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The Brad Weisman Show
Welcome to The Brad Weisman Show, where we dive into the world of real estate, real life, and everything in between with your host, Brad Weisman! Join us for candid conversations, laughter, and a fresh take on the real world. Get ready to explore the ups and downs of life with a side of humor. From property to personality, we've got it all covered. Tune in, laugh along, and let's get real! #TheBradWeisman #Show #RealEstateRealLife
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From Stage Fright to Spotlight with Maggie Marre
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From hiding beneath blankets to singing on stage, Maggie Marre's transformation from a terrified vocalist to a confident performer reveals the power of confronting your deepest fears. Her story begins with a paradox many creative people understand – loving something so much that sharing it becomes terrifying.
"I had the worst stage fright," Maggie confesses, describing years of vocal lessons where she could barely open her mouth to sing. This wasn't just ordinary nervousness – it was a profound barrier between her passion and its expression. The breakthrough came while watching Taylor Swift's documentary during the pandemic, sparking an emotional epiphany that changed everything. "I was crying... this is what I want to do," she recalls, marking the moment she decided to stop hiding her talent.
What follows is a fascinating glimpse into a young artist's development – from her first nerve-wracking open mic performance to recording her EP "Miss Paranoia" during a whirlwind five-day session in Los Angeles. Serendipity plays its part when her father's random conversation with a stranger on a plane connects her to an A&R representative, creating unexpected professional opportunities. Meanwhile, her experience at Berkeley College of Music reveals a healthy approach to being surrounded by exceptional talent: "There is room for everyone," she emphasizes, finding inspiration rather than intimidation among her peers.
The episode culminates with a moving live performance of "Lifeline," a song exploring the uncertainties of pursuing musical dreams while facing others' expectations. Her voice, with its distinctive emotional qualities and subtle inflections, demonstrates why perseverance through fear was so worthwhile. Listen in for a powerful reminder that sometimes our greatest gifts lie just beyond our comfort zones, waiting to be shared with those who need to hear them.
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Welcome to The Brad Weisman Show, where we dive into the world of real estate, real life, and everything in between with your host, Brad Weisman! 🎙️ Join us for candid conversations, laughter, and a fresh take on the real world. Get ready to explore the ups and downs of life with a side of humor. From property to personality, we've got it all covered. Tune in, laugh along, and let's get real! 🏡🌟 #TheBradWeismanShow #RealEstateRealLife
Credits - The music for my podcast was written and performed by Jeff Miller.
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Speaker 1:Alright. Oh man, this is going to be a really cool show. Different show. We've never done ever what we're going to do tonight, so I'm really excited about it. Hey, Hugo, what do you think of my shirt?
Speaker 2:Oh no, Very patriotic. Very patriotic I didn't mean to say oh, oh, no, yes.
Speaker 1:Oh yes, don't say oh no. I mean, come on, patriotic's good. Now, this is probably one of the ugliest shirts that I have. I think it's close to one of the ugliest shirts I have, so I thought I'd wear it today. I was cooking for the office today and I decided I need to wear something festive. It's very appropriate.
Speaker 1:But you know, even though it's still summer and it still works, that's right. So that's what I'm going to go with. Damn it, All right. So no, we have a show in store for you tonight. That is really, really cool. It's something different. You're going to hear some music. You're going to hear from somebody local. We're not always doing local as much anymore, but this is going to be good. Her name is Maggie Marr. She just came out with an EP called Miss Paranoia. I heard some of her stuff on Facebook and Instagram and things like that, and I thought I got to have this girl in here. So, yeah, so she's here and she's going to probably play guitar for us at some point. Hi, Maggie.
Speaker 3:Hi, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1:You're very welcome. I'm glad you could make it, of course, yes, yes. So this is just amazing because I know we know a lot of people in common. Now we figured out we know the McFadden's Maggie and Molly and Mark and Susan. It's incredible and I thought, wow, how did I not know this before through social media? But you went to school with them.
Speaker 3:I did. Yeah, I went to Catholic school with them. We all went to Immaculate Conception Academy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, unbelievable, let's get into your music. So you just came out with this EP. It was June 20th that it came out, so it was not too long ago, and it's called Miss Paranoia. Tell me about this, because I know you went to LA to record some of these things. Tell me how you got into this and where it's going right now.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I started, I guess, journey like when I was super young, of course, but writing and music have always been very separate for me.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 3:Also, I had the worst stage fright.
