Randy Gould
Hold On To Your Dreams
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Tell Me What to Do Tell Me What to Do
Just a snappy, begging your ex to come back song...
Chase All Your Blues Away Chase All Your Blues Away
Bahama Dream Bahama Dream
'Bahama Dream' was written during a winter in the North... with the Bahamas in my mind. Aaaahhhh... I really love the feel of this song...
Never Understood Alone Never Understood Alone
'Never Understood Alone' is a powerful song about loss.
Haven't We Learned Haven't We Learned
'Haven't We Learned' is essentially a song about American politics and the general condition of the USA .
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"No matter what you're doing, no matter what your age/Hold on to your innocence; hold on to your dreams." -Littleton Cafe, Randy GouldBand/artist history
While singing and playing for fellow students in the echoing stairwell at a University of Maine at Farmington dorm in the mid-seventies, I discovered a great love...playing music. Soon thereafter, I left school and began playing music full-time.
Over the next ten years, I performed solo, played in the folk trio Three's A Crowd, and rocked in the band Alibi. During that time, I wrote many songs and recorded “You Are the Lady” in 1978 on A-frame Records. When my wife and I were expecting our first child in 1985, I left music and went back to complete my teaching degree; I have spent the past 22 years as a teacher and a principal.
In 1995, an old friend visited me, carrying with him a 4-track recorder. This visit hurled me into a long period of writing and recording, rejuvenating a long-hibernating passion that I had always had for music. During the few years that followed, I wrote numerous songs, ranging greatly in content the reflections of a young girl’s experiences living through the Holocaust, the tale of a comic constable in a small Maine town, and a song dedicated to anyone who longs to go south during winters in the Northeast. Slowly, though, the inspiration faded away as life's commitments prevailed.
Not until December of 2005 did the spark hit once again. Beginning with an attempt to digitalize all of my 1990's songs and to get them onto a CD, I sought to share my songs with others. The result was “A Long Way from Heaven”. In the next year or so, I wrote many more songs, most of which are on the CD, "Hold On To Your Dreams". With great depth and honesty, this material offers my occasionally jaded perspective on society, government, and religion as well as my comment on the realities of relationships and the importance of holding onto our dreams.
Over the last two of years, I have written what is very close to another CD’s worth of songs, my third batch. There is no clear theme in the lot, and the songs’ topics range from unrequited love, to loss, to anti-war. I am partial to this project, probably because these are my newest “babies” but also perhaps because I have become more comfortable with what I want to say. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to write songs to help me deal with the world.
Certainly, I have no aspirations of becoming rich or famous; although, I sometimes wonder what that life would be like. What I want is simply to share my thoughts, my stories, and my views of the world. Maybe something that I have written will touch someone, and, to me, that is the greatest reward in music.Your musical influences
The Eagles, Beatles, Jackson Browne, JT, Jonathan Edwards, and Dan Fogelberg to name just a few...What equipment do you use?
Taylor 6 strings, Alvarez 6 and 12 strings, Fender Strat, Ibanez electric, Yamaha keyboard, Korg workstation, Power Tracks, Audacity, Magix Audio Cleaner, SM57 and Shure Beta mics.Anything else?
For better or worse, with the exception of the awesome sax solo performed wonderfully by David Turner on "Dark Distant Road", all vocals and instrument tracks on these songs are me.Contact
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Comments (33)
Love Why Should Anyone Ask This... beautiful acoustic sound!! Beautiful vocals and lyrics too. I saw your comment on my board from a long time ago and thought I'd check back in. Nice stuff!! :-)
I've got some new stuff too, off our new CD (first full-length CD, woo-hoo! We got the copies this week). Check it out and let me know what you think! I only have a few songs up there and 1 might be familiar...
Have a wonderful day, talk to you soon and more often than once every 2 years. ;-)
~Robin
Hi Randy,
I just stumbled upon your page and am so impressed with your songwriting. I haven't had a chance to listen to everything, but all the ones I've heard are great!! "Haven't We Learned" is exceptional....I can see why it's getting attention.
I really enjoyed reading about how you started singing in stairwells at the University of Maine. I was doing the same thing at about the same time at UMass in Amherst!! I remember those days with fondness....it was a great time to be young, creative and concerned. Keep up the great work.....I'll be listening!
Ross
Excellent and truthful writing that's SO easy on the ears. Well done my friend! I wish you the best. God bless.
Nicely written and well produced track...the lyrical content is spot on. Excellent work!
~ES~
Great Folk Rock track...luv the lyrics it's a meaningfull song. Super musical production I hope you make #1 it deserves to be there.
Best wishes...
~ES~
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