Sheryl Crow is the newest artist to share the stories and songs of her life for the Audible music series, which Forbes learned exclusively.their hits when the track premieres on September 9.
“We went to the beginning. How I went from developing in a city with 3 red lamps to a position on the Michael Jackson tour. Having been a school teacher and moved to Los Angeles,” Crow said in a call from his outdoor home Nashville. “Having experienced cancer and all kinds of things, and passing out on the other side and feeling incredibly compelled to write and tell stories through music.
Although he says his adventure so far is encouraging at the end, Crow also doesn’t forget some of his darker chapters and adds his joy for Jackson’s excursion.”My joy at sexual harassment on this tour is similar to what is happening.today with the Me Too movement, ” he says.” There are some difficult moments there, but also some amazing moments.”
Documenting resonant moments and their connection to artists’ songs is precisely the sentiment of Words + Music, the suite of musical narratives from Audible that recently received an infusion via a multi-project partnership with production company Gunpowder & Sky.
The companies’ collaboration already has yielded installments from Alanis Morissette, Smokey Robinson and St. Vincent. And Gunpowder & Sky chief Van Toffler says the series is ramping up quickly as word spreads about the project, and artists look for meaningful ways to connect during the lockdown on live events.
“We’d talked about the series well before the pandemic,” he says. “Then suddenly all of these artists had all this free time. Particularly at this time, for artists to tell stories about their music and songs and record while they’re home, it was like they said, ‘I’ll pay you to do this.’ It’s given people a bit of space and breath to try a new format and create in a new genre for them.”
Spotlight On Long-Form Content From Music Artists
“We’ve seen a ton of enthusiasm from our customers for our pre-existing titles,” says Rachel Ghiazza, Audible head of US content, noting the success of earlier Audibles from Common, Tom Morello, Patti Smith, James Taylor and Rufus Wainwright.
“The opportunity to expand was a no-brainer for us,” she adds. “With everything going on in the world, it’s really opened up a different avenue for storytellers to tell their stories, and musicians are natural storytellers. This is a format that allows them to do that in a new way.”
Toffler, who in a beyond life directed MTV, Words Music to the iconic series of the network “Unplugged” and “Storytellers”, which aired on the sister channel VH1.It’s an analogy that resonates with Crow, who this summer digs off the road for the first time in 25 years.
“It’s like storytellers without the visual, but it has something charming because the visual develops in the eye of the person’s mind, the stories,” he says.”In fact, I miss gambling for people.But the positive thing for me is that this [project] actually brought me back to the game and to the singing, one by one.
Crow says the storytelling was “very important” in the development of his home.”My parents have amazing stories. Now we’re trained to make sure we do anything in a six-second piece or a piece of music or not to lose the listener.”He opposes that, and I enjoyed it. As a child who grew up without the images in the videos and without social media, I think it’s a glorious way to pass through someone’s beyond visually without having a visual boost about you.”
In fact, his arrival at Audible’s musical narratives was through “James Taylor: Break Shot,” released in January, which he discovered while driving in his car.”Maybe there were 10 minutes left and I ended up driving because I was looking to get it over with.I enjoyed their stories. I enjoyed your honesty. What a glorious way to give other people a chance to actually listen to who you are and who you were through to fit in what they think they are.
Crow recorded his consultation in his house studio, accompanied through a variety of tools and employing five microphones to sound.Among the songs woven into her tale are “If It Makes You Happy,” “All I Wanna Do,” “Strong Enough,” “My Favorite Mistake” and “Redemption Day,” which Crow says “has a glorious tale that revolves around a adventure with the USO and first girl Mrs. Clinton till her reincarnation with Johnny Cash on the Threadsrecord.
Each Words Music query includes a canopy song.Crow chose “Beware of Darkness”, which also appears on their album Threadsduets, which was released last August on Big Machine Records.”I love history, and George Harrison was a monumental inspiration to me, not only as a composer, but also as a user deeply committed to meditation,” he says.
Woman, in, White House
Crow’s new reboot of “Woman in the White House”, a song originally released in front of B 8 years ago and which was forced to review in early August, after completing its Audible segment but keeping in mind 2020, is not on her Words Music list.presidential elections.
“It has been worth saying since the dawn of time,” he says. “And if I have to rework the song 25 times, I’ll keep asking the question: is it rarely time that we have a woman to rule this country, who occupies one of the most difficult positions in the world?”
Crow, who recently held a virtual fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, says he hopes the song and election will pass another one this year.”I hope the most productive Array … more than anything, we want to redirect the country to a position where we can have a civilized discourse and communicate about the genuine problems.We want who can lead with compassion”.
What its Audible segment stores are its perspectives on the evolution of women’s position at the table.”We communicated a little bit about how things have been repositioned as an artist, how women’s roles in the world of music have been repositioned.we have to pass and how it indicates what’s going on globally in general,” he says.
“Women are entering their strength and men are having to face them and their role.A lot of that has been reflected in my music and also in my career.”
I am a freelance journalist with 30 years of experience in music, television, digital, logo and culture for companies and consumers.
I am a freelance journalist with 30 years of experience in music, television, digital, logo and culture for businesses and consumers.My signatures have given the impression on Billboard, Cynopsis, Revolt, Cablefax, The Hollywood Reporter, Home.