Joy's title track offers a comprehensive guide to happiness, Venson's voice deepening mid-speech as she asserts her soul isn't for sale. "I'm not letting it affect my self-worth, but you specifically asked me about a career and running a career, and this is where it is right now. The Berklee College of Music alum figures she's got another 10 years of climbs left in her. She had formal musical training in classical piano, graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2011. I think I wouldve been smited if Id played that song on anything but a Strat, she remarked. Session drummer Jim Keltner recalls John Lennon and George Harrison telling him not to bad-mouth Paul McCartney, Is Nuno Bettencourt one of the top three guitar players in the world? It comes from within me, and I guard it and only share it in certain ways so that I can protect it. Jackie Venson Concert Tickets: 2023 Live Tour Dates - Bandsintown Jackie Venson, Vintage Machine. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 has been an extraordinarily active year for Venson, who turned 30 in early February. Jackie Venson, "Vintage Machine." . Don't Lie To Me, Austin-born guitarist Jackie Venson's latest single, lures listeners in with breezy reggae grooves, but a searing overdriven solo confirms the singer-songwriter's fierce musical intent courtesy of some searing Strat licks . Whats the greatest guitar tone youve ever heard? Throw a rock in Texas, and youll hit a guitar player better than most youve ever heard, guaranteed. George Benson, he's so agile. She goes on to say, I really loved working on Afterglow and Joy because it was my first experience really buckling down on an arrangement, making decisions based on the rest of the collection of music, and really digging deep within myself for all of my accumulative musical knowledge., Music that inspired her in her early days, The music in Disney movies was a significant influence in Vensons early life. It wasn't until after Jackie graduated from Berklee that she decided to pick up the guitar and began a new musical career. Then came this summers Blues on the Screen controversy, when Venson initially was dropped from the virtual version of ACL Radios popular concert series but stuck to her demands for a more diverse lineup and ultimately ended up curating the entire bill. All of us, we are a revolution. Drummer Rodney Hyder then jumped into the funky backbeat of Joy, the show-closer that put all of Vensons eggs soulful grooves, pop melodies and powerhouse guitar into one basket to bring it all home. One of the songs was recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, but the rest were recorded in Austin, TX, at either ORB or The Bubble, she says. BA1 1UA.
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