I agree merc, an artist has to feel like they can connect with the song in order to express it convincingly...
Another interview
Quote:Is there any song from "Listen Up!" that you struggled with creating lyrically more than the others?
Quote:Melody comes first and pretty easy for me. Once I’m in the zone it’s really fun to go back and forth and make a story happen among me and the other songwriters. I remember “Undone” was actually kind of hard because it’s such a sorrowful song and we had to write it with me and two other people. Trying to match up those feelings and make it rhyme at the same time can be a task.
(10-24-2015, 02:44 PM)riley Wrote: IMHO she is venerable right now for the first time in her career (at the ripe old age of 25) hopefully she has a brand in demand now and now can negotiate with terms more in her favor. My favorite song changes over time and so does my opinion.
Covering iconic songs and classics, she's got that down pat, but as an artist, a true artist, she wants to find what she's capable of. Remember, it was said that she didn't really get into Jazz until that day she tried out as the singer for her High School Jazz band, their first Jazz vocalist which eventually took them to Umbrea Jazz Festival
I think part of what she loves about working w/ PMJ is not only do they do songs in 'classic' styles of eras past, but they also get to be inventive, infuse modern lyrics into jazz styles, so it gives her a chance to excercise her creativity, put some of herself, her personality, into the song (Creep, Ooops I did it again, 7NA are prime examples of Haley "making it her own")
I think the EP will tell us some things.... I think Haley's latest struggle might be that she wants to do more 'updated' music, maybe more R&B, perhaps a dance track. She is still very young after all, even though she adores the music of the past, her youth must call for music that is more updated, music of her generation. (Look at some of the work of her song writing contemporaries at Ole and you can see their modern take on music, with a wide variation of musical styles they explore, perhaps something Ole encourages)
We've heard some of Haley's more dance and hip hop contributions, which though is not my genre of choice, I like, but seems to have not engendered any excitement from most in her fan base
She can't be satisfied w/ being pigeon holed, whether it be as a 'cover singer' or a 'jazz singer'... Like Casey, she's trying to find where she fits in the modern world of music. "Show Me Your Moves", even though I like it (my genre is
Haley 
) It was apparent that many of her fans wanted her to go back to singing in the style they've grown to expect from her. Heck, I've got videos w/ more views than SMYM has
On the business end of things, Haley knows where her bread is buttered, as far as songs people like to hear her sing. But as an artist, she's too young to settle in just yet. I expect she will continue to push to find her sound, as an artist. Hopefully she can find the right mix/balance between the covers that a majority of her fans like, and the music she wants to write to represent who she thinks she is an artist in the 21st century
