Award winning folk artist Ken Yates shares the song he wrote that John Mayer wished he had written and writing great guitar parts

Ken Yates has gained a reputation as one of his country’s brightest rising singer-songwriters. The winner of two Canadian Folk Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year and New Artist of the Year.  Yates supported Passenger on their tour across North America and in Europe in 2020, and has shared stages with Ryan McMullan, Jenn Grant, and many others.He doesn’t like bar chordsIn this episode, he talked shares his secret sauce open tuning that inspired several songs off of his newest record.How a three chord progressions sound interesting using different chord voicingsHow a repetitive chord progression allows room for the lyric: iv V vi Low Cadd9 tuning: C   GDGG   B tuned down to the G then high D stringWriting the guitar part and chords first, living with the track for weeks then finding the lyrics in response to the feel of the chords Making a big living with a small audience the in-between famous and not famous While having an emerging careerOpening for other artists and what you can learnPlaying Living rooms/backyards/ selling c.d.’s building you’re fanbaseThen getting on bigger shows as supporting acts to grow your audience and bigger crowdsPersistance and patienceHow it won’t be the one big thing that sends you over the edge, but many small thingshttps://www.scarletkeys.comhttps://www.instagram.com/skeys2021/https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1http://www.kenyates.comEngineer: Peter Sykes https://www.petersykesmusic.comThe show's theme song "What's in a Song" was co-written with Otto GrossRecorded and performed by Otto Gross: @OttoGrossProduction (instagram)@OttoGrossMusic (Youtube, facebook, TikTok)https://biglink.to/ottogrossmusicScarlet's website: https://www.scarletkeys.comScarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1