5 Questions
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1. If I knew absolutely nothing about Alyssa Jacey,
how would you describe your music to me?
-- It's the kind of music that lifts your spirits
when you're feeling down. It gives you hope after heartbreak. Applicable
to both genders, I sing about love, life and loss. It's not really one
genre, I believe it's a fusion of many, such as FolkRock, Pop, Soul and
a hint of Country here and there. What ever moves me, I write about it
and the lyrics and melodies hit me at the same time. Also, if it were a
color, it would be blue:)
2. If I were to buy your new EP The Soul (2006),
what songs should I pay particular attention to and why?
-- That is my favorite part about this career.
I LOVE to write and each song has something to say, something to
give you. This EP
is special b/c it's packed with some of my favorite songs I've ever
written. Currently, I'm re-recording 3 out of the 5 songs to make
my new 3-song Demo. I would say 'Integrity' and 'Prove Me Wrong'
are my favorites, 'Sunset Blue' is a close 2nd to those because they
have it all, the lyrics, melodies, everything in my opinion. 'Understand?'
is a song that lyrically I would want you to pay attention to.
3. Where do you hail from and when did you decide
a career in music was best for you?
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I was born and raised here in San Diego.
I moved to Nor Cal for my freshman year of college to Sonoma Sate University,
and moved back to SD to focus more on my dance career. 2 years later I stopped
going to school and moved to LA for 9 months to pursue dancing more seriously
and that's when I started doing kareoke, that was in 2004. I moved back to
SD in late 2004, continued singing at kareoke bars, started back at school
full time in 2005 at Cal Sate University San Marcos (now graduated with a
BA in Communications) and recorded my first two albums that year. So, I knew
music was right for me after a year of being told, "You should do something
with your voice," and my entire life of being told, "You should
do something with your writing." Luckily, the two go hand in hand. If
I were to be told I should do something with my voice and with my underwater
basket weaving, pet psychic or numb-chuck skills, I'd be screwed.
4.
What was your worst on stage experience? What was your
best?
My worst stage experience is always the same one. I'm VERY hard on myself,
and even when people think I do/did a great job, I might think I was
horrible. So nights when I don't think I sound good, vocally or on guitar
are always bad experiences for me. I have forgotten lyrics before but
I was able to make something up on the spot so that wasn't so bad.
My
best experiences happen more frequently, thank goodness. I would say
my BEST experience was my very first show in LA at the Room 5 Lounge
in March of 2007. I made up a comedy/a'capella song while I was driving
around looking for parking before my set, and got up on stage, sang
it as my introduction, and people ate it up! The room was packed, about
50 people can fit in there and there were probably between 40-50 that
night. I sang my first 3 songs, and when it was time for my last one,
after feeling out the crowd and how chill they were, I sang my acoustic
comedy song, 'If I Were a Rapper,' and by the end of my set, people
were singing back with me, cheering, laughing and clapping! I got off stage
and got on-cored, standing ovations, the whole 9, it was so incredible.
There was even a line that formed backstage, people
waiting to meet me
and tell me how much they loved the show. The woman who booked me
said, "That
was an amazing set. You are welcome to be one of our resident artists
if you'd like, we'd love to have you back each month." And since
then, I've been performing there all the time, it's my favorite spot
in LA. It was the BEST music experience I have EVER had.
5. Do you think that the Internet (whether it be Internet
radio, legal downloading, MySpace, streaming audio, etc.) is a good tool
for musicians or is it a bad thing because it hinders profits?
-- Personally, for me right now, I think it is absolutely
amazing. Myspace has done nothing but awesome things for me, I owe so much
to it. It's how Poet Roni Girl from the Room 5 Lounge found me and with out
it I might never have had my BEST experience at that venue! It does hinder
profits, for sure, but for someone like me who isn't signed and needs all
the publicity they can get, it's okay right now. I don't plan to be unsigned
for long though;)
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