Nick Jaina
In 2001, Nick moved to Portland and started a rock band called Binary Dolls, singing the songs and playing the Fender Rhodes keyboard. He left his folk songs behind for awhile. Binary Dolls recorded an album called Too Much Thinking Sinks Ships and received attention for the song “I Am The Only Master of the Ten-Key” which led to a wonderful music video featuring a pygmy goat and a giant rubber duck. (see here) In late 2004, Nick found himself housesitting for some friends who were on tour in Europe for a month. They had a recording studio in the house, and Nick was jobless and almost broke, so he bought a few cans of food and spent the month recording what would become The Bluff of All Time, a very spare and delicate album of somewhat spiritual songs. He revisited old songs that he hadn’t
Links: Official site · FMA profile
Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
26
Albums
3
Total audio
1h 15m 55s
FMA listens
236,268
Favourites
189
Avg bitrate
298 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Folk | 15 |
- Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio — 24
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 2
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'll Do The Time | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 2m 26s | 24,494 |
| True Hearts | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 3m 44s | 24,072 |
| High Beams | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 1m 29s | 23,713 |
| Mississippi Turn-Around | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 3m 44s | 22,757 |
| Try, Try Again | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 3m 44s | 21,178 |
| These Fair Hands | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 3m 34s | 19,908 |
| Don't Come To Me | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 2m 58s | 18,348 |
| I'll Become Everything | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 5m 17s | 15,860 |
| Man Without A Head | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 5m 12s | 14,654 |
| All The Best Fakers | Primary Perception Instrumentals | 0 | 2m 50s | 9,797 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 min | 16 | 61.5% |
| 3–6 min | 10 | 38.5% |
Artists in the Same Folk Lineage
- 134 Big Blood tracks
- 99 Derek Clegg tracks
- 65 Roger McGuinn tracks
- 57 David Rovics tracks
- 46 Ed Askew tracks
- 42 Night Viking tracks
- 31 Kelly Latimore tracks
- 31 Garm tracks
Track Catalogue
26 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Isle (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 3m 29s | 2,729 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Co-Creators (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 48s | 1,151 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Come To My Coast (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 3m 09s | 1,296 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| I Fell Too Much In Love (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 3m 24s | 2,104 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| I Have That Same Tattoo (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 36s | 1,268 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Make a Life (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 36s | 2,022 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Not a Machine (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 14s | 1,502 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Saw You On the Train Last Night (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 1m 43s | 1,890 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Starling Cross (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 30s | 1,928 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Telepathic Teleplay (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 12s | 1,637 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| The Dinner Party (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 10s | 2,592 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| The Prime of Our Lives (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 2m 20s | 2,856 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Travelogue (Instrumental) [103] | Brutal Lives (Instrumentals) | Folk | 1m 24s | 6,000 | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio |
| Barleycorn and Toblerone [17] | Nick Jaina- Live On The Outside World | Folk | 2m 19s | 2,503 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| I Will Swallow The Sea [17] | Nick Jaina- Live On The Outside World | Folk | 3m 20s | 1,398 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |