“This song is about how fun it is to just want. To want love, to want your people, to want your dreams. Being in that state of yearning and creating is a beautiful place to be.” -BETS
“This song is about how fun it is to just want. To want love, to want your people, to want your dreams. Being in that state of yearning and creating is a beautiful place to be.” -BETS
Ramsey Thornton has carved out a quietly distinct corner of indie-folk, built on fingerpicked guitar strung and played like a banjo, and lyrics that find meaning in the overlooked details of everyday American life. We traced the journey that got him there, from picking up drumsticks at four years old, to stumbling onto a banjo at eighteen, to the guitar-driven songwriting that culminates in his debut album, I Called It!
Ramsey Thornton has carved out a quietly distinct corner of indie-folk, built on fingerpicked guitar strung and played like a banjo, and lyrics that find meaning in the overlooked details of everyday American life. We traced the journey that got him there, from picking up drumsticks at four years old, to stumbling onto a banjo at eighteen, to the guitar-driven songwriting that culminates in his debut album, I Called It!
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
