in Nashville to touring as a classic country artist and now, making the shift to pop country. We also delve into our feelings around aging and entering what Richard Rohr calls, "the second half of life," bouncing between projects, attachment styles, dating, and learning to not take anything too seriously—especially yourself.

Show Notes:

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- Listen to Cale's music and follow him on Spotify to find his new singles  

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Episode 418: Cale remembers his thoughts: musician Cale Tyson on rehab, recovery & our neighborhood feeling like high school...

SUMMARY:
We chat with Ashley Gorley who, with more #1 singles than any writer in any genre, is the reigning king of country music songwriters. 

PART ONE:
Paul and Scott discuss the state of contemporary country music, the way the genre has come to dominate the pop chart, and the rapidly-changing nature of what's the most popular song at any given moment.

PART TWO:
Our in-depth conversation with Ashley Gorley

ABOUT ASHLEY GORLEY:
With an unprecedented track record of nearly 70 chart-topping country hits, Ashley Gorley is perhaps the most commercially successful songwriter in history. He has written more #1 singles than anyone in any genre, and has had over 400 of his songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Lee Brice, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Bon Jovi, and Weezer. Ashley has been named ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year nine times, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year six times, and NSAI Songwriter of the Year six times. He was then named NSAI Songwriter of the Decade for the period ranging from 2010-2019. Additionally, Ashley was honored as the Top Male Songwriter of 2021—across all genres—by the National Music Publishers Association. In 2023 the NMPA honored him with their icon award for non-performing songwriters. The multiple CMA, ACM, and Grammy nominee has received the CMA’s Triple Play Award 20 times in his career, which recognizes songwriters with three or more #1 songs in a single year. In 2016, Ashley became the first songwriter to be honored with three CMA Triple Play Awards in a single year for earning nine chart-topping songs in a 12-month period. He repeated that feat in 2020 and again in 2022. This year, Gorley was announced as ACM Songwriter of the Year, also taking home the Song of the Year award and celebrating three Song of the Year nominations, placing him in rare company with Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the only other songwriters to achieve the same feat in a single year. In addition to his decorated career as a songwriter, Ashley launched his own music publishing company, Tape Room Music, with a writer roster that has earned nearly 40 #1 hits. 

We've crossed another generational line in Hall of Songs. This time we're past Generation X's time in the pop spotlight, and we've moved on with millennials influencing the charts. That means a sunny optimism (or poptimism?) is rising among our nominees.

And these are, in fact, our 12 nominees from 1998 -- our picks for the best songs of the year! Listen to Tim and Chris as they discuss this dirty dozen, then be sure to vote for the best of the best at hallofsongs.com!

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Day 4 is... Brei Carter Day!
And our song pick is... 'Propane'!

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MXGU4msSOtQiE1dRB4k26?si=17bed2a77a6e4d40

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MUSIC CREDITS:

Intro: 'If Johnny Played The Banjo' (inspired by Cash)
Outro: 'Saloon Banjo' (inspired by Pete Wernick's instructional book 'Bluegrass Banjo')

Season 1: 'What the... Country?'
Episode 4: 'Rednecks & The Red Carpet'
Chapter 3: 'Pleased To Meet You'

Congratulations on your performance last episode! You left your audience yearning for more! The show is over now, though, and a mysterious patron of the saloon wants to make your acquaintance.  He's got an interesting proposition to make...

On Episode Main, we will concern ourselves with artists that fall within the category of 'Country Pop' or 'Pop Country', with a focus on Taylor Swift and Brantley Gilbert.

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***MUSIC CREDITS***

All sound effects were sourced from:
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The  focal song of the episode was:

'Rolex (R) On A Redneck' by Brantley Gilbert and Jason Aldean.

Any of the lyrics mentioned were adequately paraphrased so as to avoid any copyright infringement.

Music performed but not written by Panos K:

The muzak heard during the Call-to-Action is a mash-up of Bluegrass banjo licks inspired by various derivative versions of Eck Robertson's fiddle tune 'Sally Gooden' (1922).

Music written and performed by Panos K:

'Rhymeless Sonata'  (Intro & Outro Theme)
'Roadtrip'*
'12' (instrumental edit)**
'Intro'
'Sound of Hound' 
'Disco Grass'***

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*Bass by Paraskevi K and drum loop courtesy of:
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**Drum loop courtesy of:
https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/272466/hard-drum-loop-free-100bpm-rock-drum-loop

***Drum loop courtesy of:
https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/289665/dirty-drums-free-100bpm-pop-drum-loop

Spencer sits down with the songwriters from his latest single “Red Flags!”

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"You're a con artist selling works of art to an unsuspecting girl in exchange for her heart."

With these words, the narrator of "Romeo" points a sure finger at the world's most well-known romantic hero. In "Romeo," the young alternative pop artist Taylor Davidson flips Shakespeare's story on its head, arguably delineating the journey of Rosaline as the lover who  was passed over for the ultimately tragic coupling of Romeo  and Juliet. In this episode, Emmeline and Taylor talk about the magical but unexpected process of songwriting, the different ways in which inspiration can strike, what production correspondence looks like, and how songs are always safe spaces for feelings.

To learn more about Taylor or to follow her musical journey, find her on all social media—but especially Instagram!—at @TaylorDavidsonMusic. You can watch the music video for "Romeo" here. For more information about Journey of a Song, follow Emmeline on Instagram at @EmmelineMusic or visit the Journey of Series official webpage.

For behind-the-scenes info and more about Journey of a Song, follow @EmmelineMusic on social media or visit the Journey of Series official webpage. You can hear songs from previous episodes through the Journey of a Song Official Spotify Playlist.