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{{short description|American singer-songwriter from New York (born 1981)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Jaymay
| image           = Jaymay.jpg
| caption         =
| birth_name      = Jamie Kristine Seerman
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1981|1|3}}
| birth_place     = [[New York City]], United States
| death_date      =
| origin          =
| instrument      = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Piano]], [[Violin]], [[Typewriter]], [[xylophone]]
| genre           = [[Singer-Songwriter|Singer/Songwriter]]<br/>[[Contemporary folk music]]<br/>[[Indie pop]]
| occupation      =
| years_active    =
| label           = Jaymay Music<br/>[[Heavenly Recordings]]<br/>[[Blue Note Records]]
| associated_acts =
| website         = [http://www.jaymaymusic.com jaymaymusic.com]
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}

'''Jamie Seerman''' is an American singer-songwriter from [[New York City|New York]].  She performs under the name '''Jaymay'''.<ref name="Jaymay: A Short And Sweet Story">{{cite web|last1=Gitner|first1=Jess|title=Jaymay: A Short And Sweet Story|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/09/20/129797687/jaymay-a-short-and-sweet-story|website=[[NPR]]|accessdate=20 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="For Jaymay, each song is a piece of her soul">{{cite news|last1=Appleford|first1=Steve|title=For Jaymay, each song is a piece of her soul|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-jaymay8-2008jun08-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=20 April 2016}}</ref>

==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 School|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://redorbit.com/news/entertainment/605013/young_singer_builds_big_following_with_web_exposure/index.html |title=Young singer builds big following with Web exposure – Entertainment |publisher=RedOrbit |date=2006-08-07 |accessdate=2014-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316041743/http://redorbit.com/news/entertainment/605013/young_singer_builds_big_following_with_web_exposure/index.html |archive-date=2008-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Jaymay 2015.jpg|thumb|Jaymay in 2015]]
Jaymay has played live concerts supporting [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]],<ref name="spin.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/03/jaymay/|title=Jaymay|date=March 10, 2008|website=Spin.com|accessdate=2020-03-05}}</ref> [[Bon Iver]], [[Beirut (band)|Beirut]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiecredential.com/?cat=71 |title=jaymay |publisher=The Indie Credential |date= |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Teddy Thompson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gitnerblog.com/gitnerblog/van-morrison-disappoints-jaymay-saves|title=Van Morrison Disappoints, Jaymay Saves|work=Gitnerblog.com|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[A.A. Bondy]],<ref name="brooklynvegan.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/06/jaymay_aa_bondy.html|title=Jaymay ++ AA Bondy ++ Deer Tick (tour dates & stuff)|work=BrooklynVegan}}</ref> [[Deer Tick (band)|Deer Tick]],<ref name="brooklynvegan.com"/> [[Isobel Campbell]] & [[Mark Lanegan]],{{cn|date=May 2022}} [[José González (singer)|Jose Gonzales]],<ref name="baeblemusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/11-26-2007/jaymay-switches-up-her-seasons-autumn-fallin-to-get-us-release-this-spring.html|title=Jaymay Switches Up Her Seasons: Autumn Fallin' to get US Release This Spring|date=26 November 2007|work=Baeble Music|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Okkervil River]],<ref name="spin.com"/> [[Kevin Devine]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/live-from-home-with-kevin-devine/|title=Live From Home with Kevin Devine – Events — Housing Works|author=Housing Works, Inc.|website=Housingworks.org|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Hayden (musician)|Hayden]],{{cn|date=May 2022}} [[Tift Merritt]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiftmerritt.net/Forums/tabid/55/forumid/1/postid/5173/view/topic/Default.aspx |title=Report from the UK tour > Tift Merritt – Forums > Tift Merritt Fans |publisher=Tift Merritt |date= |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Cherry Ghost]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.livebrum.co.uk/2008/02/06/jaymay-uk-tour |title=Jaymay UK tour at Glee Club on 6 Feb 2008 |website=Beta.livebrum.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Caribou (band)|Caribou]],<ref name="baeblemusic.com"/> [[Elvis Perkins]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedailygrowl/sets/72157600286806434/|title=Elvis Perkins in Dearland / Jaymay @ The Luminaire|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!}}</ref> [[Nouvelle Vague (band)|Nouvelle Vague]],<ref name="npr.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18337598|title=Jaymay: 'Blue Skies'|date=15 September 2008|website=NPR.org|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[The Bird and the Bee]],<ref name="npr.org"/> [[Jens Lekman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/jens-lekman-confirms-london-date-bon-iver-supports-3505|title=Jens Lekman confirms London date, Bon Iver supports!|work=The Line of Best Fit|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Goldfrapp]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/goldfrapp-jaymay/show-review/18494/|title=Goldfrapp: Show Review (Beacon Theatre, New York City)|website=Prefixmag.com|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> and others, and has played festivals such as [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryanhenriquez.com/Writer/Entries/2009/1/15_Jaymay.html |title=Jaymay |website=Ryanhenriquez.com |date=2009-01-15 |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Latitude Festival|Latitude]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/29923/content_search%5C.php?p=JAYMAY&c=All&t=Both&s.x=6&s.y=7&s=Search|title=2007 Latitude Festival Line up|website=Gigwise.com|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Fringe]], [[Tartan Heart Festival|Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival]],{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} [[Hillside Festival|Hillside]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hillsidefestival.ca/pages/past-lineups |title=Past Lineups |website=Hillsidefestival.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/how-i-met-your-mother/something-blue/episode/1017515/summary.html |title=How I Met Your Mother |publisher=TV.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref>

