{"id":6418,"date":"2024-03-07T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6418"},"modified":"2024-03-07T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:48:16","slug":"blog-interview-lori-triplett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/blog-interview-lori-triplett\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: Lori Triplett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LoriTriplett-11_PhotoCredit-TaylorChristianJones-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/03qpOtlarU6m62UBELNFPI?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><b>Hello Lori, how are you? You\u2019re an artist from Nashville, how did it all begin for you?<\/b><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Hey Platinum Mind &#8211; thanks for having me! Yes, I\u2019m based out of Nashville, TN<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> but grew up in a small town in Ohio called St. Marys.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>Music was always a part of my life growing up, thanks to my dad.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>He\u2019s a huge music lover and was always playing music in the house, on road trips<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and short car rides, so my love of music definitely comes from him. My parents both took notice of my interest in piano when my oldest sister was playing and taking lessons, and they eventually started taking me to weekly lessons when I was 7. I only took lessons until I was 12 but kept playing\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">and<\/span> started writing my own songs around that time. Over the years, I kept writing songs\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">and<\/span> poetry then slowly started to share them with others. Eventually, I recorded\u00a0 released my debut album independently around 2004<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> about a year later, I decided to move to Nashville when I was around 21 or 22 to finish college <span class=\"gmail_default\">and\u00a0<\/span>learn more about the industry.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>What did you listen to growing up?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I listened to an eclectic list of artists growing up, much like I do today. I\u2019d listen to some of my dad\u2019s favorite songs and artists like Linda Ronstadt, Bread, The Beatles, Paul Williams, Elvis Presley, Peter, Paul and Mary, etc. But then I\u2019d discovered my own artists I was into like The Cranberries, Billie Holiday, Garbage, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Ginny Owens, a<span class=\"gmail_default\">nd<\/span> Nichole Nordeman<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> to name a few. I was really all over the map with who I listened to.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>Congratulations on the release of \u201cAll I\u2019m Letting Go Of\u201d how does it feel?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Thanks, I appreciate that! Releasing new music always feels good &#8211; it\u2019s a chance to connect with people<span class=\"gmail_default\">, and<\/span>\u00a0I\u2019m hoping the song finds some new listeners along the way who can relate to the song.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>What\u2019s the story behind the song?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I wrote it back in 2022 at home. I was thinking about how often we hear the phrase \u201c<span class=\"gmail_default\">l<\/span>et it go\u201d or just the advice to let something go that has caused you pain. And that made me think about how letting go for me is usually a process of letting it go in pieces instead of all at once.\u00a0 Some of the things happening in my life at the time were coming to mind as I wrote, so I really just drew from those feelings\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">and<\/span> experiences while I was writing the song. But it\u2019s really just a song about processing my emotions, trying to let go and move on, and then questioning if it\u2019s time<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and if I actually am letting go when I think I am or if it\u2019s all going to come back around again in my life. Maybe it\u2019s a song about overthinking\u2026<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>ha<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>ha<span class=\"gmail_default\">.<\/span> You\u2019ll have to decide when you listen to it!<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>It\u2019s from a larger body of work \u201cWhen The Morning Comes\u201d, due out in March.\u00a0 What was it like recording this project?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><br \/>Yes, it was the\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">second<\/span>\u00a0single from my new album, \u201cWhen the Morning Comes<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span>\u201d out everywhere on <span class=\"gmail_default\">March 1st<\/span>. Recording this project was a long road but a really wonderful experience and process. It was my first time tracking with a live band, so it was a totally different recording experience than I had ever had in the past. I was hearing the songs for the first time with a band on the same day we were recording them for the album, so it was a lot to digest and a lot of pressure to make sure I was happy with the direction we were going and that my performances were up to par. But I\u2019m so glad this album was created that way<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> because it really has that human element that a lot of music today is missing<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> in my opinion. We were bringing the songs alive together and it was organic and special.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>Everyone was feeding off of each<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>other while we performed the song together. We recorded the first\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">three<\/span> songs in the summer of 2022 in <span class=\"gmail_default\">two\u00a0<\/span>days (<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>Night Rider,<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span> <span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>Hollow White Oak,<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">and<\/span> <span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>Sanctuary<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>). Hearing those really helped me shape the rest of the album, and I decided the other\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">seven<\/span> songs I had written and was planning to record just weren\u2019t my best songs and the right fit with the others. So I spent more time digging into my songwriting and working to pay for the album and came back the following March in 2023 to finish recording the rest of the album with the new songs I had written.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>I learned so much and had so much fun. I wish I could start another album tomorrow &#8211; it was a really special thing to get to create with some extremely talented and kind people<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and I loved every moment of being in the studio with them.