Sarah Morris
Sarah is the third blog that I have done of 4 amazing ladies from the Minneapolis area. My friend Vicky Emerson introduced me to Sarah. Sarah is a tremendous songwriter, also has a beautiful voice. Sarah is one of those singer that you really can put into a certain genre. The closest I can come up with is Singer-Songwriter. Sarah’s vocals are so clean and pure, when Sarah sings it just puts you in such a warm safe place. Her songwriting abilities are outstanding, Sarah can be given a single word and come up with a song. Couple of my favorite songs are “Sway Me” this song has a Country vibe to it. That is old style Country music. Another song of Sarah with that Country vibe is “Used To Be Mine”. Sarah also does a great rendition of “I Just Want To Dance With You” by the late great John Prine. Sarah is always busy with several different projects. Her personal one is “Toilet Tunes with Sarah Morris” & one she does with four other very Talented Ladies Is “Thanks For Being A Friend” stream. The first one you can find at Sarah’s YouTube page which I put a link below. The Second one they do once a month which should be starting back again in the near future. So here are some links to check out Sarah Morris’s music. https://sarahmorrismusic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sarah+morris+music
2.How many bands have you been in? Let’s see! 1 a Capella group. I’ve been the official background singer in 2 bands and sung harmonies for a whole lot of people in less official contexts. I have my own project, and I am half of The Home Fires - a duo with Vicky Emerson.
4. Are you self-taught? Nope! I’ve had so many wonderful teachers in my life! From piano to individual voice study, 4 years in a music conservatory for college, I’ve had two guitar teachers (since stumbling my way through it on my own, initially). 5. Who are your biggest influences? As humans - my kids, my husband, my parents. Musically - Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, and back at my start: Bette Midler, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand. 6. What style of music do you consider yours? I usually say singer-songwriter, because those are two of my favorite words, brought together by a hyphen :) Then I offer up ‘Americana-ish’ and ‘Country-influenced’. 7. What was your first gig? How old were you? My first ‘gig’ was probably in college, I played at my second cousins’ high school open house, with my brother on bass, and his best friend on guitar. I held the mandolin, and occasionally tried to make it sort of percussive while I was singing - Haha! 8. What advice do you have for someone starting out in the music business? Oof, that’s hard, but I think I’d offer something along the lines of ‘stay in your own lane/be true to your school/don’t let comparison be the thief of your joy’. Because I think one of the harder things to figure out *for me anyways* was how to just honor my voice/who I am, rather than trying to be what other people wanted me to be. I would also say “Heck yeah! That’s awesome! I’m certain the world needs to hear your songs!” 9. Do you write your own songs? I do! 10. What would people be surprised to hear that you have in your personal record collection? I don’t know that anything is that surprising about my record collection (which is really now my library on Apple, but…), but my deep early love for Mariah Carey is notable! And she really was the first artist that I knew that was a ‘singer-songwriter’ in a sense. Even though I was into her music years before I considered songwriting, interviews where she described her writing process really stuck with me. 11. What would you be doing if playing music was not an option? If playing music was not an option, right now, I’d go work in a restaurant or a bakery, or a wine shop. I love food - making it, talking about it, the way people come together around it. I’m a passionate sourdough baker, so getting to work somewhere where I could deepen those skills would be really wonderful. 12. Besides your own songs, what is your favorite song to perform? In the right space, singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ while Thomas Nordlund plays guitar - that’s always a deeply special experience for me. “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” (David Allan Coe, via John Prine and Steve Goodman) is always a favorite - I don’t often write anything that sassy, so it’s fun to get to dive into someone else's tunes! Also, I love singing harmony on my friends’ tunes - Vicky Emerson, Annie Fitzgerald, Matthew French - that’ll get me every time! 13. If you were strictly a songwriter, who would you like to see sing your songs? Just about anyone would be thrilling! But dream artists would include: LeeAnn Womack, Alison Krauss, Kelly Willis!
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AuthorHello, My name is Michael. I am into music, have been for over 48yrs. Big fan of all kinds of music, right now it has been the Blues for the last 10yrs. I do not play any instruments, But I very interested in the recording aspect of the industry. Have messed around with it a little and always learning new things about it. I have met many wonderful people because of Music.. Hope you enjoy my Blogs... In the last two years I have been producing House Concerts. I also in the past 2 years got to produce and engineer an album for a very good friend of mine from Sweden "Magpie". Archives
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