Livingston Taylor - Liv Sings...On Songwriting (9 of 10) video free download

plopfz

Great stuff Liv. Remembering seeing you in Bethlehem, PA in 78. Looking forward to watching the whole series.

Dale Stafford

Great song! I met Liv in the mid-80's. He and I have a mutual friend in Macon, Georgia. Livingston is a super guy and awesome songwriter!

Jeffrey C. McAndrew

I love Liv!

CVActor1

Make that Call Me Carolina.

CVActor1

The song is Carolina Calling, I believe. I've seen Liv perform at Cain Park numerous times here in Cleveland, even sang part of Loving Arms with him. Lovely guy, very nice, INCREDIBLY talented - as we all know. Thanks for sharing this interview. LOVE it.

DanfieldMusic

It would be nice if the establishment pushed good music so the truly gifted may flourish and improve the world by sharing higher level works of art.

Roadrunner

Hope=I will get a music contract Expectation= My music will be embraced and have record sales Reality=No music contract, music is not pushed by the Establishment, Music is not embraced and low music sales Result=Making music in your home with poor quality and unpolished lyrics and melodies Outcome=People flock to the internet to record and discover music that is real, from the heart, untampered with by the Establishment, something we can all relate to and all at no monetary cost or gain.

rozzyd11

I saw him perform at Cornell or maybe Ithaca College back in 1974 or 75.

macdoublebass

The name of the song he plays is "Call Me Carolina" - from the album "Last Alaska Moon" (2010). Great Song!

Aidan Mcgrath

Song name?

guitarmainly

I have a few friends that speak about song writing with this much intensity. It's all well and good but I tend to avoid them. I build furniture with these type rules but I write songs with rules that change moment by moment.

utubuser10

there is a bridge in this song. it is purely instrumental but nonetheless serves as a bridge. i think its failure to attain the status of a "classic" song is more due to the banality of the melody itself. mr. taylor is a brilliant man and seems to have a good handle on things but as is often the case with human beings, there is that tendency to categorize, formulate and package art for the sake of intellectual argument and convenience, and i don't think he should be so quick to pass judgement.

Buanand

At 2:17 he looks like Clint Eastwood.

Velocity

Wow is this insightful and compelling. Always loved his stuff (and was lucky enough to see him a few times in the very early 70's). But the way Liv talks here about BOTH the joy/surprise of great songrwriting AND the outside structures/pressures necessary to perfect and complete it is very interesting indeed...

Jon Shelton

Oh my goodness, you are so right on this matter! I myself have become lazy in writing my own songs in that, with today's technology, it has become almost obscenely EASY to "sound" professional! I must go back to basics and find out why I love this craft as much as I do, and shamelessly coerce myself to do better!! Thank you Livingston. I hope you read this, and understand the force you are. ~Jon

volandvasoliono

this man is a genius

volandvasoliono

Eric Cartman?

kahunabear

Another great Carolina tune. Livingston's enthusiasm is contagious and he seems to be experiencing a renaissance of creativity. Really good stuff.

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