Speaker 1:That's the part that I couldn't understand. I would not understand. I get it, cause I think everybody does have a little bit of that, obviously, um, but I think you have to work through it, especially if you want to be a musician, cause that wouldn't work well singing in your closet, yeah, I mean, that doesn't work so well, unless you're a studio musician, which you could do, you know so you. So you started young.
Speaker 3:I did. I kind of was in and out. I think my parents um probably heard me singing in my bedroom. I used to put like a cover over my head so nobody could hear and they would never, ever hear me. Um, but I think somehow I had a lot of energy. I had three brothers that were very rambunctious and did sports, so I think they're kind of trying to push me towards something peaceful, um, and what your parents were, I had a lot of energy, so I guess I was just singing and talking all the time.
Speaker 3:So, they put me in some lessons. I would not sing, I would not open my mouth. My voice teacher, who I've had the same voice teacher for since I was like a toddler, I guess her name is Patricia Keith. She's amazing, but she really helped me this whole journey and stuff. But I would not even sing in front of her.
Speaker 1:So. So if you can't sing or you can't open your mouth, I'm not sure how you were you humming, I don't know. I'm trying to figure out how you were singing.
Speaker 3:I was like fake singing, but like you know, singing teachers can tell you're not singing from your diaphragm. Absolutely and she would, she would call that out and I even had private lessons sometimes that like the whole, the whole conflict of it was that I loved singing and I wanted to sing so badly but like every time I got in front of someone I just couldn't and I I just got like I froze. So, um yeah, even like private lessons, I would just I would kind of barely sing and she's like you got to sing Um, so yeah.
Speaker 1:So what got you through that Cause? That's an interesting thing. I mean, that's anxiety, whatever you want to call it, and you know how did you get past that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I kind of never thought I would actually do music. It was always something I held very close to my heart, and so I remember it was the pandemic that I had. Even my friends didn't get to hear me sing. My mom was. My parents have always been super supportive about my music and they and your mom's here in the studio.
Speaker 1:So, hi, stephanie, she does not want us to bring her up at all. She's like don't bring my name up, don't talk to me now, but that's, that's so. They were very encouraging.
Speaker 3:They've wanted me to do this and I was kind of pushing back. But I remember it was the pandemic and we were watching Miss Americana, which is Taylor Swift documentary.
Speaker 2:I, oh yes, Of course I do love Taylor Swift. Yes, yes and.
Speaker 3:I just kind of like I was like crying and I was like, oh my gosh, this is what I want to do. Wow, Like this whole time I've been pushing it off and just I don't know. That was kind of like my breaking point with that, and I had been writing songs through the pandemic also, Like everyone was been writing songs through the pandemic also, like everyone is just very bored, or had different ways of dealing.
Speaker 1:That could have been too. When I saw some of your stuff. I don't know, but at one point I remember you, you, you showed up in a feed of mine it's funny how social media works and you showed up in a feed and I and I saw you and and at that point I didn't even know you were local. So it was kind of one of those things where I I saw you and I'm watching, I'm like oh, oh, this girl's pretty good, you know, whatever. And just it didn't even really hit me until later on when I started seeing more of of your stuff, because Instagram I think we became friends on there or something like that, but it's but it's interesting how it works. But what Taylor Swift watching that, that show or the documentary got you? So maybe upset not upset like almost like frustrated with yourself maybe.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's one of those things where you just you, you kind of see a lot of people like, just you know, see somebody doing something and they're like, oh, I can do that or I want to do that. But like for me, it just it's always been something I've wanted to do.
Speaker 3:I've just been very scared about it because it it means so much and I think I was always really concerned about how I would be perceived or people misunderstanding like who I am and what I'm saying, but through, through writing, just in my bedroom and not having to show anyone, and then I finally sent it to my mom and my friends and stuff. That really, that really I was just like I love doing this and after like connecting those two things.
