{"id":20176,"date":"2021-10-20T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=20176"},"modified":"2021-10-20T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:59:31","slug":"nobodys-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2021\/10\/nobodys-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"NOBODY\u2019S GIRL at Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Musician: <b>NOBODY\u2019S GIRL<\/b><\/h1>\n<h2>Video: \u201c<b>Waterline<\/b>\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qDvSW81rYGQ\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>NOBODY\u2019S GIRL KICKS OFF BLUE ROCK\u2019S <i>COOL NIGHTS 21<\/i> THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nobody\u2019s Girl (Grace Pettis, Rebecca Loebe, BettySoo) will be featured at the Blue Rock aLive! <i>Cool Nights 21<\/i> live streaming concert series\u2014this Thursday, October 21. You can buy a Season Pass for only $105\u2014and have a seat in the house by sending in your headshot. They will place the large headshot on a seat, so you will literally be <i>sitting<\/i> in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Rock\u2019s innovation, quality and creativity is evidenced in concerts produced with broadcast quality audio-video from their renowned Texas room\u2014streamed straight to you. For Tickets and Season Passes, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/events\">https:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These three musicians are a strong force on their own, but together\u2014Nobody\u2019s Girl weaves powerful, intricate harmonies with lyrics that move the heart into action.<\/p>\n<p>We talked with Nobody\u2019s Girl about their approach to songwriting, their passion for writing songs that can help make a difference and what keeps them hopeful, as they combine art, poetry and a lot of love.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20184\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20184\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20184\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-01-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-01-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-01-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Valerie Fremin Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>NOBODY\u2019S GIRL \u2013 BettySoo, Rebecca Loebe &amp; Grace Pettis<\/b> Interview<\/h2>\n<h2>with\u00a0<b><i>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>magazine publisher,<b> Merlin David<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Tell us the story behind an original song you will play at Blue Rock\u2019s <i>Cool Nights 21<\/i> <\/b>(<i>for your October 21 performance<\/i>)<b>.<br \/>\n<\/b><i>BettySoo<\/i>: We wrote \u201cLark\u201d together when we were on tour in Ireland. Fortunately, Grace\u2019s mother lives in Ireland and is an acclaimed poetry scholar, so not only did we enjoy the beautiful hospitality of Grace\u2019s family, but we were surrounded by beauty\u2014both outdoors and indoors\u2014where there was art and poetry and a lot of love. We were looking out at the Irish landscape, replete with loamy earth, lush gardens and birds on wing\u2014and the song took off.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1><i>Nobody\u2019s Girl weaves powerful, intricate harmonies with lyrics that move the heart into action.<\/i><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: I enjoy playing \u201cTiger\u201d live\u2014with its intense harmonies. It\u2019s rhythmic and percussive and almost spoken. The song idea came from a conversation we had about a poster that Grace had in her room as a child: \u201cTiger, Tiger burning bright.\u201d It is about the rage and indignities we face and it\u2019s almost like holding a tiger back. It\u2019s a pop song about rage. (<i>Laughs<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Who originally inspired you to write songs?<br \/>\n<\/b><i>Grace<\/i>: My Dad, Pierce Pettis. I grew up with his music. As a kid, I thought he was the best songwriter in the world. I still do. I thought, \u201cWell, if he can do it\u2014maybe I can too.\u201d I wanted to at least try.<\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: I grew up with my parents\u2019 vinyl collection\u201450s and 60s girl groups\u2014doo wop. I didn\u2019t know about singer-songwriters until high school. It was the explosion of women\u2014Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Meredith Brooks, Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Fiona Apple, Natalie Imbruglia. When I started writing in high school, it was bad preaching poetry, as a 12-year old\u2014and I started playing guitar. I\u2019m just glad YouTube didn\u2019t exist back then! (<i>Laughs<\/i>) But writing provided validity. It was an empowering way to express myself.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: I kind of stumbled into songwriting. I went to UT Austin, partly on a poetry scholarship. I originally envisioned becoming a creative writing teacher. I then wanted to be a harmony singer like J. D. Souther, who was on everyone\u2019s albums. But I also performed on stage and decided I needed more\u2014so I took an informal songwriting class. After the third week, we were supposed to bring a song\u2014and I only realized it that morning. So I took my laptop to the breakfast table\u2014and started writing a song. It was not a great song by any stretch. (<i>Laughs<\/i>) But it went over well in the class. After class, three or four songwriters approached me. One person even wanted to co-write with me. They were so encouraging. It gave me enough confidence to keep doing it\u2014and I developed the love to keep writing songs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20183\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20183\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20183\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-02-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-02-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-02-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-02-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Valerie Fremin Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: Get the first draft of a new song done as quickly as possible, and once you\u2019re done with that first draft\u2014keep going. Keep your old drafts, but continue polishing and revising until every line feels as strong as it can possibly be. Once you think the song is done, play it in a bunch of different grooves and keys\u2014and switch around the narrative perspective to see if anything works better than what you already have.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: My Dad said \u201csave everything. When you\u2019re starting out, you think your songs are terrible\u2014save them anyway. Fill up notebooks. Write it all down. You\u2019ll be a better songwriter years from now, and you can go back and mine those notebooks for inspiration. You can re-write those terrible songs and salvage whatever was working. Craft can be learned but inspiration is like gold. Save every single song idea you have.