{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More","title":"“I’ll Be Back”: Greg Amici on Story Songs, Second Chances, and Making Music While There’s Time","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3479,"description":"·       A vocal injury, four months of silence, and a palimpsest\n·       Surprise at a previous connection\n·       A breakup song that probably belongs in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey\n·       Tragic clowns and irony\n·       The difference between enunciation and finding a richer voice\n·       Sixteen years away from recording—and the realization that he couldn’t live without music\n·       A songwriter’s unlikely vision of immortality\n\nGreg Amici was fronting the New Jersey band Big Honey when a vocal cord polyp interrupted his music career. During months of vocal rest, he wrote without speaking, working on a palimpsest. The image suits a life in which earlier work remains visible beneath what comes next: bands, acting, screenwriting, songs left unfinished, and songs waiting to be heard.\nYears later, an opportunity to write music for a film brought Greg back into the studio. Sixteen years after Big Honey, he realized, “I can’t live without making music.” Working with producer James Mastro and a group of musicians he trusted, he began recording the songs that became Tragicomic.\nIn this conversation, Greg and Scott explore the album’s characters, dark humor, and visual world. They follow “I’ll Be Back” from a personal breakup into a song shaped by The Odyssey, and talk about why Greg still cares deeply about album art, printed lyrics, and the experience of holding a record.\nGreg is also looking ahead. He talks about studying music theory, experimenting with alternate tunings and piano, and working with a voice teacher to change how he sings. A recent injury has delayed his return to the stage, but another album is on its way. With wit and candor, he considers how much he still wants to make—and where a song might live after its maker is gone.\nAbout the Artist\nGregory Amici is a singer-songwriter from New Jersey, whose creative journey has taken him from the heart of Manhattan to Los Angeles and back again. Greg likes to call himself a “count in name only,”...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WxYkrFS9xG0iifivgXJ8ULNXdp4ij1PBeHoIXb0qWXE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYjZh/Zjk1NjhmNzU4ZmJi/ZWJmMjI0YWViNmU3/YjEwOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}