Speaker 3:And seeing somebody that was from Reading and did this and got out and is telling these stories, uh, it was just. It was so inspiring. I went to my mom, was like I need to do this, and that kind of just changed the trajectory of like yeah, that's awesome, that's very cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's. It's amazing how it will. And also, once you I call it bit by the bug. My dad used to call it the curse, which which is not as good of the thing, but it was in a nice way. He would say, oh, you got the curse for that, but no, but it's, you get bit by that bug and it's. It's something. That what's why I do this. Yeah, Entertainment gets in your blood and you can't. You can't get it out, and if you try to hide it or you push it under your inside yourself, there's something missing and you'll feel that there's something missing. So it's, it's a good thing that you're doing it and it's a good thing you're getting it out there. Um, it says at 16. Then is when you worked up the nerve to go to an open mic.
Speaker 3:Yeah so you must've been so nervous for that open mic it was literally so bad and I love my mom so much because she has to deal with me like pre pre-show vibes and is it still like this? I've gotten much better.
Speaker 1:Cause you're, you're, you're very good on this right now. I mean, a lot of people get very right, Hugo. A lot of people get really nervous when they're on the podcast. It's funny.
Speaker 3:No, I I'm definitely a yapper, but when it comes to singing it's a different story. But yeah, I, I did acting classes, I did some improv to try to help, Cause I I had it in my head that I wanted to be an actress before the whole singing thing. And yeah, I don't know who I made a deal with, but I was like, okay, we got to go to the open mic.
Speaker 2:And.
Speaker 3:Noah Gibney hosted and I went and I loved it and then I hated it and I was like I'm never going back.
Speaker 1:You loved it the same night.
Speaker 3:You loved it and you hated it. I do Cause like, as time passed, I was like you know that was great, you know, you know that was great, you know you work up the nerve, the nerve. You're like thinking of all the things that could go wrong and you do it and you're like, okay, that wasn't so bad. But then you have some distance and you're like I don't think I can do that again.
Speaker 1:Wow, yeah, wow.
Speaker 3:So it was definitely like pulling teeth for the first few times and I am again really grateful for my parents and for my friends for like and just believing in me to like keep going, because I really didn't think anybody really cared what. I had to say. So, yeah, I went to the open mic and I still, years after that, had trouble with stage fright. But I remember there was a songwriting competition that I became a finalist in.
Speaker 1:Oh cool.
Speaker 3:And after that I was just really inspired by everyone there and like their performance and stuff and I was like I'm going to do 60 shows to like to just get good and get over this for real.
Speaker 1:And the more you do it, the more the more.
Speaker 3:I had no excuse of like, ah, like it was set in stone and you're going and you know it'll get better, so yeah.
Speaker 1:It's better to commit ahead, because then you're doing it. Yeah, and I told everyone, so I couldn't back out.
Speaker 3:I told my voice teacher. She put it in a calendar, so told everybody.
Speaker 1:It's so funny, that's good and that's what you got to do. If you, if you point that thing out and say, okay, this is what I'm going to do, you're then on Instagram and it seems like you're doing very well. Live, yeah, and I know a lot of times when I used to sing a lot when I was younger, one of the things that would be weird before I went on, I would sometimes get the little jitters, which actually is very good for you. Yes, there's nothing wrong with being nervous. There's nothing wrong with anxiety. It's something you need to just take on and go okay, this is it, this is okay.
Speaker 1:And then but I used to I remember like I would sing like maybe like two lines of a song and it's all gone, and then, all of a sudden, you're in that place. That makes you feel so good, that makes you that you realize this is where you belong. This is exactly where I belong at this moment is on stage, singing to these people, and I always say that one of the things with singing that's it's so unique that's a lot of different things, though, too, is what's in my heart while I'm singing a song. My whole goal is to make them feel what I'm feeling in my heart.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And if I can get that across with performing, then I did what I was supposed to do.
Speaker 1:You know and you probably feel that you understand that it is really rewarding in that way and like people coming up and saying you know they were moved by it. It's been very cool, that's and that's amazing. From one human to another, it's really pretty amazing. It's awesome. So, um, let's talk about more about this. Miss Paranoia, this, this, uh EP that you released, and and and how this came about. You were, you did. Is that what you did in LA?
Speaker 3:You were doing that there, yeah, so crazy, crazy circumstance where it it caught, I kind of, I don't know, like it was a fever dream, but it all started with a plane ride with my dad.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:He was very afraid of flying and he was just talking the ear off of this guy next to him like as they were taking off, and of course he talks about his kids a lot. Yeah, sure, and um, he, he was talking about me and my music. And at this point again, I was not out there with my music and stuff, but I had stuff that I had written and he played and he later then found out he was an A&R representative.
