{"id":84975,"date":"2023-11-22T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=84975"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T11:12:03","slug":"josie-cotton-gets-candid-with-us-speaking-about-her-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-gets-candid-with-us-speaking-about-her-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Josie Cotton Gets Candid With Us Speaking About Her Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The always stylish and very enigmatic Josie Cotton speaks to us about her music and influences.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What made you want to become a musician?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t actually know. I just felt it so deeply and found it was a way to express the torrent of emotions I had inside me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do you find it difficult to write new songs as the years go on, or does it come to you just as easily as ever?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing has never been easy for me. But I think I\u2019m more skilled at it now and inspired by more of what I see in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Could you tell us a bit about your creative process?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I\u2019m at the guitar I\u2019m usually just channeling music with no form. Melodies happen and sections and chords and things that sound like words but aren\u2019t. That\u2019s a more complicated editing process than having a strong title. At least that way you know what the theme is. It end up being like Tetris, which is a different part of the brain than when things are just coming through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could you tell us about &#8216;Painting in Blood&#8217;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an homage to Morriconne and the Giallo horror movies he wrote many of the soundtracks for. I myself am a huge horror fan but thought this genre might be beneath him. Turns out he loved all forms of music. The lyrics were a composite of some of the plot lines you hear in those films which always involve a knife, black leather gloves and beautiful girls being brutally murdered. I basically wrote a melody over his music and very much wanted for him to hear it but he passed away as we were recording it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What as the experience like directing the music video for &#8216;Day of the Gun&#8217; with Kent Holmes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I had been co-directing my videos for a while so it didn\u2019t feel any different to me. I\u2019ve become so involved in the story boards, the casting, the styling and the editing. Not sure there\u2019s even a name for what I do but I\u2019m sure I\u2019m annoying as hell lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which line from &#8216;Disco Ball&#8217; has the most personal meaning to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you find the secret chord\u201c, in the chorus. It\u2019s a tip of the hat to Leonard Cohen and his song, &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217;, which is the most beautiful depiction of what a songwriter essentially tries to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which venues\/cities are your favorite to perform at? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would say New York City, Washington DC and San Francisco stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What can we expect next from you? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I won\u2019t know till I\u2019m doing it! But a lot more touring in foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out Josie Cotton and her music online on Kitten Robot\u2019s official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kittenrobot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josie.cotton.10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josiecottonofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@josiecottonofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>. Click the links for our reviews of her latest singles, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-gets-funky-with-new-video-disco-ball\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-gets-funky-with-new-video-disco-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disco Ball<\/a>&#8216;, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/its-the-day-of-the-gun-for-josie-cotton\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/its-the-day-of-the-gun-for-josie-cotton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Day of the Gun<\/a>&#8216;, and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-is-painting-in-blood-in-the-third-new-single-from-this-incredible-singer-songwriter\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-is-painting-in-blood-in-the-third-new-single-from-this-incredible-singer-songwriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Painting In Blood<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The always stylish and very enigmatic Josie Cotton speaks to us about her music and influences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The always stylish and very enigmatic Josie Cotton speaks to us about her music and influences.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Josie Cotton Gets Candid With Us Speaking About Her Music","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":"The always stylish and very enigmatic Josie Cotton speaks to us about her music and influences.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[31786,31787,407,22602,144,77,370,1945,31784,116,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-84975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-day-of-the-gun","tag-disco-ball","tag-interview","tag-josie-cotton","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-painting-in-blood","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-m6z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84913,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/11\/josie-cotton-is-painting-in-blood-in-the-third-new-single-from-this-incredible-singer-songwriter\/","url_meta":{"origin":84975,"position":0},"title":"Josie Cotton Is &#8216;Painting in Blood&#8217; 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