{"id":17626,"date":"2017-09-06T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=17626"},"modified":"2017-09-06T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T21:08:11","slug":"video-web-exclusive-interview-arielle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2017\/09\/video-web-exclusive-interview-arielle\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#038; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ARIELLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17634\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-4.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-4\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-4.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nMusician:<strong> \u00a0ARIELLE<\/strong><br \/>\nVideo:\u00a0 \u201c<strong>Magick Again<\/strong>\u201d<\/h3>\n<h1><strong>Eric Johnson Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Show &amp; Live Webcast this Thursday, Sept 7, at 8:30 PM EDT with special guest Arielle<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock\">https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aP6JvGxqFoY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Queen\u2019s Brian May says Arielle is a singer-songwriter and a guitarist whose \u201csmall body holds an amazingly big heart and amazingly mature passion. Her musicianship is a clear indication she has been here before! Pass her by at your peril.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arielle has already made the cover of\u00a0<em>Guitar Player\u00a0<\/em>magazine and released the single \u201cCalifornia,\u201d which reached No. 3 on\u00a0<em>CMT Pure<\/em>. She has a four-octave vocal range, and Queen\u2019s <strong>Brian May<\/strong> created a guitar role specifically for her in the West End musical\u00a0<em>We Will Rock You.\u00a0<\/em>She played guitar on tour with Cee Lo Green, moved to Nashville, and is receiving attention for her new songs \u201cPulse,\u201d \u201cAquamarine,\u201d \u201cDead Broke,\u201d \u201cThe High\u201d and \u201cKitchen Sink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arielle<\/strong> has performed with global activists and opened for Heart, Joan Jett and Graham Nash at Kiss the Sky in 2014, raising awareness for captive whales and dolphins. She considers herself a \u2018Conscious Artist\u2019\u2014\u201cone that creates from a place of self-awareness, personal growth and development, and creating a more peaceful and stable world by that which comes out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mmusicmag.com is proud to feature her latest video \u201cMagick Again.\u201d Arielle says \u201cIt has been one of my favorite songs written thus far. I wrote it right before I went to Ireland for a crazy spur-of-the-moment idea that I wanted to be close. An inner calling I guess to my heritage? To my old life? I don\u2019t know. But it healed a lot of my heart somehow, and out came this song. It\u2019s one of those where I questioned, life is magical. What else is there that I can&#8217;t see? Gravity, Oxygen \u2026 Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17631\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-6.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-6\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-6.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spoke with Arielle who will be the special guest of one of popular music\u2019s most respected and renowned guitarists, Eric Johnson\u2014to raise support for Hurricane Harvey victims. 100% of the proceeds go to Hurricane Harvey Relief. This storm has landed hard for so many now on a long road of recovery. Join Blue Rock Studio for a one-of-a-kind evening of music and generosity. You can <strong>watch the performance live<\/strong>, or you can <strong>watch it via Concert Window<\/strong>:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock<strong>.<\/strong> <strong>It\u2019s a pay-as-you-wish ticketing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Performances are webcast in multi-camera HD video and pristine audio. Enjoy exclusive artist interviews between sets. Get online early. They open up cameras an hour before show time so you can test your stream connection. Here is a link for the best stream practices, to help you all enjoy the experience:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/%3Ca%20href=\"> http:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/live\/&#8217;<\/a> target=&#8217;_blank&#8217;&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/live\/%3C\/a%3E\"> http:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/live\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>ARIELLE <\/strong>Interview<br \/>\nwith\u00a0<strong><em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>magazine publisher,<strong> Merlin David\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Why did you decide to do this Blue Rock Studio Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Concert with Eric Johnson\u2014where 100% of the proceeds go to Harvey Relief?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s really funny actually. The day before Blue Rock Studio reached out to us, I was speaking with Eric and his manager, Joe, about setting-up a benefit. The timing was perfect. Since we live here in Texas, it was only natural to feel very much called to help our fellow brothers and sisters during this time of need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you feel it is important for musicians to help people come together, <\/strong><strong>for humanity<\/strong><strong>, especially in times of crisis?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is where we remember the importance and relevancy of art. How it cuts to the core, and can create a universal platform\u2014simultaneously reminding us that we all have the same desires and needs. Musicians and artists get to express that outwardly, through song. It\u2019s healing, and so very necessary. It gives a soundtrack to the pain, and the lyrics can become a bit of an audible hug.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To those who can\u2019t be there to watch this performance, how can we get involved and help?