Speaker 1:Oh, get out of here. Yeah, so they kept in touch. Good guy to talk to, really good guy to talk to.
Speaker 3:So then he sent him my stuff and like I was just kind of like here, like if you like this, you know, there you go, and that sparked just kind of the beginning of my recording journey.
Speaker 1:And how long ago was that?
Speaker 3:That was, oh my gosh. Stuff started happening, I think like four years ago now Wow, yeah, so you, so you, you've been doing this for a little bit. I have yeah, it's cool. Again, it's been a journey with me and and being out there and being an artist, um, but yeah, it started with zoom sessions and then I went out to LA in November of 2022. And I did go with my mom, which was super fun girls trip.
Speaker 1:That's cool. That's a lot of fun.
Speaker 3:It was amazing and we had five days and each day we from scratch, except for grocery list. Grocery list had a demo, but we wrote and recorded all the songs on the EP. Wow.
Speaker 1:In five days? In five days? In five days that's a lot of work. In five days, let me guess, were there some really late nights. I don't know if it was that late or long days.
Speaker 3:They were long days, but it was the most fun I've ever had. It was raining in LA, though, for some reason. Which doesn't happen often it doesn't but it really did set the tone for like some of the more ballady songs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, sure.
Speaker 3:But yeah, I just, I am gluten free, which I always have to mention.
Speaker 1:You're gluten free.
Speaker 3:Okay, that's good.
Speaker 1:There is a donut shop. Is this a plug for gluten free?
Speaker 3:No, I'm just spreading awareness. Is your?
Speaker 1:music. Gluten free is the question.
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 1:Yeah, see, we don't know.
Speaker 3:I feel like no. No, why, we don't know. I feel like no.
Speaker 1:Why Is it doughy? I think so it has a little taste A lot of wheat, a little wheat tasting it has a little more. Yeah, it has a little more allergic reaction in it A little more allergic reaction. Yes.
Speaker 3:So anyway, but there was this like donut shop and I just ate donuts and wrote songs all day and it was the best time Wait gluten-free donuts.
Speaker 1:Yes free donuts. Yes, I had to mention that. I'm sorry. That's okay, it's all right. I mean half of the world.
Speaker 3:I think is gluten free by now Spreading awareness.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yes, it's incredible. Well, that's good that you've figured that out, though it's good yeah.
Speaker 3:But it was. It was incredible time and I wrote the songs, like I said, almost three years ago now.
Speaker 1:So to finally have them now is just that's the thing about some of that stuff it takes forever to get it out and it's so like you just want it to be out and you're like, and you have in your head and you're like well, they sound. I listened to. I can tell you what I listened to lifeline, which is the one that just came out recently, is that correct.
Speaker 3:That was the recent single.
Speaker 1:I listened to grocery list. I liked that. I thought the lyrics were really clever.
Speaker 2:I liked that.
Speaker 1:Um boy on the moon, really cool, like it's a little bit more upbeat and has like a nice, nice beat to it, and I think there was another one I listened to also. Would it have been, miss Paranoid? Because you said that's actually a song too, or no?
Speaker 3:That's yeah, that's the title tracks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, okay, I don't know if I listened to that one or not, but the other ones I did. I really liked them. They diverse, each one's a little different, but I like the production too. The production's very good. Whoever was doing that, is it Philip somebody?
Speaker 3:Phil Simmons. He's incredible yeah.
Speaker 1:He's, he's good. I can tell by the, by the the production is very, very nice. You're, you're fortunate to have somebody like that. Yeah, absolutely All right. So let's go into um, so you do these songs in LA.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Now you're, you've done those a while ago. Yeah, you LA. Yeah, now you're. You've done those a while ago. Yeah, you're finally releasing them now. How, how do we get music out today? You know, years ago obviously, it was actually tougher years ago when I was doing this, because we didn't have social media. We didn't have any of that stuff. So is it up, is it up to the artist to make sure that they're keep pushing it on social media? Is there companies that are helping you? Is the AR guy helping you? Like, how does that work?
Speaker 3:Yeah, so to release any music, is my understanding you have to have a distributor. A lot, of people use DistroKid or there's like there's companies that distribute music. Meaning just getting them on all platforms and making sure everything's right.
