{"id":26834,"date":"2017-04-16T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=26834"},"modified":"2017-04-16T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T16:18:00","slug":"john-haesemeyer-maybe-if-i-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/john-haesemeyer-maybe-if-i-try\/","title":{"rendered":"John Haesemeyer &#8211; &#8216;Maybe If I Try&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/dj-sirtaj-all-day\/john_haesemeyer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/John_Haesemeyer.jpg?fit=344%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"344,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"John_Haesemeyer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/John_Haesemeyer.jpg?fit=344%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/John_Haesemeyer.jpg?resize=619%2C610&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"610\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Based in San Francisco, but having grown up in the midwest, John Haesemeyer&#8217;s style is a blend of folk and popular genres, with an emphasis on vocals and acoustic guitar. His new track, &#8216;Maybe If I Try&#8217;, shows his inspiration, the great singer-songwriters, the likes of which include Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John Haesemeyer released his debut album, &#8216;Come Along Quickly&#8217; in 2013, culled from a catalogue of over 50 songs he&#8217;d written and recorded at various times in his life. With a goal to explore in his music themes of love, loss, and hope &#8211; basically the themes that are common to the human condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Maybe If I Try&#8217; features a strong female protagonist, perfectly representing the pureness, and sombre notes of the song &#8211; and the message of motivation that John is trying to convey. With clips of Haesemeyer and his band woven in and out of the video, the viewer is given some idea of how powerful and passionate he is in his performances.on one of the tracks. Haesemeyer is currently performing in California with his six-piece band, making music videos, and working on his fourth studio record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about John Haesemeyer on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haesemeyer.com\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaesemeyerMusic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HaesemeyerSongwriter\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/john-haesemeyer\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkmwnyMseHKBlXFQ9rs-hqg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. &#8216;Maybe If I Try&#8217; is available to download from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/maybe-if-i-try-ep\/id1212596982\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_62961\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQP4pkYXYdU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"John Haesemeyer - Maybe If I Try\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sQP4pkYXYdU\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based in San Francisco, but having grown up in the midwest, John Haesemeyer&#8217;s style is a blend of folk and popular genres, with an emphasis on vocals and acoustic guitar. His new track, &#8216;Maybe If I Try&#8217;, shows his inspiration, the great singer-songwriters, the likes of which include Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9,640],"tags":[1893,1049,199,9692,9693,144,77,370,226,203,2801],"class_list":["post-26834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-acoustic-guitar","tag-folk","tag-guitar","tag-john-haesemeyer","tag-maybe-if-i-try","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-pop","tag-rock","tag-san-francisco"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-6YO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26356,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/03\/london-acoustic-indie-band-narrow-plains-are-now-a-four-piece\/","url_meta":{"origin":26834,"position":0},"title":"London Acoustic-Indie Band Narrow Plains Are Now A Four-Piece","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"20\/03\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Formerly a trio, London-based acoustic-indie band Narrow Plains is now a four-piece with the addition of Edd Simpson on guitar and keys.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Narrow-Plains-new-photo-shoot-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Narrow-Plains-new-photo-shoot-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Narrow-Plains-new-photo-shoot-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Narrow-Plains-new-photo-shoot-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Narrow-Plains-new-photo-shoot-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32961,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/john-prine-new-album-the-tree-of-forgiveness-out-april-13th-plays-cambridge-folk-festival-5th-august\/","url_meta":{"origin":26834,"position":1},"title":"John Prine New Album &#8216;The Tree Of Forgiveness&#8217; Out April 13th Plays Cambridge Folk Festival 5th August","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"12\/02\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will release his highly anticipated new album, 'The Tree of Forgiveness', April 13 on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records (pre-order now HERE). 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