<\/strong><br \/>\nThey will be able to watch via Concert Window: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock\">https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock<\/a>. It\u2019s a <strong>pay-as-you-wish ticketing<\/strong>, where 100% of the proceeds go to two amazing non-profits doing incredible work. Even if you don\u2019t have time to watch the show, donating helps.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17630\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-5.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-5\" width=\"660\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-5.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-5-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you consider yourself a \u201cConscious Artist\u201d<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><br \/>\nTo me, being a conscious artist means being aware of the key of impact that we hold as artists, and beings. A lot of times in the past, I have written songs and created music for the sole purpose of becoming successful. Perhaps I was having a bad day, wrote a song and released something negative. It\u2019s like if you eat a meal, and you don\u2019t think of how it will affect you afterwards. It\u2019s really important to be aware of what we create not only musically, but by interactions, intentions and energy. It all impacts everything around us and within us more than we know. So, to become aware of this, and I\u2019m working on it, is an art form. In turn it can make the music much more powerful and healing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Especially in these times, why do you think it\u2019s important to write songs with social significance\u2014songs that have greater value\/meaning?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust about anyone can write a song\u2014about anything. But what&#8217;s not easy is to take a deep emotion and create something unifying for everyone to enjoy. To have the melody and harmony match the internal feeling, and to create it universally so that even the language barrier cannot stop the penetration of the feeling in unison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the idea of the new song \u201c<\/strong><strong>Magick Again<\/strong><strong>\u201d come to you?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was thinking about love, and how it made me feel\u2014the impact of being in love, how love can change me. Obviously, I think it can change a lot of people, most of us even, but I tend to speak for myself. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) In this case, I was thinking about how there were aspects of me I had lost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you spell magick with a \u201ck\u201d?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe \u201ck\u201d represents the true meaning of it. Not the pulling-a-rabbit-from-a-hat kind of false magic, but gravity and oxygen\u2014laws of nature we simply rely on, yet cannot see. There is so much that we cannot see. It\u2019s kind of fascinating, exciting and crazy to think what\u2019s going on underneath the surface. How much of my awe-struck attitude got lost while I was growing up, while I was getting beat-up by my life experiences? Well, it comes back when you allow it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a new album soon?<\/strong><br \/>\nOn October 1, I will release a new album, <em>My Gypsy Heart<\/em>. It evolved by me simply feeling like I don\u2019t belong anywhere. I say <em>don\u2019t <\/em>because I still feel that way. It\u2019s been a theme. I\u2019ve released three EP\u2019s this year. I\u2019m constantly creating. Although it\u2019s a shorter album, it has a theme. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever worked so hard on anything in my life.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17629\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-3.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-3\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-3.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspired you to write songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nQueen, first and foremost. The feeling of being able to express so clearly, and in a way that is truly universal to any language, is magnificent. To be able to paint the sky and meet our ears with sound, vibration and emotion is truly magic. Also, Steve Perry, Brian May, Joni Mitchell and so many more. I\u2019ve got songs that represent all of them, and people say they can tell their influence in my music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What made you <em>want <\/em>to write songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nI remember the first time I ever heard a song that gave me goosebumps\u2014\u201cUnder Pressure\u201d by Queen and David Bowie. I remember feeling, \u201cWow! I want to be able to do that. What power to express in that way.\u201d So when I was 11, a friend of mine, Cameron, gave me a pad of paper, showed me a few chords and set me off to the races. He wasn\u2019t very adept at teaching or even writing for that matter, (<em>laughs<\/em>) but it gave me the boost I needed. To be honest, before I was even able to talk, I would hum melodies and create music I knew didn\u2019t exist. It has always been inside me. It\u2019s my voice. I feel like my first language is music\u2014second, English. It\u2019s where my heart can speak at the same velocity as it feels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your creative process.<\/strong><br \/>\nMost of the time, a whole part, if not the whole song, will come to me in my head. Sometimes it will be a melody with a lyric. Other times, I\u2019ll just kind of desire it out of me. I sit there, strumming chords, massaging the piano keys, and something comes out that inspires me\u2014that feels the way I do in that moment, and it begins to pour out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the idea of \u201c<\/strong><strong>California<\/strong><strong>\u201d come to you?