Speaker 2:And I'm not the genius with that stuff, that's OK.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and then my job as an artist is to just promote and to keep writing and to kind of the back end of things with there's like lyrics, syncing and the album cover art and just kind of all the little final touches on everything that you wouldn't really think of. Yeah, there's like pitch opportunities that you have to write and describe.
Speaker 3:And there's like different apps for claiming profiles and Spotify artists that you have to make sure are in order, and lots of banners and promotions. It's a lot to learn, but, um, I think it's really cool that you get to be able to do it yourself and learn the process of it, so like if one day somebody else is doing it for you, you have a little appreciation. It's not funny.
Speaker 1:We just went through that on a podcast recently. We talked about that. Actually, it hasn't it hasn't been out yet, but it was a podcast we recorded and we talked about how important it is in any business to know how to do pretty much everything within your business, because you're busy doing what you need to do as an artist or as a realtor, as a restaurant or whoever it is. If you need to delegate that, you now know the value of it and you know when somebody is doing it right or they're doing it wrong. And I we have done that on the podcast here.
Speaker 1:We we found a Hugo and I found a company that does my, my reels and my and my clips and my shorts and all that stuff that you know. We were paying for that and it's okay that we were, and I'm still paying for it, but I'm doing it myself and it's a lot less expensive and it's they're doing a good job. I mean it works really well. It's called Opus Plus. Actually it was opuscom or opuspluscom. It's a really good website. So if you ever need to do long videos to short videos, really good company, thank you. But yeah, so it is important. Yeah, because otherwise you don't know what the value is of those things that you're now delegating.
Speaker 3:For sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that's good stuff, really good stuff. So what do you see on the horizon here in the near future? Oh, by the way, you're going to Berkeley, aren't you? I am going to Berkeley, you know, that's an amazing school.
Speaker 3:It is very it's, it's a blast. It's really cool yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm really grateful too.
Speaker 1:Good friend of mine, local guy who, um, who actually went to school there. Um, his name is Dave Robido. I can name drop him. He is the head writer for NFL films, like, he writes all of the stuff that you hear in the background for NFL films. That's incredible. He's went. He went to Berkeley and his wife did too, yeah, and his wife. He met his wife there and Berkeley, yeah. So I know it's a very good school. I know that you can. You can get a lot from that school and having that on your resume is is huge. Yeah, are you meeting a lot of cool people there?
Speaker 3:I've met. Every person I've met has been so cool from like such different backgrounds, but also like I had gone to a summer camp before I actually attended the school. And as soon as I got there and I do love living here, but like as soon as I got there I was like there's so many creative people like you guys get me. And it was just like a different experience I've never had before and everyone was kind of just, we just I don't know, we just clicked and so yeah.
Speaker 1:Musicians when they find each other.
Speaker 1:It is kind of interesting because it's interesting, because, like you said, they get you, they understand, and also just that creative being around, that creative energy, is amazing, did you also? I know Dave told me this, and I had another friend that was there, and he never finished, but he was there for a little bit and he said. The realization, though, that you think you're good and then, all of a sudden, you go to Berkeley and you're like, okay, wow, there's a lot of really good people there are, yeah, so did you get that realization? I mean, you're very good? No, and that thing is too is the thing that you have to realize, though I think some people get discouraged by that. Yes, well, you have to realize that you're good in your own unique way.
Speaker 3:Nobody can ever be Maggie I mean nobody can ever be you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, nobody can ever be Taylor Swift. Nobody can ever be Hugo, thank goodness, oh, my goodness, no, but nobody can ever be any of those people. But they're talented.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, I have always said that and a lot of times. You know people will say that to me and they're like I could never go there because it's. It's just like there's too many good people and.
Speaker 3:I would be like having imposter syndrome every day and my take on that I had a very hard, hard mindset of like there is room for everyone. And as soon as I got there, instead of like being like oh, I wish I could do that. Whatever, I was just so inspired by everyone. I was like okay, teach me like yeah, we're like I could never do that. There was always every single night. I mean, there was supposed to be quiet hours oh yeah there was at 11.
Speaker 3:It was supposed to be quiet. I was. It was never a thing there so like you're talking about musicians, no, never. It's 12 am. Like you can hear music drifting from the lounge that's cool and it's like uptown funk, like a five-part harmony. Didn't even know that existed. Unbelievable. You walk down for 10 minutes. There's like a mandolin, a violin, like a 10-piece band happening and just people that like have never really played together before, just on a whim, just playing something beautiful.
