{"id":5692,"date":"2014-03-19T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexz.net\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2014-03-19T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T16:51:12","slug":"interview-with-the-corner-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexz.net\/?p=5692","title":{"rendered":"Interview With The Corner Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Corner Magazine<\/a> recently interviewed Alexz about her European Tour, music, and her future plans:<\/p>\n

\nSource<\/a><\/p>\n

I had the honor to meet Alexz Johnson in person. For those, who don\u2019t know her, here\u2019s the catch-up: She is a Canadian singer\/songwriter and actress, most known for her role as Jude Harrison in the CTV series \u201cInstant Star\u201d. After her first album \u201cVoodoo\u201d in 2010, she just released her latest EP \u201cHeart EP\u201d.<\/p>\n

Munich is your last stop in your European tour. How was it like to perform with Ron Pope?<\/strong>
\nHe\u2019s a sweetheart. I just adore him and Blair, his wife is his manager. It\u2019s been an amazing experience, the easiest tour I\u2019ve ever had to do because I just have to bring my guitar and go on stage. I\u2019m not dealing with the band, other tours I\u2019ve done I\u2019m delegating so much and this has been easy. Selling my own merch has been hard. You know, it\u2019s been great. It\u2019s giving me some edge.<\/p>\n

What did you enjoy about touring in Europe?<\/strong>
\nI loved it. I think it\u2019s been amazing. It\u2019s been me just able to play on stage with my guitar to the audience. Like I said, I haven\u2019t seen much of Europe. I just kind of lived on a tour bus but touring isn\u2019t really about seeing things. It\u2019s about playing for people. So it\u2019s not like vacation: You sleep in a bus, you see your venue and you move on from there but it\u2019s been amazing.<\/p>\n

Are there any plans for you coming back to perform in Germany soon? Any specifies yet?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t have any plans aside getting my album finished yet. After that, I\u2019ll start thinking about my next tour.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been receiving vocal training by the age of seven. After winning the Canadian National Anthem Contest at the age of eleven, you\u2019ve had lots of appearances in Canadian television and performances for some sport events. Have there been any time in your career when you wanted to do something different than being a singer or an actress?<\/strong>
\nNever. I love sports and I went back to school when I was filming, when I was young but besides that, no, I love music and writing. I can\u2019t think of myself doing anything else. I don\u2019t know what else I\u2019d do. Really be a mom one day but besides that\u2026<\/p>\n

Even though you had several offers from record labels after your part in the series \u201cSo weird\u201d in 2000, you\u2019ve chosen to go your own way because of creative control.<\/strong>
\nWell I signed first with Capital and that record never got a release, then I did a full record with Sony but that record never got a release. It\u2019s like, it\u2019s not difficult to get a record label\u2026 it\u2019s about\u2026 what are they gonna do with your record. Are they gonna put it out or not? I just like having control about my album getting out. That\u2019s my goal.<\/p>\n

Is there any advice you can give to young musicians when it comes to finding the \u201cright\u201d way for themselves?<\/strong>
\nYou have to really love it, to really want it but not for reasons like, it\u2019s not about being famous, you know and if you\u2019re in it for fame then it\u2019s gonna be really fleeting. It\u2019s gonna happen really quickly and it\u2019s gonna go. It has to be for your love in connecting in music and your passion. So I\u2019d say to people, if you\u2019re willing to fight the fight then you have the power to be whatever you want. Just don\u2019t be afraid to fail. You need the guts to do it. Follow your heart but do it for the right reasons!<\/p>\n

In 2004 you\u2019ve become a part in the Canadian series \u201cInstant Star\u201d, where the young Jude Harrison wins a music competition. The show gives an impression of the music industry. ..but how much of Jude Harrison do you see in yourself?<\/strong>
\nA ton. I feel like the writing became a lot about my life like going to London and stuff like that\u2026 but I think, I\u2019ve been on this show for four years\u2026 feels like my humor kinda became similar to Jude. She\u2019s just a younger version of me at that time.<\/p>\n

Your debut album \u201cVoodoo\u201d was released in 2010. What is different in the working progress in comparison with working for a series? Because you also wrote your songs with your brother Brendan for the show\u2026<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s so hard to compare. It\u2019s such a different time in my life, I\u2019m 27 now and it\u2019s liking comparing to what it was like writing songs when I was 21. I\u2019m just writing real songs that connect whether I write them with my brother, I write them with someone else or by myself I just wanna make sure it\u2019s a strong song and it\u2019s something I believe in. There is not really comparison. I have to feel it otherwise I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n

After that several EPs appeared. Now, just a couple days ago, you\u2019ve released your \u201cHeart EP\u201d. Congrats! Tell us about your new work and about raising money via pledgemusic.com<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nI mean, I\u2019ve kinda been updating via pledge about the process. It\u2019s been a bit of a journey with this record and there is no science to making an album. Every album has its own way of happening, sometimes it\u2019s a year, sometimes it\u2019s two\u2026 sometimes it\u2019s six months. So I wanna be loyal, I wanna be true to my fans. I don\u2019t wanna rush something out because they want it, I don\u2019t wanna rush something out because I\u2019m on a deadline otherwise I\u2019m not being authentic and this is why people like my music, I think. I\u2019m proud of the \u201cHeart EP\u201d, I\u2019m proud of the songs. I think they\u2019re done. I hope that if I change my music changes with me, otherwise it\u2019ll just get boring.<\/p>\n

What inspires you in the creative process while writing songs?<\/strong>
\nReal experiences: heartache, everything I feel, people around me\u2026 whatever I feel, or whatever I go through, I\u2019ll write about it\u2026 dreams. Mostly I just have an idea about something and I just get my guitar and I mumble, this mumble becomes a lyric\u2026 but it changes every time.<\/p>\n

Can you reveal some of your upcoming plans for this year?<\/strong>
\nPretty much finish this album, go on tour. Keep on doing what I\u2019m doing. I wanna do a headlining tour in Europe\u2026 hopefully that works out.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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