{"id":1030,"date":"2019-06-16T19:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T19:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2019-06-16T19:30:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T19:30:01","slug":"blog-interview-meg-doherty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/16\/blog-interview-meg-doherty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: Meg Doherty"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHello Meg how are you?<\/p>\n


\nHello! I\u2019m well thanks, just getting over a cold\u2026 in June! British weather eh? It\u2019s great to be chatting with you again!<\/em><\/p>\n


\nCongratulations on the release of your new album \u201cWrong Medicine\u201d. How does it feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nThanks so much, it\u2019s great to finally have this music out there, I\u2019ve been working on this for two years now! It\u2019s a relief but It\u2019s nerve racking too! Watching this little creation grow and then letting it out in to the world for others to listen to (and hopefully enjoy!).<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the key thing you\u2019ve learned in the writing process?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nThis is a tricky one because I started writing this album mid 2017 which feels like so long ago! I knew that my lyrics had to remain relatable even though I was writing about such personal issues. I thought that \u2018Under The Streetlight\u2019 was a little too personal and this was going to be cut from the album until my lovely producer said it was one of his favourites! So I learned that leaving songs open to interpretation is important; I seem to remember reading a Bob Dylan interview where he said his songs mean whatever the listener wants them to mean.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nWhat\u2019s your favourite song on the album?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nAnother tough one! It changes depending on my mood- \u2018Ana\u2019 was definitely the most fun to write and put together. I love the layers of vocals at the end and I love all of the interpretations I\u2019ve heard so far! Having said that, I think \u2018We Fall\u2019 is my favourite at the moment. It has a Beatles-y feel so maybe it just reminds me of home! It\u2019s also the turning point in the album and the song has a real bittersweet feel. It\u2019s the first time you hear Hugh\u2019s vocal so I think this song adds another dimension to the album.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nBeing a Liverpudlian girl, what was it like recording at the Mecca of all recording studios, Abbey Road?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh it was a dream come true! I grew up in Wavertree (South Liverpool), so I can say that my music career has taken me from Penny Lane to Abbey Road so far! How cheesy is that?! I\u2019m so grateful though. I could never have imagined that I\u2019d end up recording this album in Abbey Road when I set out to write it. It was a very humbling experience to walk through the corridors and see photos of so many musicians who\u2019ve recorded in the same building, who I look up to so much! I owe a lot to Liam for his amazing work on this project and for providing the opportunities to record there. I\u2019ll never forget the feeling of walking through the gates to record, just me and my guitar, and security just nodding \u2018hello\u2019. In one word\u2026 boss!<\/em><\/p>\n


\nYou have gained a fan in Mr. Russell Crowe, with him tweeting you\u2026 Was that a total surprise for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nNot a total surprise! I\u2019ve been a huge fan of Russell Crowe for a long time and twitter is a great platform for reaching out to big names. I started connecting with him about his upcoming films and then built on that really. Meeting him in 2015 was truly unforgettable and since then, I\u2019ve been a lot more comfortable tweeting my music to him. His tweet about \u2018Ana\u2019 in December was a bit of a shock though\u2026 it was pretty much unprompted and I wasn\u2019t tagged in it so I didn\u2019t actually know he\u2019d posted that until the next day! Great bit of promotion and I\u2019m hugely thankful to him for all of the support he\u2019s shown so far with my music. I\u2019ll let you know when he\u2019s heard the album\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n


\nYou have played gigs in support of the project; what songs have you enjoyed playing live?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nYeah, I had an album launch party at the end of May to celebrate. I still love playing \u2018Sundown\u2019 live because it\u2019s easy to get people moving and clapping along. From the album though, \u2018Wrong Medicine\u2019 has been my favourite tune to play so far. I love belting out the chorus because the lyrics still resonate with me so the performance always feels quite raw. However, I played \u2018Ana\u2019 for the first time at the launch party and I think that\u2019s going to get better with each live performance because of how it builds. I\u2019m still learning what to do with the crowd for that one though!<\/em><\/p>\n


\nWhat artists and bands are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nI\u2019ve just rekindled the flame for my love of \u2018Muse\u2019 after seeing them live again for the first time in six years! So I\u2019m listening to their whole catalogue a lot. I\u2019ve also been checking out Lewis Capaldi- there\u2019s such a hype around him I thought I\u2019d see what he was all about and he\u2019s got a great voice! I love his social media presence and his persona as well. He really knows how to engage fans. I try to listen to new music all the time and I\u2019ve been putting a playlist of 10 songs together every month, so people can hear what I\u2019m listening to every four weeks. Check it out!<\/em><\/p>\n


\nWhat\u2019s next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nI\u2019ve got some gigs lined up over the next couple of weeks- Friday 21st is Make Music Day UK so I\u2019ll be playing at the Albert Dock and then Friday 28th I\u2019m helping a friend with her single launch party playing some guitar there. I\u2019m not entirely sure what the next big project is for me though; it\u2019s looking like a music video to go along with the promotion of \u2018Wrong Medicine\u2019! Definitely a long (hopefully hot) summer of gigs though, for sure.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n