Speaker 1:And that's musicians, that's talent, that's musicians. And you're in a school that I mean. Obviously it's not easy to it's. It's one of the top ones for music.
Speaker 3:I did feel like Hogwarts. It was really, it was really special.
Speaker 1:I actually get that just so you know, yeah, but no, it's, it's interesting because it is. It's, it's a very elite school for musicians and it's uh, I know pretty much a lot of the people come out of there are people that have made it very much so in music. Yeah, um, you know, I know, actually all the guys from toto were from there. The song africa, if you're you know, if you know the song.
Speaker 1:It's a great song, yeah they all came from there, from what I remember. Um, yeah, there's a lot of big musicians. A lot of studio musicians have come from berkeley too, which is interesting, yeah, uh, but no, that's awesome. I'm glad you're there. So too, you know you talk. We were talking about a little bit about Berkeley, how there's so many talented people there.
Speaker 1:It is interesting how out in LA, when I went to LA, when I was on Star Search, yeah, and one of the things that blew my mind as a musician is there. I was going on Star Search and you know I had just done the show, recorded the first show, and I had beat the guy that. And he comes out and he sits at the piano to start singing and we're all singing. Now Everybody was on Star Search as they're singing and kind of, you know, hanging out around this piano, and it was just a great moment and I was 19 and it was neat. But what was really amazing is we're all there, we were just on this show, that's, you know, a show that you audition for whatever, and the doorman from the hotel comes over and starts singing. Blew us all away, like we were all amateurs compared to this guy, like he was just incredible and we all sat there and just looked at him like what, what are you doing here? What are you doing at the? But that's LA.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Everybody's trying to make it, they're all. And there's so many people that are so talented, that are picking up your luggage, that are there, that are making you your dinners, that are, you know, but they're. They're doing that because they got to make a dollar, you know. So it's just that's the same kind of thing where you think you're good and then all of a sudden the doorman comes in and starts singing and you're like, all right, yeah.
Speaker 3:I'm not that good. It's kind of wild. No it is it's crazy, but it's, it's just been, it's been very crazy, but very cool. Very grateful.
Speaker 1:Very good, and you're in your second year coming up, is that right? I will be in my second year.
Speaker 3:I hope I've learned my lessons with music theory and I can come back with you know, that's the hard stuff, that's the hard very mathy.
Speaker 1:Yes, it is. But, you have to know the rules of who. You can break the rules. Did you ever hear that with music, they?
Speaker 3:always say that.
Speaker 1:That's a music thing.
Speaker 3:One teacher too. He's just like. He's like these are just suggestions, like it's a theory for a reason, but like you guys have to know it and understand it to appreciate it.
Speaker 1:And so I'm like they're exactly right, absolutely Right, so awesome. So I heard you brought your guitar. I did. Okay, would that you just released? That'd be awesome cool. I know you have one handy here and hopefully we can hear it.
Speaker 3:We'll uh yeah, let's make sure this is cool first time.
Speaker 1:This is the first time we've never done anything like this in the studio. Make sure it's tuned and everything yeah, we don't want to have a tune, a not tuned guitar, right the heat, too, really gets them oh yeah, and how long you've been playing guitar that's another thing.
Speaker 1:I taught myself how to play guitar because of stage fright and needed something to kind of anchor me, and also I wanted to write songs, that's hilarious, and most people will go to piano because it's a lot easier to play piano than it is to play guitar, as far as I'm concerned, because that's how I used to write.
Speaker 3:I don't know exactly what inspired me, but my mom has said many times she's like you got to stop hiding behind the guitar now, like it's been long enough but she's doing good, mom.
Speaker 1:I mean, this is she's doing a great job. Yeah, no, I love the terms.
Speaker 3:Okay. Well, I'll quickly tell the story of this.
Speaker 1:Okay, go ahead. Yeah, tell the story. This is fun. I feel like a spectator now. This is great.
