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First up is Seattle-by-way-of-Tennessee singer/songwriter Kelly Manix. Manix studied the music industry as a student at Middle Tennessee University and studied the musicians themselves after graduation during her tenure working in the marketing department of a "well-established independent label" in Nashville. While working in the industry, Manix says she studied the artists she came in contact with to see how they handled themselves and went about their craft. Perhaps that's why her debut digital release EP Emerald City sounds like anything but a freshman effort.
Emerald City contains five songs that inhabit the same sonic territories of artists such as Mindy Smith and Another Country era Tift Merritt. I was drawn into this EP by Manix's warm vocals and production, and I think you will be too. Here's the title track from her EP Emerald City. It's the story of what happens when Dorothy returns to Kansas to find that there may be more to life than what the comforts of home have to offer.
- Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz
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Emerald City EP - 2009 - Self-released
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“….[Manix's] debut digital release EP Emerald City sounds like anything but a freshman effort…I was drawn into this EP by Manix’s warm vocals and production, and I think you will be too.” – Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz
Singing professionally since she was 11 in regional theatre and music reviews, singer-songwriter Kelly Manix has spent her life performing. After shopping for a deal in Nashville while still in high school, Manix studied the music business at university. She then studied the musicians themselves during her tenure at a well-established independent record label in Nashville.
“I learned a lot about the new business models that were emerging and that you don’t have to have a major deal to make a great record and get it heard. I also was in awe of the musicianship of the some of the artists I got to work closely with. I definitely was inspired by their skill and creative integrity."
With departures in Americana, country, and rhythm and blues, Emerald City is a collection of simple, honest tunes penned during a difficult time of self-discovery. As Kelly describes, Emerald City was, “birthed from a quarter life crisis.” After a health scare, Kelly began to write on themes that reflected her current experiences: hopelessness and the futility of worry, true love and its tangible expressions, avoiding sedentary living, the sanctity of life, and the hearts’ potential to sometimes divert you away from home.
AIRPLAY at WDVX - Knoxville, TN
INFLUENCES: Mindy Smith, Tift Merritt, Etta James, Dolly Parton, Sia, Patsy Cline, Bonnie Raitt...
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