ARTIST INTERVIEW: LINDSAY ELL

Full Name: Lindsay Elizabeth Ell   Age: 25   Hometown|| Currently Live: Nashville, TN   What made you want to start writing songs? I grew up with music all around me when I was a kid…so at 10years old when I put two and two together that you could write your own songs, I was in 100%!   Do you play any instruments?  Guitar is my main wheelhouse, but piano was my first instrument, and I also play a little bass, fiddle, mandolin….and will try pretty much any instrument I can get some sort of note out of.   Did you teach yourself? I started playing guitar because of my dad, but ended up taking a couple years of lessons when I was younger.  Then I would just surround myself with amazing players, which in Nashville, is quite easy to do!   Who are your biggest musical inspirations? Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, Tommy Emmanuel, John Mayer and Keith Urban   Where do you get inspiration to write your songs? I get most of my inspiration from things that are happening in my life, or just plain people watching.   Favorite songs you have written/co-written? Not Another Me - I wrote it for a friend of mine who has Muscular Dystrophy, but is one of the purest hearted people I know. She was going through a hard time with her boyfriend, and I wrote her a song to prove to her that he wasn't gonna find 'another her' out there.     What moment in your music career is your favorite so far? Getting to go on my first world tour with The Band Perry this past year was pretty incredible.  We did 50 shows world-wide, and had so many amazing experiences that I’ll never forget.   Finish this sentence…if I could write a song for or with anyone I would choose______.     John Mayer Where do you see yourself in a year?           A year - touring around the country, playing 200+ shows a year, having a number one record   5 years? 5 years - touring around the world, playing shows to thousands of people every night, hearing them sing songs that I’ve written.
  If I wasn't a singer I would be... A guitar player, a singer, a producer….if it had to be out of the music industry, I’d be a director.   I'm afraid of ______. Spiders. And snakes.   I never get tired of_______. Playing guitar.   Okay, I always ask people to tell me one thing about themselves that is random or strange that most people don't know! ​ I have the biggest sweet tooth any human could probably ask for. 
 

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[SPECIAL THANKS TO MY GIRL LINDSAY FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS INTERVIEW! SHE HAS A HUGE CAREER IN HER FUTURE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO BE ALONG FOR THE RIDE! FAN FOR LIFE!]

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ARTIST INTERVIEW: JON WEBBER

 

Full Name:
Jonathan Robert Webber

 

Age:
27

Hometown || Currently Live
Burlingame, California / Nashville, Tennessee

 

What made you want to start writing /singing songs?

I started singing when I was a toddler... Apparently I was "helping" my sister practice for her school play. A short time later I was singing along with the Beatles and falling in love with their stories and melodies and harmonies-- the journey you could be taken on in just a few minutes time. My older brother bought me a guitar for my 15th birthday, and the rest is history.

 

Do you play any instruments? Did you teach yourself?
So when he gave me the guitar, he taught me probably the first song most people my age learned how to play: "Good Riddance" by Green Day. You know, that "time of your life" song that became the unofficial graduation soundtrack for high schools and middle schools all over the country... Has One Direction replaced that yet? Anyway, my brother taught me that song and I took care of the rest. I mainly stick to acoustic and electric guitars, but I dabble in bass and keys when I'm producing myself.

 

Who are your biggest musical inspirations?
The Beatles, the band Copeland, and Keith Urban. I also really admire what Garth Brooks was able to accomplish as an entertainer.

 

Where do you get inspiration to write your songs?
Haha my life, for better or worse... Whether it's something I've experienced firsthand or something I think would be pretty cool. I have a song on my first album called "Shoulda Seen Her Smile" about proposing... I haven't done that yet but I imagine that's probably how it would go down. Spoiler alert.

 

Favorite songs you have written/recorded?
It's true that every song is like your baby, so it's tough to pick one. I will say, though, the most raw and vulnerable I've ever been in a song would be "One Hand on the Bible."

 

What moment in your music career is your favorite so far?
You'd think it would be something crazy like being backstage at the Opry, or being at an after party with Garth Brooks-- and don't get me wrong, those were pretty dang cool-- but those moments are far eclipsed by the individual people who write to me or come up after a show and tell me how my music has impacted their life, or helped them get through a difficult time. It's really one of those things you don't see coming, you can't prepare yourself for, and you never forget. I just feel very humbled and grateful. So grateful.

 

Finish this sentence…if I could sing a song with anyone I would choose______.
Paul McCartney. Then TSwizzle, why not.

 

If I could play any venue I would choose____.
Does heaven count?

 

If I wasn't a singer/songwriter I would be…
Probably still working in the mental health field. Or maybe the FBI. My grandpa was a Special Agent for decades and I considered following in his footsteps before Nashville called.

 

I'm afraid of ______.
Have you ever sneezed on the highway? That's terrifying, right there.

 

I never get tired of_______.
Performing live, getting to meet everyone and learning their stories, sharing that energy with the crowd. It's amazing.

 

Okay, I always ask people to tell me one thing about themselves that is random or strange that most people don't know! ​
Hmm... When I was a teenager I was in a Michael Jackson music video. How's that?

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[SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FRIEND JON WEBBER FOR THE INTERVIEW! I'M SO EXCITED TO FOLLOW HIS CAREER IN THE FUTURE!]
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