Speaker 3:I have a lot of stories for all of these songs. They came about in very interesting ways. My process is kind of like I'll have a conversation with somebody or it'll just I'll be inspired by other people like a lot. So, or movies or books, I read a lot, but this one Lifeline is a little. It's a little slower and it started on one of the rainy nights in LA and we were just talking, speaking of musicianship and stuff. We were talking about that feeling when, like, it just feels kind of hopeless and everyone else is so good. And how do you cut through that and just living as a musician with all the different jobs and trying to make a living.
Speaker 3:Um, so that's how it started, and last year was my senior year and I was playing around at gigs and everyone did have an opinion on where I should go and what I should do with my life. And me and my friends were kind of just all in the same boat with that. So as I was singing it it kind of became about that and trying to find the silver lining and also realizing that you know everything is about to change.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:So yeah, this is Lifeline.
Speaker 2:When all was said and done, I lost a part of me, cause I was chasing dreams like they're reality. I wish somebody told me that it was only the start of this fantasy. Why did nobody tell me that everybody would tell me who I'm meant to be? I've got no time to cry, I'll be all right. I've been wanting this for all my life. I'll know the time to say goodbye, but I'll just sit here waiting for a lifeline. Even though my friends play nice, I know they're doubting me. Their words don't mean enough to give me dopamine. I wish somebody told me that it was only the start of this fantasy. Why did nobody tell me that everybody would tell me who I'm meant to be? I've got no time to cry, I'll be alright. I've been wanting this for all my life. I know the time to say goodbye, but I'll just sit here waiting for a lifeline, for a lifeline. I'm just waiting for a lifeline. I'm just waiting for a lifeline. I'm just waiting for a lifeline.
Speaker 1:Wow, very nice. Seriously, you have a really nice voice. Thank you Very. Actually. It's interesting because I actually think from listening to your studio stuff and this is the way it is sometimes, but I think there's things in your voice that maybe are not even getting picked up in the studio stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because you've got some inflections and things in there that are really really cool. Thank, you. Yeah, it's very cool and you notice how these mics you know a lot of people are using these microphones.
Speaker 3:Now, I actually have this mic. Is this the one you have? Yeah, isn't it a great microphone? Yeah, it is, when you're a singer like you, just love microphones. Yes, yeah, I love this one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's good, but no, it sounds very very nice, thank you. Good song, good song, yeah, and the one thing that that as a vocal. But my, my daughter, is singing now too. She's 13 and she's got a really good voice. She's dealing with the whole stage fright of of doing that too.
Speaker 1:She's not quite sure she would. You know, she's doing theater and stuff like that, but it's a little different and she'll love the show. She's going to love the show, but yes, but it's one of the things I always say is that you just have to be careful that when you have a vocal person, make sure it's a vocal coach and less less of than a. You don't want more vocal teaching.
Speaker 1:You want coaching because you have to be careful. They'll try and change how you hit notes and how you do things. Now you want to use your diaphragm cause you don't want to use. You don't want to lose what you have, but yeah just be careful with Mr Patricia she's a coach.
Speaker 3:She's literally like I don't, like that might just be something that you do, that it makes you you like we don't want to touch it. Don't touch it, like yes.
Speaker 1:Like the little things at the end of your phrases that you're doing a little like like um, mine's a little bit like a lot of smart set. There's like a little bit of a something at the end there that that is cool, that's very cool, and it's not something that everybody does. Yeah, no, that's so cool, I forget. Like talking to a singer yeah, yeah, well, and I used to produce females and other people. Yeah, yes, I used to write and produce for for a girl years ago. Yeah, absolutely so. I just I get it. So I feel like we're not even doing a podcast anymore. This is just fun, right, yeah, but no, thank you so much for coming on. I really really appreciate it. Really really appreciate it. Of course, this is just a great time. I want you to come back. I'm going to follow your career. Yeah, we'd love to have you back when you're doing your music or anything that's changing with your career. Just let us know. Yeah, perfect.
Speaker 3:Thank you so much for having me All right. So maggiemarrcom, yeah, Maggie Marr, m-a-r-r-e. And yeah, I go stream Miss Paranoia. I hope you like it.
Speaker 1:Awesome, it's great, it's really good stuff, so definitely want to listen to that. All right, man, that was amazing there. You have local songwriter here, but I'll tell you what I don't think she's gonna be local for very long. Maggie Marr Miss Paranoia. Maggie Marrcom, m-a-r-r-e dot com. All right, that's about it. Thanks for joining us every Thursday at 7 pm, all right.
