My name is Steven Jackson I am a singer/songwriter hailing from the beautiful city of Kingston, Ontario in Canada.
Music has always been a big part of my life.
Growing up in post-war England I remember distinctly the sounds of The Beatles and watching all the great bands on Top Of The Pops.
I emigated to Canada in my late teens and by the early 80's I was immersed in the music scene over here.
I fronted a rock and roll band in the late 80's early 90's, and we played almost every bar in eastern Ontario. The band called 'Ages Of You' was featured in Canada in 'Canadian Musician' magazine in June 1991 in the Demo section. We were enjoying a fair measure of success but the negative aspects of the music scene were getting to me and clearly I was mssing something.
When I met my future wife in the early 90's everything changed.
I bowed out gracefully from the music scene to raise a family and generally learn about life for awhile. I loved this time, it was a time of healing and restoration, and a time to take stock of my life to this point. It felt like I was living life again.
Now here I am back to writing songs which I absolutely adore.
It is truly a labour of love, but more importantly it is a personal journey where as I writer I look inwards and outwards, and address my place within this crazy world. I address many issues in my music: God, Heaven and Hell, Love, Isolation, greed, materialsim, escapism, romance, etc.
I can write this music with conviction because 'I've been there and done it'.
It is a journey I that I'm loving every minute of. One never knows what is around the next corner.
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I have been writing songs for many years and I view the process as a journey. The beauty of songwriting is you never know where it is going to take you. Many roads become explored within the labyrinth of your mind and many emotions are uncovered.
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Songwriting is very personal, for me it creates a reason for being on this crazy world; when many things in life don't make sense, writing songs does make sense !. I would also say creating music is a means of gaining Immortality, the music will continue to exist long after death. Thus I am leaving something behind. I strive to write songs that are honest and from the heart, as a songwriter it is important for me personally to bare my soul. Integrity is something that I strive for. I hope and pray that my music has integrity.
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Death is a theme I find very interesting in life, I have been obsessed with death even as a child. Probably because so many loved-ones close to me have passed away. You cannot help but be affected by it. Death is a constant in my life. As you grow older the reality of death grows closer, I hate the idea of aging and dieing but again it is something you have no control over. That isn't to say I am not going to fight it, I will try, but the idea of death haunts me night and day, and it seems that for me there is no escaping it.
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In terms of my music, I consider the music and lyrics to be equally important. I strive to write lyrics that are relevent to my existence. The words are a vehicle for my voice to reach out and touch people, and maybe make you think a little, after all lyric writing is in my opinion, a form of Poetry......."Up above my head there is blue sky, below my feet there is dark, somewhere in the middle there is me, lost in thought".
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Please give my music a listen, I think you'll like it.
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PLEASE TELL ME WHY : Music and Lyrics by Steven Jackson:
Look at you now look at me,
The Earth and sky and the place in between,
The setting Sun and the rising Moon,
If only we could co-exist like them too.
I close my eyes and I drift away,
To another time to another place,
Please tell me why with all of Heaven above,
We cannot find peace on Earth we cannot find the love.
I don't know what it is I'm trying to do,
But the only thing that's working is me and you,
I don't know what it is I'm trying to say,
Please tell me why, please tell me why.
So when you think you've finally found your truth,
Climb up a ladder and stand upon your roof,
Then gaze upon the world that's waiting below,
Are you feeling small feeling insecure.
Please tell me why with all creation below,
We watch the ripples we create with the stones we throw,
Please tell me why with all of Heaven above,
We cannot find peace on Earth we cannot find the love.
I don't know what it is I'm trying to do,
But the only thing that's working is me and you,
I don't know what it is I'm trying to say,
Please tell me why, please tell me why.
Look at you now look at me,
The Earth and sky and the space in between,
The setting Sun and the rising Moon,
If only we could co-exist like them too.
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Influences
The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, John Lennon, John Hiatt, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, & many other great Songwriters too numerous to mention !
Genre
Acoustic / Adult Contemporary
Location
AMERICA NORTH: Canada: Ontario
Somojo url:
http://www.somojo.net/Steven_Jackson
official website
http://stevenjackson.ning.com/
Hi again my somojo friend, how are you?! So, I am now in a competition about 1 week promo at myspace. Please help me out will ya!!! Here's a link to pics of me if you need some...and beneath some info :P
Thanks a lot and please please help me out! I really really need this! I'll owe you forever and ever!!!
Hey, how goes with life an somojo? keep me posted!!! I've had some time of internet, I need that to start the new year a bit slow. but now I'm back again!!! I'm on radio in sweden now, kinda thrilled =) Don't forget to grab my album ;)
