Writing a medieval folk song with Raivo Jackson

Saska Lammila joined us all the way from Helsinki, Finland, to talk about his medieval-style folk song Suspended, for his band Ravio Jackson. Download the lyrics and chords to follow along.

We talked about:

• Taking inspiration from a years-ago spiritual experience, through a poem, and into a finished song
• How Saska wrote a poem in Finnish several years ago, and translated it into English for the song
• Having a 3-verse and coda structure with a blooming, intense ending
• Writing songs with parts for his bandmates in mind, but that also work for a solo singer-songwriter show

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