{"id":35499,"date":"2018-04-30T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35499"},"modified":"2018-04-30T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:04:10","slug":"scott-gray-maybe-its-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/scott-gray-maybe-its-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Gray &#8211; &#8216;Maybe It\u2019s You&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scott-Gray-Press.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/scott-gray-maybe-its-you\/scott-gray-press\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scott-Gray-Press.jpg?fit=1200%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479358978&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scott Gray &amp;#8211; Press\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scott-Gray-Press.jpg?fit=640%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scott-Gray-Press.jpg?resize=640%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Scott Gray grew up in a small town in rural Illinois, in an extremely sheltered community, without much access to discovering popular music. He saw a local news story about Christian singer\/songwriter Amy Grant, and suddenly found he had a favourite artist. He started playing piano, and chose to learn every song by Amy, and her contemporary Christian artists, such as Michael W Smith. All changed however when Gray&#8217;s step-uncle said to him &#8211; \u201cIf you ever want to make something of yourself in the music industry, you\u2019re gonna have to write your own songs&#8221; &#8211; and started working on his own tunes immediately.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scott attended Southern Illinois University, and left with a degree in Political Science, after which he moved to Nashville, and took courses in Music Business at Belmont University. The first day of classes, his professor uttered words which had a similar effect on him as his step-uncle&#8217;s: &#8220;You can start a record label&#8221;. His imagination was fired up. After taking a few internships, even becoming Amy Grant&#8217;s secondary personal assistant, Scott founded 500 Hats Music Company.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scott Gray launched his debut EP, &#8216;Raincoats &amp; Other Short Stories&#8217;, on March 9 this year, released through 500 Hats Music. He talks of his past and shares the wisdom taught to him on his wild musical journey. &#8216;Maybe It&#8217;s You&#8217; a smooth track with a jazz club vibe, is the second to come from the EP, and is complemented by a music video, shot in New York. The brainchild of photographer, filmmaker and artist Alexey Wind, it&#8217;s a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottgraymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Gray&#8217;s website<\/a> for updates and further information about the man and his music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_78016\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gKwQB_NG7Uo?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Scott Gray - &quot;Maybe It&#039;s You&quot; (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/gKwQB_NG7Uo\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Gray grew up in a small town in rural Illinois, in an extremely sheltered community, without much access to discovering popular music. He saw a local news story about Christian singer\/songwriter Amy Grant, and suddenly found he had a favourite artist. He started playing piano, and chose to learn every song by Amy, and her contemporary Christian artists, such as Michael W Smith. All changed however when Gray&#8217;s step-uncle said to him &#8211; \u201cIf you ever want to make something of yourself in the music industry, you\u2019re gonna have to write your own songs&#8221; &#8211; and started working on his own tunes immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9,640],"tags":[14024,286,14026,77,14025,14023,78,79,304,81],"class_list":["post-35499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-500-hats-music-company","tag-ep","tag-maybe-its-you","tag-new-release","tag-raincoats-other-short-stories","tag-scott-gray","tag-singer","tag-single","tag-songwriter","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9ez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41836,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/scott-gray-raincoats\/","url_meta":{"origin":35499,"position":0},"title":"Scott Gray &#8211; &#8216;Raincoats&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/10\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Scott Gray makes his home in Nashville Tennessee, but his jazz-pop songs emphasise narrative and echo New York voices, including the likes of Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Billy Joel, and Norah Jones. 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