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>You recorded it with Paul Moak, what\u2019s your favourite memory of the sessions?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Yeah, Paul and his team there at his studio (The Smoakstack)<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> along with the band he put together for the album<span class=\"gmail_default\">, who<\/span> were so amazing to be around and work with. I think my favorite memory was listening down to the whole record together when we were finished. It was such an emotional release &#8211; I still get choked up when I think about it.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>I kept trying to tell them how much I appreciated them and how much finishing the album meant to me and why, but I didn\u2019t want to completely fall apart either. It just was a really special moment<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> I think<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> for all of us, but especially me.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">What did you learn most from Paul?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I think I learned the most from Paul in the things he didn\u2019t say more than what he said. Paul is just a gentle person &#8211; the way he speaks, the way he listens, and the way he leads. He\u2019s enormously talented and definitely commands a room<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> but he does it in a way that shows his warmth and humility. He\u2019s approachable<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and you just trust him when you work with him, which is so important because making music, for me, is a really personal and vulnerable thing. There are so many people I\u2019ve come across in the industry who are successful like Paul<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> but they don\u2019t show half the humility that he does. So it was refreshing being around someone like him<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and he challenged me without even really having to say anything.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">For example, after we finished recording the first\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">three<\/span> songs on the album, I just knew from working with him and the band that the others I was planning on recording just weren\u2019t the best I could do after all. So it inspired me to dig a little deeper into what I was wanting to say for this album. And that changed the course of the album. He\u2019s the kind of person you hope people will be when they are successful<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and I\u2019m really grateful to have worked alongside him on this album and to know him.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>What\u2019s your favourite track from it?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">That\u2019s hard to say because they all hold such different meanings for me personally. I really love the way <span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>Things You Said to Me<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span> and <span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>The Wishing Star<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span> turned out<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> but it\u2019s hard to say a favorite because I\u2019m proud of all of them.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>It takes people on a journey in different aspects of your life, how does it feel to be that vulnerable?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I think being vulnerable goes hand in hand with being an artist. I don\u2019t really think you can create good, solid art without being willing to be vulnerable and deeply honest &#8211; both with yourself and with your audience. I love being able to share that vulnerability with my listeners<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"> because I think it invites them to be vulnerable in their own life as well. It helps them know they aren\u2019t alone in what they may be feeling and experiencing<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"> and I think that ultimately leads to healing and growth both for me and for my listeners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>You\u2019ve assembled quite a great collection of musicians to play on it, what was a real pinch me moment for you?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Yeah, Paul put together a killer band for the album: Charlie Lowell on keys, B3, and celeste<span class=\"gmail_default\">;<\/span> Julian Dorio on drums; Matt Pierson and Kevin Whitsett on bass<span class=\"gmail_default\">;<\/span> then Paul on guitars and BGVs and some other assorted instruments. I think the first day of tracking where I performed <span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span>Night Rider<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span> on the piano for the first time for everyone to chart it was pretty cool &#8211; that\u2019s when it really felt real that I was finally starting to record the album. Then performing it later in the session for the actual record with the band for the first time just felt really good.<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span>Everyone was so wonderful to work with &#8211; we had a lot of fun together<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> and I really appreciated the different ways each of them added their own signature styles to the songs.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>Living in Nashville and surrounded by its musical roots, what are your three favourite things about living there?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I don\u2019t know if I can list <span class=\"gmail_default\">three<\/span>\u00a0specific favorite things, but I\u2019d say in general I love the opportunities that are here &#8211; to meet new people, to be inspired, and to be constantly challenged to keep going and continue working on your craft. It\u2019s a real community<span class=\"gmail_default\">,\u00a0<\/span>and knowing that there are so many other creatives out there making music or pursuing some other form of art alongside myself really is comforting and challenging at the same time.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I\u2019m always all over the place with who I\u2019m listening to. I\u2019ve been listening to a lot of Stephen Wilson Jr., Angel Olsen, James Taylor, Angel Snow, Patty Griffin, Copeland, Ruston Kelly, and Trent Reznor a<span class=\"gmail_default\">nd<\/span> Atticus Ross compositions lately.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><b>What\u2019s next for you?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">I\u2019m working on putting some shows together for my new album &#8211; I haven\u2019t been performing very much lately since I\u2019ve been busy working and getting everything together for the album release. So I\u2019m excited to get back out there and play some shows again and share the songs with everyone. I also have taken some time away from songwriting for a while<span class=\"gmail_default\">,<\/span> so I\u2019m looking forward to digging back in and seeing what I may create next.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Lori, how are you? You\u2019re an artist from Nashville, how did it all begin for you? 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