![]() LP: Just that there’s like a structure to it, as a musician I think a lot of musicians can relate that sometimes there’s not a lot of structure in the business when you’re trying to make it. LP: Yeah, yeah, it’s interesting to be on both sides of that because sometimes it’s a relief when I’m not the artist so I can just kind of be like saying different things and steering them through their thoughts.ĪMG: I read on one of your biographies that you got hooked on being on the road because touring makes you feel like you have a purpose- what it is that you love about touring? So that’s kind of fun that like there’s other people that want to write for me as well so it’s kind of like doing it all.ĪMG: So it’s kind of come full circle- writing for people and now having people write for you? Now because I’m full on doing my artist thing as well, I write a lot with people just to write for me. I know that’s kind of a boring answer but I’m often asked to write something for someone and in a session that’s practically for that kind of person. Yeah, I mean I think I evolved for sure, but I think I have some natural abilities and I use them.ĪMG: How do you decide which song you will keep for your own albums and what you’ll give away? Do you write certain songs with the intention of them being for someone else? I can probably grab the room better than I could when I first started, it’s a kind of thing that you can’t really explain. One of the things that I learned somehow was to lock it down right away. LP: I think it just happened through doing it. There’s some people who are all done up and they look like they’d be the greatest performer and they get up on stage and nothing- you don’t want to watch them. Or people that you never ever think, like a really a quiet, shy person and they go up on stage and you’re like ‘what the hell just happened?’ I think there’s different kinds. I’ve seen people that were quite shy and not very good at performing and become amazing. John Lennon hated writing because it’s difficult to pull a rabbit out of a hat, so to speak.ĪMG: Going off what you said about performing, do you think people are born as performers or do you think that ability to perform has to be practiced? And that really hit home for me, thinking about that. Every time he was writing a song he was fantasizing about being a fisherman. I read something recently that make made me feel better that said John Lennon hated writing. And it’s scary and you love it but it sucks. And writing can be a real grind sometimes. Because performing it just like doing the task and it’s fun. ![]() I like both, I mean, I find performing a helluva lot easier than writing to be honest. I’m behind the pen and the pad like whether it’s for me or somebody else. Which do you prefer, being behind the pen and the pad or being behind the mic? That’s kind of a tough question.ĪMG: You’ve done quite a bit of songwriter for some really notable artists. I ain’t scared of it, but I’m not saying anything else. The women that you can name, a lot of them have their own thing, that’s what makes them. But I think it’s pretty tough to fill any of their shoes. Do you ever get intimidated when you’re being compared to such industry-changing women? If someone else cuts one of your songs, you feel like you’re not alone in a way.ĪMG: You’ve been compared to folks like Janis Joplin, Joan Jett and Gwen Stefani. I think that kind of validated it a little bit. ![]() ![]() But I think that when other people started cutting my songs was when I felt like I had something. A major label shouldn’t make you feel like you have something but I think sometimes you think ‘okay maybe I’m not insane’ (chuckles). My first major label deal made me feel a little like maybe it is something. I think I was pretty insecure about it for a long time, even through being signed to labels. I don’t think early, early on, like as I became a teenager I knew music mattered to me but I didn’t think I was going to do it for a living. I just knew it was it was something that I had to do. LP: I’m kind of still not sure I have anything special to give musically to be honest. There are a limited amount of tickets remaining, so get your ticket to this inaugural music festival now.ĪMG: Tell us a little bit about when you first realized that you had something special to offer musically. We discussed her music, her songwriting techniques and her upcoming performance at PARKLIFE on Sunday, September 7th at Atlantic Station’s Central Park. Recently, LP gave us some insight into her world when she sat down for a chat with AMG. Her music is honest and authentic while her energy is infectious. But don’t get it twisted, LP is no pop princess. Mix all that together and you have LP. Laura Pergolizzi, best known as LP, is a rising star in the alternative rock/pop scene and rightfully so. ![]()
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