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— Alexz Johnson (@alexzjohnson) May 22, 2013

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The Instant Star actress is gearing up for new album release
by Nicole Pajer

Since portraying “Jude Harrison” on CTV’s Instant Star, Alexz Johnson has shifted focus towards her music career. The Canadian singer/songwriter is in the process of recording the follow up to her 2012 EP, “Skipping Stone” – a project she funded through a Pledge Music campaign.

“I’ve been writing a ton this year,” says Johnson who describes the vibe of the forthcoming album as “very soulful and pretty unique.”

The album will feature a new track titled “Nothin’ On Me,” which Johnson performed on a recent Daytrotter session. A fan will also help her write a song as part of a reward of pledging $8k towards the album.

Johnson is splitting her time writing in Toronto and L.A. before heading into the studio in June. “The goal is to record around 15 tracks and pick the right ones from there,” she explains.

The singer/actress is planning a UK tour in support of the release. Dates can be found at: alexzjohnson.com

Welcome To Daytrotter

Nothin’ On Me

Give Me Fire

Skipping Stone

Don’t Stop

@Paul Maddison: vine.co/v/bEuOtzuKw6Y

Here is a transcription of the article:

“Music became a real career choice for me around 15, when I started writing my own music with my brother Brendan,” says Canadian actress turned singer Alexz Johnson. “Music has always been my main passion,” she says. “With acting I sort of feel like it’s a ‘luck of the draw’ type situation.” After a stint on Disney’s So Weird the multi-talented performer soon moved on to a role as a fictional pop singer on the Canadian series Instant Star, but by 2008 she was writing and producing music full time. “With music I can share my experiences and hopefully give people something they can relate to. Moving to New York really threw me into the live music scene and I couldn’t see myself stopping after that.”

Since then Johnson has seen a string of musical successes including the release of her debut album in 2010 and a remix album in 2011. In 2012 she launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to fund her US tour for her forthcoming EP Skipping Stone. Within 24 hours, she reached her $30,000 goal and by the final day she had surpassed it raking in $50,000 to use toward touring. “It was scary! I had no idea I would raise the money. It was a vulnerable gamble but it was really inspiring to see how many ? were fighting for me to tour the US.” Johnson has since stayed busy releasing three demo albums: The Basement Recordings I, II, and III and a documentary chronicling her tour. Her schedule is back-to-back with a US Tour in spring, including SXSW, and recording her second album, due to be released in 2013.

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Finally, this video by Red Seas Fire below will help shed some light onto how damaging this can be for musicians who are getting these suspicious Facebook Likes:

I don’t know what can be done to sort this out outside of Facebook shedding some light into what they see is going on. Facebook was reportedly cracking down on Fake Likes and seems to have not commented on this new phenomenon with what Alexz and other artists have been noticing these past few months. I hope all her Likes are legitimate but looking at what’s going on they might be thousands of spam accounts which can only hurt her in the long run.

Hopefully things will return to normal sooner than later.

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I felt it was a good time to share with you another original demo… I’m feeling pretty thankful these days.. I’m so excited I have the opportunity to record this new album.

This song “Barely Holding On” was one I co-wrote with Mike Elizondo and David Ryan Harris. It was written while I was signed with Epic/Sony working on a few extra tracks for the Weight album that my brother Brendan and I wrote.
In the process of getting ready to record, I’ve been going through a ton of new and older material and in doing so I’ve come across some songs that are super special to me, capturing a time in my life so truthfully. This song is one of them..

The time is now!
I hope you enjoy
See ya soon!
AJ

The best way to get this track is to support her PledgeMusic campaign. Click here to Pledge for Alexz’s new album!

Barely Holding On

Suddenly I am alone
Oh my God where did I go?
Suddenly I’m missing home
Can you hear me?
Get my bottle in the sea
Cause it would mean a lot to me
If you could come and help me out
Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?
Cause I hope you’re not too long
Can you help me?
I’m barely holding on
This is not the way it’s meant to be
I’m barely holding on
Hoping there’s someone more brave than me
I’m barely holding on
There’s gotta be a safer day to run
So when’s it gonna come

Wasn’t meant to be like this
Thought I was a pilot
That I was on top of it
Can you see me?

Can you see me?
Cause I’m not feeling so brave
Can you save me?
I’m barely holding on
This is not the way it’s meant to be
I’m barely holding on
Hoping there’s someone more brave than me
I’m barely holding on
There’s gotta be a safer day to run
So when’s it gonna come

Can you hear me call?
You’ve got to help me climb over the wall x4

Can you hear me?
Cause I hope you’re not too long
Can you hear me?
So come and save me
I’m barely holding on
This is not the way it’s meant to be
I’m barely holding on
Hoping there’s someone more brave than me
I’m barely holding on
There’s gotta be a safer day to run
So when’s it gonna come

Can you hear me call?
You’ve got to help me climb over the wall x4

So tell me when’s it gonna come
So tell me when’s it gonna come