{"id":3421,"date":"2015-02-18T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2015-02-18T23:31:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T23:31:12","slug":"amy-kress-secret-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/amy-kress-secret-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Kress ~ Secret Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wVZIG_fQSyw\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_3417\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3417\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-head-shot-2-225x183.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Kress \" width=\"225\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-head-shot-2-225x183.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-head-shot-2-225x183-222x180.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Kress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Amy Kress recently released her debut album <em>Secret Music <\/em>to rave reviews. The songs are wonderful and, according to Amy: \u201cIt happened organically. It was never my mission to go out and make an album. I wrote one song after another, and I thought the best way to do this is to release an album. <em>Secret Music <\/em>is a collection of last year\u2019s music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amazing, brave Amy Kress released this debut amidst her fight against breast cancer for the second time. She wrote a blog post about how this experience has made her focus even more on what\u2019s important to her life and career. Of course, I asked Amy Kress to tell my why she decided to go public with such a personal struggle right at the dawn of her music career. Amy replied, \u201cThat was a question that my management team and I asked too. We\u2019d been hitting it pretty hard, trying to get the album promoted. Then, all of a sudden, I\u2019m diagnosed with cancer. We stopped and asked ourselves: Is this gauche to continue doing this? It was a difficult decision to make, but we were trying to get ourselves out there anyway. I\u2019m just excited about the music. I love making it, and it\u2019s really important to me to get my music out there. My cancer is just one of those things we have to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The breakout hit from the album <em>Secret Music<\/em> is the single <em>Numb<\/em>. The song and video describe the lengths people go to as they try to fill their emptiness inside. I asked Amy what inspired her to write such a raw and open song? \u201cThat song wrote itself. I think the basic outline of the song was done in 10 minutes. Sometimes songwriting is like writing a diary entry. You just have to get it out there. As soon as you say it, it\u2019s done and it\u2019s cathartic. <em>Numb <\/em>was like that for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amy Kress also shared how she came up with the idea for the <em>Numb<\/em> music video: \u201cI came up with the video concept one afternoon. I thought about all these crazy experiences that I\u2019ve been having. The video is largely based on my life with a lot of embellishments. It\u2019s about me searching for something that\u2019s going to satisfy my soul and not knowing which way to turn or where to go or what to do. It came together really nicely.\u201d The video is quite powerful:<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTHsCWdbTCc\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>I also love the song and performance video for the single <em>The Crush<\/em>. I just had to know who Amy Kress was singing about: \u201cThe song is about that general feeling of having a crush on someone. That\u2019s one of the most powerful emotions. It\u2019s really easy to write about being in love, because love is such a captivating thing and it\u2019s so easy to lose yourself in it. My idea was to lose myself in what it\u2019s like to have a crush on somebody and just be thinking about them and constantly be turning that over in your head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3416\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Kress - Secret Music cover\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-Secret-Music-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>When I see Amy Kress singing and playing the song <em>The Crush<\/em>, I\u2019m reminded of Sarah McLachlan, another Canadian singer-songwriter. Who are Amy Kress\u2019s music influences? \u201cIt\u2019s funny, because I don\u2019t often listen to the type of music that I tend to write. I\u2019ve been really expanding. My basics are Bj\u00f6rk, I love Bj\u00f6rk. I love Paul Simon and the way he can tell a story. I try to emulate that a lot. Sting does a great job too. Sting can take a situation, flush it out and create a still life in music. There are so many newcomers as well. SOHN is a great artist. I admire what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, Amy Kress gets very excited about music: \u201cI post a song a day from Spotify on my Facebook page. There\u2019s nothing I love better than listening to new music. I\u2019m constantly inspired and constantly amazed at the next song I hear. I have a new favorite song every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What advice does Amy Kress have for other recording artists trying to launch careers while facing hardship? \u201cI think you really have to want it. None of this is easy. Going through chemotherapy is a challenge in itself. Trying to become a professional musician in my early 40\u2019s is also a challenge. You\u2019ve just got to love it. Today alone, I spent 9 hours on the piano, writing and playing and practicing and rehearsing, because I love it. That is my escape. I think you have to love it, because if you don\u2019t, this is just a huge chore. I would not wish this on anybody, if this is not your dream. All I can say is: Love what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s up next for Amy Kress? \u201cI\u2019m finishing my chemotherapy treatments. I have 3 more. The last few times, the medication put me under the weather. Hopefully, I\u2019ll pull through that. Then, we\u2019re pulling out all the stops and taking over the world. I\u2019m supposed to go on a local Colorado tour in June and maybe something on a more national level in July. I may go international, go back home and play for some friends. I\u2019d love nothing more than to go back to Canada and play there too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amy Kress\u2019s second album is almost done: \u201cWe\u2019re just figuring out what songs we want to put on it. We\u2019ve got a bunch left over for the third album. I just wrote a song this morning. I want to release in a way that won\u2019t inundate fans, but I\u2019ve got more music coming out all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so proud of Amy Kress! She has a positive outlook and she\u2019s down that road to success.<\/p>\n<p>The Amused Now Featured Artist Series<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3419\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Kress recording\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amy-Kress-recording-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Amy Kress<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amykressmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AmyKressMusic.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amykressmusic\" target=\"_blank\">@AmyKressMusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmyKressMusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/amykressmusic\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Kahn, Founder of Amused Now<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Amused_Now\" target=\"_blank\">@Amused_Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmusedNow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/106372266016264510992\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/amusednow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/amused-now\/id916561789\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Amy Kress recently released her debut album Secret Music to rave reviews. The songs are wonderful and, according to Amy: \u201cIt happened organically. It was never my mission to go out and make an album. 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