You Might Regret You Ever Cared

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#		Title	Length
1		Doomed	4:03	Play
2		Pen To Paper	5:11	Play
3		Black And Blue	4:35	Play
4		Don't Say Goodbye	6:02	Play
5		Pictures Poems Songs	4:58	Play
6		Missing	3:32	Play
7		Lullabye	3:36	Play
8		Sorry	4:00	Play
9		Lost Highway	2:59	Play
10		The Wall	4:12	Play
11		Every Day's Another Turning Page	4:22	Play
12		Ashes	8:14	Play

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Description

The lines "we were doomed from the start" and " we all fall" bookend Paul Jacobsen's debut CD, "You Might Regret You Ever Cared," providing a glimpse of what takes place in the middle. If not terribly optimistic, Jacobsen's music- for all its ringing, lonely ache - may surprise you with its hopeful undercurrents. Though he certainly has an ear tuned to the sound of the lonesome whistle, Jacobsen is the first to concede that- at very least - the train is headed somewhere.

Perhaps that somewhere is just the journey of the songs. Jacobsen's stark, honest songwriting along with his pure baritone and subtle guitar work evoke- at times -- the graveyard folk of Nick Drake and Red House Painters, or the singer/songwriter renaissance found onstage at clubs like Largo in L.A. Whatever the category, it's the songs that matter. And those songs have landed the album on a list of the Top 50 Albums of 2003 by Salt Lake City Weekly, gained airplay in Salt Lake City, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, and placed Jacobsen as a semifinalist in Discmakers' 2004 Independent Music World Series. Jacobsen's music has also been featured in two indie documentaries- "Troy Through A Window" and "Very Reason for Living"- and the short film "Get."

Or maybe that somewhere is his engaging live shows. Jacobsen is as vulnerable and riveting in a stripped-down acoustic format as he is rollicking and raucous with backup from his band, garageband.com winners Sunfall Festival. A firm believer in re-interpretation and singularity of experience, he pushes himself to ensure that no two shows are alike. And it goes far beyond the mere shuffling of song sequences, it swells from a desire to keep the songs interesting and the audience interested, being unafraid to fall on your face.This is a far cry from go-through-the-motions music. And it's moved audiences everywhere, from Club DV8 and the University of Utah's RedFest to CBGB Gallery and Columbia's Postcrypt Coffeehouse, sharing stages with acts like Erin McKeown, Matt Nathanson, and Watsonville Patio along the way.

During the year or so of recording You Might Regret You Ever Cared, Jacobsen pushed outwards in attempts to stretch himself, to find like-minded collaborators, and to foster a better sense of musical community. With Fieldbook's Dominic Moore, he co-founded Music For Good, a grassroots organization that raises money for charity through songwriters-in-the-round concerts. Also with Moore, he organized and produced the mammoth Abbey Road Show, which brought together some of the best in local talent to play the Beatles' classic album from start to finish. The show sold out so quickly that a second show was immediately added for later that night. A splendid time was had by all. Sadly, Henry the Horse was not present to dance the waltz.

Jacobsen is currently living in New York City, working on songs for a new EP.