<\/strong><br \/>\nTo make a really long and drawn out story short, I signed a bad record deal. I lost myself in the midst of Hollywood and my shallow desires, and found out I still wasn\u2019t happy. I woke up to a person I wasn\u2019t, and even though I thought I had everything I could want, it made me miserable. It did, however, allow me to wake up to the real me\u2014an eternal process. It was the most important learning experience in my life. It helped me realize that a goal of mine is to become accomplished without selling your soul and your body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us one experience where something unique inspired you to write a song.<\/strong><br \/>\nI get song titles to summarize experiences or to create unique metaphors. I have one song I am in the middle of writing called \u201cAs Black as My British Tea.\u201d Those Brits, whom I adore, always pour milk, or in my case almond milk, into their tea. It becomes light brown. The song talks about how something seemingly dark isn\u2019t as bad as it seems to be, or from where it began. Now that I just tried to explain it, it didn\u2019t make as much sense. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) But I love visuals like that.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17628\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-2.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-2\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/strong><br \/>\nListen to music that has great chord progressions\u2014like the Beatles, Queen, Broadway musicals. Think outside major, minor, rules. I like to break them all. It adds a layer that is instantly different. Ears perk up, hearts open. Not to shock, but to stun them just enough so they pay attention\u2014and feel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What instrument can you not live without\u2014that helps you write, record or perform?<\/strong><br \/>\nI started singing when I was five. My parents wouldn\u2019t buy me a guitar until I was 10. It was a red knock-off Strat called an Austin. I have a handmade guitar, Two-Tone, that I built with a friend. It looks like a Firebird, but cooler. I also have an acoustic D-28 named Cali. It\u2019s a Martin, but I don\u2019t like to promote big companies unless we do stuff mutually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What PRO are you with?<\/strong><br \/>\nBMI. But to be honest, in the next few years I think there will be more independent PROs, which I will be jumping into as soon as that happens. I like the indie vibe. I like being in control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Musicians\u00a0who inspired you to become a musician?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian May, Jeff Beck, Cozy Powell, Vito Bratta, Sting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A Day at the Races<\/em> (1976) \u2013 Queen<br \/>\n<em>Jeff Beck\u2019s Guitar Shop<\/em> (1989) \u2013 Jeff Beck<br \/>\n<em>Back to the Light<\/em> (1992) \u2013 Brian May<br \/>\n<em>The Soul Cages<\/em> (1991) \u2013 Sting<br \/>\n<em>Blue <\/em>(1971) \u2013 Joni Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17627\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-1.jpg\" alt=\"imarielle-1\" width=\"660\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imarielle-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Tell us about a \u201cpinch me\u201d <\/strong><strong>moment<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><br \/>\nI went to go see Jeff Beck opening for Eric Clapton\u2014while sitting next to Brian May, and his family, who invited me at the O2 Arena in London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d like to give upcoming musicians.<\/strong><br \/>\nDon\u2019t take the easy route. I can easily wear a mini-skirt and play guitar. I can wear a ton of makeup. But to be genuine? To show up as me and not worry about the radio, the fame, money, success, beauty, ahhh\u2014that, to me, is creativity. <em>You<\/em> are enough as you are. Grow, grow, grow\u2014but never think for one second you have to change yourself. There\u2019s an audience for <em>everyone<\/em>\u2014trust me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>My Gypsy Heart<\/em> comes out October 1. I\u2019m going on a month-long tour in September and October to Colorado, the East Coast, and then in November I\u2019m off to Ireland and the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can your new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ImArielle.com\">www.ImArielle.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/officialarielle\">youtube.com\/officialarielle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/the.official.arielle\">facebook.com\/the.official.arielle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/arielle\">patreon.com\/arielle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/officialarielle\">instagram.com\/officialarielle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/arielleofficial\">twitter.com\/arielleofficial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician: \u00a0ARIELLE Video:\u00a0 \u201cMagick Again\u201d Eric Johnson Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Show &amp; Live Webcast this Thursday, Sept 7, at 8:30 PM EDT with special guest Arielle https:\/\/www.concertwindow.com\/bluerock Queen\u2019s Brian May says Arielle is a singer-songwriter and a guitarist whose \u201csmall body holds an amazingly big heart and amazingly mature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7725],"tags":[9478,9479,9480,8271,3658,9481,9482,5879,5269,9483,4805,9484,9485,9486,9487,9488,9489,206,9490,1060,1383,3990,9491,9492,4121,9493,2316,9494,9495,9496,8155,9497,272,9498,4073,9499,991,9500,10161,7566,9501,941,3277,7856,3010,7978,9502,9503,9504,5266,4840,620,1690,3818,9505,9506,8157,9507,9508,9509,9510,9511,9512,7982,9513],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17626"}],"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=17626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17635,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17626\/revisions\/17635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}