Jaymay
American singer-songwriter from New York (born 1981)
Jamie Seerman is an American singer-songwriter from New York. She performs under the name Jaymay.
Early life
Jaymay was born Jamie Seerman on January 3, 1981, and was raised on Long Island. For undergrad, she studied at New College of Florida, Columbia University and Hunter College in New York City, as well as Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, Italy. After graduating from New College in 2003, she moved to NYC, where she began regularly performing at the SideWalk Cafe's open mic night every Monday night.
Career
Jaymay has played live concerts supporting Bright Eyes, Bon Iver, Beirut, Teddy Thompson, A.A. Bondy, Deer Tick, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Jose Gonzales, Okkervil River, Kevin Devine, Hayden, Tift Merritt, Cherry Ghost, Caribou, Elvis Perkins, Nouvelle Vague, The Bird and the Bee, Jens Lekman, Goldfrapp, and others, and has played festivals such as Glastonbury, Latitude, Edinburgh Fringe, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Hillside and more.
The song "Sea Green, See Blue" was featured in the Season 2 finale of CBS's How I Met Your Mother, which aired May 14, 2007.
Jaymay wrote and provided songs and the score to the 2010 film Happythankyoumoreplease at the insistence of writer/director/star Josh Radnor, a longtime fan of Jaymay. "Never Be Daunted" from the film was shortlisted for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' Best Original Song Academy Award.
Jaymay provided vocals for the cover of the Kinks' "Big Sky" on ''Orchestral Variations V.01'' by The Separate, which was the final album released by Setanta Records in 2012.
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