By: Jennifer Vintzileos
Q) How would you best describe your sound?
A) Honestly, I don’t know anymore. I’ve tried on taglines and genre branding but it’s only ever frustrated me. I guess I make acoustic yet heavy lyric-driven bad-ass music with a Southern drawl.
Q) Who are your Top 3 musical influences?
A) I’ve gotta pick four… Jackson Browne, Senses Fail, Ruston Kelly and Jason Isbell.
Q) You grew up in Louisville, KY and then later established your music career in Nashville. How did your roots help shape the music you write?
A) Growing up in Louisville taught me that the world is malleable. I could load my friends in a car at sixteen years old with a trunk full of gear to go play a show in another city and then I could make it back the next day for high school. Everything seemed possible.
Q) Tell us the story behind your latest single “Long Way Back.”
A) I kept on going with a relationship that I guess, in hindsight, was doomed from the start. I just remember feeling like I was missing exit after exit trying to get out. Then, four years later, it was over—and I was just trying to get back to where I was before it started.
Q) Since its release, what has been the reaction from fans and listeners to the new song?
A) I got my first Spotify editorial playlist of this project, so that was pretty sick!
Q) What is your songwriting process? Do you need music before you can begin to craft lyrics?
A) My songwriting process can really start from anywhere. I don’t have a particular order or format that I follow for every song. Sometimes it just comes to me and I have to be ready to catch the inspiration and work with it!
Q) How much of a hand do you have on the production side of the music that you make?
A) I’ve been lucky enough to work with some really amazing producers who are extremely intuitive. Our working relationships are pretty cohesive—it just flows. I’m definitely a stickler when it comes to the mixed though, I never hesitate to ask for tweaks.
Q) I also love how you created YouTube shorts for “Long Way Back.” What inspired creating those shorts?
A) An insatiable industry machine that demands content every twenty-four hours before it even considers giving you the time of day algorithmically!
Q) With the release of “Long Way Back,” are there any plans for a full-length album or EP in the works?
A) Yes, definitely. First up, I have a new single out on July 4 called “Minute Man.” Then, I’ll be dropping a new EP, The Fallout.
Q) Which song(s) is your favorite to perform live?
A) There’s actually another new single I have coming out in August that’s been one of my favorites for almost a year now. I can’t wait to start playing it live!
Q) Who are some artists that you would love to collaborate with on music in the future?
A) I’d love to get even more twangy with my music. I’ve been burning a hole in Maggie Antone’s new stuff. I would love to do something with her one day.
Q) What would you like to say to your fans and supporters of your music?
A) Please don’t leave!!