{"id":3941,"date":"2012-05-16T19:23:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T00:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexz.net\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2012-05-16T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T00:23:37","slug":"alexz-featured-at-mp3-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexz.net\/?p=3941","title":{"rendered":"Alexz Featured At MP3.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably been to this site once or twice and today they Featured Alexz and “Skipping Stone” as their Free MP3 of the Day.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re Canadian, you may recognize Alexz Johnson for her acting on the hit TV series Instant Star. If you aren\u2019t, well then prepare to be wowed by this immensely talented young artist.<\/p>\n

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If you aren\u2019t familiar with her, here\u2019s a quick rundown of the talented multi-disciplinary artist\u2019s accomplishments: In addition to being the show\u2019s star, Alexz Johnson also wrote the songs that her character performed on the show. When Instant Star finished after its fourth season, Johnson decided pursue a musical career full time.<\/p>\n

Despite her television fame, however, the road to success has not been easy. Internal battles with her labels Capitol and Epic caused her debut album to be shelved indefinitely \u2013 a crushing blow for the young artist. She has manged to keep an optimistic attitude through it all though saying, \u201dIt\u2019s been tough, but something always keeps me going. Even with no money in my pocket, things land where they land and you keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Johnson is back on her feet. She has cut ties with Capitol and Epic and has decided to release her music independently by generating funding through a Kickstarter<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel stronger, wiser,\u201d she says of the songs on her new EP Skipping Stone. \u201cI\u2019m in love now, and writing from that place. I can look back at old relationships, old situations from a vantage point.\u201d The EP mirrors Johnson\u2019s new direction: it\u2019s stripped down and airy, leaving room for her crystal clean, operatic voice to roam in styles which range from Johnny Cash-era country, to 40\u2019s style ballads, to seductive, smoky world-beats.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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