{"id":14740,"date":"2015-07-19T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=14740"},"modified":"2015-07-19T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T22:00:23","slug":"skylar-stecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2015\/07\/skylar-stecker\/","title":{"rendered":"SKYLAR STECKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14741\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Issue39-SKYLAR-STECKER.jpg\" alt=\"Issue39-SKYLAR-STECKER\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Issue39-SKYLAR-STECKER.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Issue39-SKYLAR-STECKER-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>SKYLAR STECKER<\/h1>\n<p>HOMETOWN: Middleton, Wisc.<br \/>\nINFLUENCES: Beyonc\u00e9, Bruno Mars, Ne-Yo<br \/>\nALBUM: <i>Firecracker<\/i>, out now<br \/>\nWEBSITE: skylarstar.com<\/p>\n<p>At just 12 years old, Skylar Stecker has a vocal range and a drive to succeed that rivals artists twice her age. Daughter of former NFL running back Aaron Stecker, she wrote her first song in the third grade, the same year she made her onstage debut at a hometown talent show. \u201cThat\u2019s when I knew music was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,\u201d says Stecker. On her debut EP <i>Firecracker<\/i>, Stecker worked with ace producers Alex Cantrall (Beyonc\u00e9, Ariana Grande) and the Heavyweights (Rihanna, Ne-Yo), among others, to create a broad spectrum of R&amp;B, hip-hop and electropop-laced tracks. Despite her age, the accomplished piano player held her own in the studio, writing or co-writing all seven songs. \u201cSongwriting comes naturally to me,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I like being part of the entire process,\u201d she says. \u201cThat way I feel connected when I perform the songs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SKYLAR STECKER HOMETOWN: Middleton, Wisc. INFLUENCES: Beyonc\u00e9, Bruno Mars, Ne-Yo ALBUM: Firecracker, out now WEBSITE: skylarstar.com At just 12 years old, Skylar Stecker has a vocal range and a drive to succeed that rivals artists twice her age. Daughter of former NFL running back Aaron Stecker, she wrote her first song in the third grade, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[7623,7671],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14742,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14740\/revisions\/14742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}