Jaymay wrote and provided songs and the score to the 2010 film ''[[Happythankyoumoreplease]]''<ref>{{Citation|title = Happythankyoumoreplease|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1481572/?ref_=nv_sr_1|date = 2011-03-03|accessdate = 2016-02-09|first = Josh|last = Radnor}}</ref> at the insistence of writer/director/star [[Josh Radnor]], a longtime fan of Jaymay.<ref>{{cite web|title = Josh Radnor Interview|url = http://www.bullz-eye.com/television/interviews/2007/josh_radnor.htm|website = Bullz-eye.com|access-date = 2016-02-09}}</ref>  "Never Be Daunted" from the film was shortlisted for the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences]]' Best Original Song [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-national-mary-j-blige-original-song-275418|title=The National, Mary J. Blige Shortlisted for Original Song Oscar|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref>

Jaymay provided vocals for the cover of [[the Kinks]]' "[[Big Sky (song)|Big Sky]]" on <nowiki>''Orchestral Variations V.01''</nowiki> by The Separate, which was the final album released by [[Setanta Records]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setantarecords.com/php/artist.php?art_id=53|title=Setanta Records|website=Setantarecords.com|access-date=2016-03-07}}</ref>

In November 2013, Jaymay flew to Keithville, Louisiana to play at the bedside of Lexi Gordon, a 2-year old fan diagnosed with the terminal neurological disease [[Tay–Sachs disease]], after the family made the wish to Pay It Forward Networking to reach out to Lexi's favorite performer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/ny-musician-grants-keithville-toddler-lexi-gordon-s-wish/article_0a7b26dc-5ba7-5777-9fc9-5b38ec2aff06.html|title=NY musician grants Keithville toddler Lexi Gordon's wish|first=Sara|last=Machi|website=Ktbs.com}}</ref>

The live version of "You Are The Only One I Love" from the ''[[Lvng Rm EP]]'' was featured in Facebook's national Mother's Day TV and internet commercial in 2014 and 2015 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.whatsongisinthatcommercial.com/2010/facebook-commercial-song-mothers-day/|title=Facebook Commercial Song – Mother's Day – What Song is in that Commercial?|date=2014-05-13|newspaper=What Song is in that Commercial?|access-date=2017-02-11|language=en-US}}</ref>

In August 2014, a musical based on the album ''[[Autumn Fallin']]'' was produced at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]] by Anton Benson Productions.

Jaymay's cover recordings of "[[A Tombstone Every Mile]]" and "[[Dream a Little Dream of Me]]" were featured in the 2014 film ''[[Stephen King]]'s [[A Good Marriage (film)|A Good Marriage]]''.

Jaymay has made television appearances performing on "[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]", "[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]" and "Colour Room" in 2008, and "Good Morning" in Romania in 2014.

