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More information to come! I will be adding sections about Jon's releases before his debut, and the various promo appearances for Promising Promises.
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 5/24/2012, 2:13 AM
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he is so hot and talented, i still wonder why he's flopping 
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5/24/2012, 3:44 AM
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he is so hot and talented, i still wonder why he's flopping |
He's on such a tiny label... 
I still have hope that Summer Is Over will catch on
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5/24/2012, 10:27 AM
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Also, sorry the OK Now and Promising Promises collapsed links aren't working... I messaged the mods so hopefully someone will help...
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5/24/2012, 10:35 AM
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A Songwriter’s Story: Jon McLaughlin on “Promising Promises”
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I’ve been writing songs for about 10 years now. I have definitely developed a process. I wish I could say that my process was some kind of formula for writing a great song…but I can’t say that. I’d like to think that I’ve written some great songs that I’m really proud of but for every great song I’ve written there is definitely a bad one. Maybe two bad ones, actually. Good or bad, though, I tend to go through the same motions when I write.
Typically, it starts with one little idea. This idea could be a lyric line – for example, my song “If Only I” started with the line “slowly all the faces turn to yours.” Sometimes it’s a little piano riff – for example, my song “The Atmosphere” started with that high piano melody. It’s always just this one little snippet of the song and I’ll sit and play that little part over and over and over again until more comes.
Without fail, what comes next almost every time is the rest of the melody and music. The lyrics never come quickly. If I start a song on a Tuesday, there’s a good chance I’ll have all the music done by Wednesday. But then I work on the lyrics. If the music is a cheetah, the lyric is a freaking glacier. I will sit at my piano and play the music while I sing gibberish to the melody lines, and I will do this over and over and over. For me, if the lyric comes quickly, it might be a week. But it could take up to a few months to really get the lyric right. I have a song called “People” that I put on my record Indiana. I wrote the piano part in a day. I wrote the lyric in just under a year.
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5/24/2012, 12:24 PM
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Also, sorry the OK Now and Promising Promises collapsed links aren't working... I messaged the mods so hopefully someone will help...
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you should rename it to "Singles." and "Tracklisting." add two . in Promising Promises
Our Love Erases The Scars And The Lies
Our Love Will Save Us From Terrible Times
Our Love Is Ready To Change The World If We Let It | Baby, Give Me A Sign
Give Me A Reason
Make Up Your Mind | Friends Come And Go
But I'm Still Here
Have You Forgotten Me? |
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all i want is something new
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Always on My Mind is a genius, genius pop track. Not only does this guy have an amazing voice and talent, he's sex on a stick!
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5/25/2012, 8:00 AM
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you should rename it to "Singles." and "Tracklisting." add two . in Promising Promises
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That helped the OK Now tracklisting, but none of the others work still 
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5/25/2012, 1:47 PM
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I love him! Definitely one of my favorite artists. 
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5/25/2012, 1:51 PM
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I love him! Definitely one of my favorite artists. |
Yay! 
What's your favorite track on Promising Promises?
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Yay!
What's your favorite track on Promising Promises? |
I've loved "What I Want" and "Without You Now" ever since Forever If Ever.. So I think I'd have to go with those! How about you? =D
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5/25/2012, 1:56 PM
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I've loved "What I Want" and "Without You Now" ever since Forever If Ever.. So I think I'd have to go with those! How about you? =D
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Promising Promises (song), If Only I, and You Never Know are my favorites now, I think...
Have you heard the Best Buy exclusive songs yet?
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Promising Promises (song), If Only I, and You Never Know are my favorites now, I think...
Have you heard the Best Buy exclusive songs yet? |
No, I haven't! What are they? 
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5/25/2012, 2:42 PM
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No, I haven't! What are they? |
Acoustic/piano versions of If Only I, Promising Promises, Summer Is Over, and These Crazy Times!
You can hear the new version of If Only I here, but I haven't been able to find the other three 
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He's so attractive.
Shakira * Britney Spears * Taylor Swift * Simon & Garfunkel * Beyoncé * Marina and The Diamonds
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He's so attractive.
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And his voice and piano skills are amazing too 
He's the perfect man.
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And his voice and piano skills are amazing too
He's the perfect man. |
I agree. He is really hot.
Shakira * Britney Spears * Taylor Swift * Simon & Garfunkel * Beyoncé * Marina and The Diamonds
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Apparently Sara Bareilles joined him on stage last night at the Troubadour in LA.
SO JEALOUS.
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OK Now is one of my favorite albums. He's an amazing artist.
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