Just last Friday she put out a double release, two singles. A singer, songwriter, guitar and piano player, she already this summer released music that drew praise from the likes of Billboard and Forbes. There is a full album coming next month and she has been busy this year with releasing singles. She had a tremendously successful Kickstarter campaign, which we talk about during this interview. She has more than ten thousand followers on Spotify, where she is currently getting more than 67 thousand monthly listeners. On July 31 she released a new lyric video, which got more than 1,300 views on YouTube in its first twelve days. She was the guest way back on Episode 14 of this show.
"I love the whole songwriting scene in Nashville and I've had phases that I've gone through where I've written every day with a different writer and it's a great experience. But I still do just treasure the cathartic experience of writing on my own."
"It could be sometimes a year that I go without really co-writing and that means turning down opportunities, but, I just really try to trust my gut even though my head is, like, 'Oh you're not, you're not doing the thing. Are you legit'?"
"Time and time again I just feel more connected to the songs that I write on my own."
"People's attention span nowadays is so much shorter, so, I feel like stringing (the new music) along made more use of a record that we put sometimes years into, and in this case it had been many years."
"The whole concept of water falling on Spotify is that if someone hears the latest song they then hear every other song that is a part of that project."
"The almost getting little pieces of it to the public digitally, my hope is that it encourages people to buy physical copies of the music because that's how we survive as artists."
"The first (Kickstarter) I launched I made a record that then got me a record deal."
"We raised three times the amount of the goal. So, 150 thousand dollars in 30 days thanks to 1,302 very special Kickstarter backers."
"I have a close relationship with a lot of my fans. I talk to everybody after a show. And, I want them to know that I care about them because they're supporting the thing that I love the most in my life. And them knowing that I appreciate them is absolutely essential in them continuing to support me."
"There were many months where I felt almost paralyzed, just 'cause there's so much going on in the world and a lot to take in and a lot to process and things ever changing."
"When I get a (film or TV) placement I don't assume that it's going to change my career in any way."
"Send You My Love"
"3 Crow"
** Bonus audio with Liz Longley **