It's not just golden... It's Pam Golden

"Sugarland Bay" is the title song to a coming album that tells a story, overall, of a music festival that takes place in a fictional town called Sugarland Bay. Each song on the album to come will tell stories about events taking place in this town.

Pam Golden is a singer/songwriter in the Folk/Country Genre and is currently represented by Fly! Music Recording & Talent Management

She loves to write songs that paint a story about her life and the life around her and she has a close relationship with God. She's laid back, down-to-earth, and shares tidbits of wisdom through her music.

Q: Do you come from a musical family?

[Pam Golden] As far as I am aware, I am the first one who became musically inclined in my family. I, of course, passed it on to my children as well.

Q: Is there someone or something that inspired you to be part of the music industry?

[Pam Golden] Joni Mitchell is one of my biggest inspirations. I get a lot of influence from her work, as well as those of Carole King and James Taylor. I started writing my first officially released album (From Me… For You) in 2015, when I was first diagnosed with cancer. This was on top of an MS diagnosis that I had already been dealing with for 10 years. Music became my escape and my peace.

Q: How long have you been creating music?

[Pam Golden] Since 2005, when I first received my MS diagnosis. My first album that was released is, of course, far better than what I was creating then. HaHa.

Q: Do you have a preferred genre?

[Pam Golden] I like a lot of Folk/Singer-Songwriter music and Contemporary Christian.

Q: Do you write your own music, or do you collaborate?

[Pam Golden] I write and compose all my own material and Jeff Covert at Wally Cleavers Studio helps me with the mixing and mastering side of things.

Q: You recently released the 1st single from your upcoming album … is the album titled yet?

[Pam Golden] Yes, the album will be called “Sugarland Bay”, and the single is meant to be an introduction to the coming story.

Q: The single is called “Sugarland Bay”. Can you tell us a little about the song? What’s behind the name?

[Pam Golden] The song is an introduction to a story I created about a music festival that takes place in a small fictional town called Sugarland Bay. Each song on the album references to an event or story taking place within that town. The name of the town was just something I created, I thought it was catchy ha-ha.

Q. How has the reaction to “Sugarland Bay” been?

[Pam Golden] One of my followers commented on the song directly after hearing it for the first time. My label produced a promotional version of the song that had her review in the beginning of it. It can be heard here (SoundCloud). We have also had Sugarland Bay (and 3 others) aired (and are still airing) on the BMS Radio Network “Hits You Love Radio” out of Chicago, and have now charted 3 of those songs on BMS Radio Network Top 40 Chart (“Sleepy Lil’ Town” debuting at #25 and climbing to a current #19, “Season In Time” debuting at #10 with pending results for its second week in rotation, and I’ve been told that “Sugarland Bay” is also going to debut in the top 10). I am actually very pleased and amazed at the response that these songs have received. It is the beginning of the realization of a dream to me.

Q: Do you have any other plans relating to this release? A video?

[Pam Golden] I plan on telling the rest of the story. The remaining songs on the album are going to go into production in late January if all goes according to plan. I hope to have the album released before the end of the coming year.

Q: Are there any challenging aspects to writing and/or recording the upcoming album?

[Pam Golden] There are good days and bad days with the MS disorder, and of course it is always a challenge travelling to and from the studio, especially after COVID. Beyond that, when I can write and sing, I am at my peace.

Q: It looks like 2021 has been a creative year. You also released “From Me… For You”. Does this have anything to do with the pandemic or just feeling creative?

[Pam Golden] The “From Me… For You” album was a story about my journey of survival… of the many changes throughout my life, what I was hit with that year, all the things that God put on my heart… of everything. Although it had no ties to the pandemic itself, I could see where the message that the songs carry could be very appropriate to the time. It is also a message to my Kids and closest friends about how they can survive similar struggles, because the songs gave me encouragement and uplifting, and I wanted to see if maybe they could do the same for others.

Q: What is the best song you released to date and why?

[Pam Golden] “Sleepy Lil’ Town”, from my first album, is my most popular song to-date if we are going on statistics. But my favorite song that I have released (if I could only pick one) is “Season In Time”. It is a magnum-opus song, of sorts, that speaks about the changing effect of the seasons in our lives.

Q: What song do fans seem to favor?

[Pam Golden] “Sleepy Lil’ Town”, and recently “Angels My Way”.

Q: Are you interested in performing live?

[Pam Golden] It is not an impossibility, but my label is also considering licensing opportunities for other artists to perform the songs I write. My fingers aren’t what they used to be Ha-ha. It would be much easier, maybe, if I had a guitarist, because I love singing my own songs.

Q: Which of your songs is, or do you think would be, fun to perform live?

[Pam Golden] Season In Time, most definitely. I had such a blast with Jeff in the studio layering those harmony tracks and it was just such fun to write and record. It is certainly one of my favorites so far.

Q: Share a magical moment or positive experience that has happened during your career.

[Pam Golden] There have been quite a few magical moments just in the past couple of years. Every day is a magical moment to me because not every day is guaranteed or promised. I had some pretty-magical moments when I first released Sleepy Lil Town and Season In Time (which at the time were singles). The overall experience of distributing and making music I feel like is a milestone accomplishment. It feels amazing just to see people coming to my Spotify and listening to the songs… it makes it seem surreal.

Q: Would you like to travel to other countries to perform your music? If so, what would be your first stop?

[Pam Golden] I suppose I’d like to visit the U.K. I have friends over there (including one of my dearest friends, Lorna). I think it would be cool to do shows in some of the states over there.

Q: Other than fame & fortune, is there something you hope to achieve through music?

[Pam Golden] I want to establish my own legacy. A memory of me and the things I have to share with everyone I love, and the people around me. I’m not just telling my stories, but the stories of everything around me as well, and the picture-perfect memories that they paint for me.

Q: How do you feel the Internet has impacted sharing your music?

[Pam Golden] I absolutely DESPISE the internet Ha-ha. What I mean to say is that, for me, it is a technical nightmare. I leave most of the internet promotion and engagement up to my label and Managers. Fly! Music does a pretty good job at getting it out there. They also let me know when any of my followers want to get in touch.

Q: What is your favorite/best outlet to connect with your followers Instagram, Spotify, FB, Twitter, iTunes? How would you want them to follow?

[Pam Golden] I’d say it is probably easiest to contact me through my label via their website and email. www.FlyMusicAgency.com

I do have an official artist page on Facebook if anyone would like to interact there. www.facebook.com/PamGoldenMusic.

Q: Is there something you would like to say, that I didn't cover?

[Pam Golden] I want to thank God for each and every day that I receive, and every word of inspiration that is whispered directly from him. I want to thank Jeff Covert, a recording artist at Wally Cleaver’s Recording Studio, for showing me the ropes in a lot of the recording aspects of songwriting, and for helping me to compose not just my first album, but what I hope will soon become my second album! I also want to thank all of my Children, Tommy, Jessie, and Tyler, for the enormous amount of encouragement and will they have given me to carry on.

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