In the February 2007 issue of Keyboard magazine, Michael Gallant’s article, “More Than A Piano, More Than A Song” highlights Five for Fighting’s pianist-singer-songwriter John Ondrasik.
John works hard to write his songs with integrity. “I have to write 100 to 150 songs for a record to get ten I think are worthy.” If he’s not inspired by what he’s writing, he just throws out the songs and goes back to the drawing board. He says that it can be quite a painful process.
Despite the pain, however, “there’s also a joy, when you think you write a worthy song, and you play it from beginning to end for the first time. And that experience really makes up for the pain and suffering. And if you’re one of the blessed few for whom, for whatever reason, the stars align and people are allowed to hear your music, when somebody sings your words back to you, or you see that a song you wrote makes an impact on someone’s life, that inspiration and that kind of feedback gives you the energy to do it again.”
John acknowledges that just because certain music sells a lot of records, and is heard on the radio, doesn’t mean it’s high quality.
“It’s the music business. Listen to the radio — the best songs are not on there. Ray LaMontagne is not on the radio. Jeff Buckley is not on the radio. Leonard Cohen is not on the radio. Is it possible to write songs that aren’t trivial and can become popular? I hope so, because that’s what I’m trying to do. I grew up on artists who did both well — Lennon and McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Sting and the Police, Bono and the Edge, and Kurt Cobain. You can still write songs that are popular and can last. It’s not all about seeing yourself on the Top 20 Countdown or selling a platinum record.”
It’s also really nice to see an artist who is humble, and appreciates and is grateful for his success.
“I’ve been lucky. My goal with every record is to make another one, and in this day and age, that’s all you can ask for. There are better songwriters out there than me who aren’t getting their shot, so I just appreciate getting to do it for a living. I don’t know how long it will last, but I really have lived a lot of what I aspired to as a kid, and I definitely don’t take it for granted.”
On Dr. David Hawkins’ logarithmic Consciousness Scale of zero to 1000, here are the testing results: the overall calibration for the 2006 release Two Lights calibrates at 368; Track 9, “Road to Heaven”, calibrates at 500; Track 7, “I Just Love You”, calibrates at 501.
The positive energy of this album/CD benefits 80% of the population of mankind.
Here’s what one Amazon.com reviewer had to say: “the world could use more of this kind of music, what with a lot of the crap that’s put out now. Good, clean, pure music from the heart, that makes you think, and can bring people together.”
In this Amazon video, you get to hear 2 live tracks and John talking about his music by clicking on this link: Five For Fighting = Two Lights
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