In 2015, Jaymay's song, "If You Take My Window", was recorded by musician & activist, Wynn Walent, and released as part of an album to raise money for the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wynnwalent.org/about-the-record|title=About the Record – Wynn Walent With Friends From Here and There|website=Wynnwalent.org|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref> Jaymay's original recording of the song appears on her ''1 & !'' EP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1-!-ep/id1098064200|title=1 & ! – EP by Jaymay on Apple Music|website=iTunes|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref>

She has been described by the [[BBC]] as being the <nowiki>"</nowiki>darling of the New York '[[Anti-folk|Anti-Folk]]' scene<nowiki>"</nowiki>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/3hn8/ |title=Music – Review of Jaymay – Autumn Fallin' |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2008-01-28 |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> and by ''[[the New York Times]]'' as a "big name...for the indie universe"''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/arts/music/14chea.html|title=Live Rock on a Small Bankroll|date=14 December 2007|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref>

On June 1, 2016, Jaymay announced online that she would be releasing a new album, ''[[To Tell the Truth (album)|To Tell the Truth]]'', in conjunction with a [[PledgeMusic]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jaymaymusic |title=jaymay: New Album on PledgeMusic |website=Pledgemusic.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref>

In 2021, Jaymay was reported to be appearing on the podcast ''[[Storybound (podcast)|Storybound]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lithub.com/announcing-season-4-of-the-storybound-podcast/ |title= Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast  |accessdate= June 24, 2021}}</ref>

===Collaborations===
Jaymay has collaborated with [[Kevin Devine]] on the songs "Brother's Blood", "Time to Burn" and "Murphy's Song",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2009/04/kevin-devine-brothers-blood-favorite-gentlemen/|title=Kevin Devine, ‘Brother’s Blood’ (Favorite Gentlemen)|website=Spin.com|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref> with Cheyenne on "Write It Down in Red", and with [[Dirty on Purpose]] on "Light Pollution" and "Like Bees".

Jaymay provided guest vocals on art-metal band [[Goes Cube]]'s second full-length studio album, ''In Tides and Drifts''. She is also featured on the [[My Cousin, The Emperor]]'s songs "Burly, Old Couch" and "Somedays" from ''The Subway EPs, Vol. I: Prospect Park West'', released March 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Subway EPs, Vol. I: Prospect Park West|url=http://mycousintheemperor.bandcamp.com/album/the-subway-eps-vol-i-prospect-park-west|work=My Cousin, the Emperor|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

Jaymay collaborated with [[K'naan|K'Naan]] and was a vocalist on his 2012 EP ''[[More Beautiful Than Silence]].''

==Discography==
===Albums===
*2007: ''[[Autumn Fallin']]''
*2014: ''[[Jaymay in Norway]]''
*2015: ''[[Enlighten Me (album)|Enlighten Me]]''
*2016: ''[[To Tell the Truth (album)|To Tell the Truth]]''
*2016: ''[[Fallin' Like Snow]]''

===[[Extended play|EPs]]===
*2006: ''Sea Green, See Blue.''
*2010: ''[[Lvng Rm EP]]''
*2010: ''[[Long Walk to Never EP|Long Walk to Never]]''
*2012: ''[[10UNDER2]]''
*2016: ''1 & !''
*2016: ''Song for Paul''
*2016: ''Demon Love''
*2016: ''Not Your Fault''
*2016: ''Evil People''
*2016: ''Over My Head''
*2016: ''Orange Peels''

===Compilation appearances===
*2014: "You Are the Only One I Love (piano demo)", ''Friends'' (Fadeaway Records)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fadeawayrecords.limitedrun.com/products/522986-fadeaway-10-friends-3xlp-vinyl|title=fadeaway records|website=Fadeaway records|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref>
*2015: "Pretty Girls Make Graves", ''Tease Torment Tantalize: A 30th Anniversary Tribute to the Smiths' Debut'' (Reimagine Music)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reimaginemusic.com/home/#/tease-torment-tantalize-a-30th-anniversary-tribute-to-the-smiths-debut/|title=Reimagine|website=Reimaginemusic.com|accessdate=2016-08-28}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.jaymaymusic.com/}}
*{{allmusic|id=mn0000984502}}
*{{IMDb name|2967514}}

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[[Category:American expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Heavenly Recordings artists]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Singers from New York City]]
[[Category:New College of Florida alumni]]