\u201d I tell this to teenage songwriters\u2014we feel things more intensely at that age than we ever will again. Nothing hurts like that first heartbreak. We can reanimate those feelings years down the line when we actually know how to do them justice\u2014<i>if<\/i> we save the idea. Never throw anything away.<\/p>\n<p><b>Whose idea was it to cover the classic \u201cSo Far Away\u201d\u2014originally released 50 years ago?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: As much as any of the three of us wish we could claim one of us decided to do it, since we did want to cover a Carole King song, it was actually our label who suggested it.<\/p>\n<p><b>What was it like to use the same piano used on those original <i>Tapestry <\/i>sessions?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: Our producer, Michael Ramos, played the piano part as well as the trumpet solos. We were blown away by how beautifully it came out. We had no idea he played trumpet, but it was perfect.<\/p>\n<p><b>The song seems especially timely during pandemic\u2014when everyone seems so far away?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: Believe it or not, we recorded that cover months before the pandemic started. (<i>Laughs<\/i>) Our label asked us if we\u2019d be interested in covering a Carole King song\u2014and of course we said yes, because she\u2019s amazing. We landed on that particular tune\u00a0because it\u2019s moving in a very straightforward way and feels great to sing. Releasing it during a pandemic\u2014that wasn\u2019t even on the radar back when we recorded it\u2014was definitely surreal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20182\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20182\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20182\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-03-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-03-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-03-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-03-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Valerie Fremin Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Which song are you especially glad made it onto this new album <i>Nobody\u2019s Girl<\/i> (<\/b>released July 30 on Lucky Hound Music)?<\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: \u201cLark\u201d is a ballad that we wrote at Grace\u2019s mom\u2019s home in Ireland\u2014while we were on tour in Europe. We had a few days off and spent them drinking tea, eating\u00a0amazing cheese\u2014and writing songs. One of us had what would become the first two lines of the song jotted in our\u00a0journal, and it inspired a sort of group meditation on life, growth and loss. The song just kind of spilled out after that.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: We all have some kind of perfectionism lurking inside of us, so it\u2019s not unlike any of us to suggest edits and changes right up until the song is being cut. We were toying with the vocal arrangements for several of the songs\u2014even as we recorded them, and we weren\u2019t sure \u201cSo Far Away\u201d was going to be finished in time. I remember us sitting on a bed in an adjoining suite to the studio, drilling the notes for \u201cTiger\u201d and feeling over the moon about how it was going to sound.<\/p>\n<p><b>What instruments\/equipment can you not live without?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: Two things\u2014my Bayard Guitar and my iPhone. I\u2019m constantly jotting down notes and recording phrases into my phone\u2014then coming back to them later. All day\u2014every day!<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: I am not usually a legal-pad-and-pen writer. I\u2019m a sit-at-the-computer songwriter. I type much faster than I write. I love writing on paper, but with songwriting\u2014I like a keyboard to type into\u2014fast. I have my computer, a phone for recording, my \u201965 Gibson, my open-tuned Taylor, my mid-60s Migma and my upright Yamaha piano. I\u2019m not sponsored by any of those companies, but I certainly love the instruments, and they have coaxed almost all of my songs from me.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: I need a guitar in my hands to write a song. Sometimes, I\u2019ll get an idea when I\u2019m away from my guitar. But even then, I\u2019m imagining the chords and itching to get home, with guitar in hand, to finish the song. I have a Moonstone guitar. It\u2019s a gorgeous instrument. More importantly, it\u2019s <i>my <\/i>instrument. There\u2019s nothing like playing my own guitar. There\u2019s no place like home. (<i>Laughs<\/i>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20181\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20181\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20181\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-04-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-04-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-04-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-04-Photo-credit-Valerie-Fremin-Photography-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Valerie Fremin Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Any accessories that help you write, record, perform?<br \/>\n<\/b><i>Grace<\/i>: I use Elixir strings and I love Kyser capos. I picked up my first Kyser capo at Camp NashBill from Bill Nash, who has MS. Late at night, when I was stumbling around the Kerrville Folk Festival campfires (an incredible community of songwriters)\u2014looking for Camp Nashville\u2014I stumbled onto Camp NashBill. Bill plays with Kyser capos\u2014the shortcut ones which cover three strings in the middle. I combine it with a regular Kyser\u2014and it gets all these wonderful sounds. It was my first experience. I like the way those capos feel.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: On the Gibson, I have a Paige capo. I have Shubb capos. I have lots of Kyser capos\u2014and even an old, thick 70s capos. I love the Kyser capos because they are fast and easy to use. I love the simple fact that everyone immediately knows how to use a Kyser. If I hand them a Kyser, they know exactly what to do. I also love that they produce different kinds of cuts and in so many fun colors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Which Top 5 Musicians\u00a0inspired you to become a musician?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: Randy Newman\u2014no one does smart and funny like him. Also, Joni Mitchell, Patty Griffin\u2014and so many more I mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: They\u2019re not necessarily my top five influences overall or even as a songwriter, but they could be. I have always had a hard time picking favorites\u2014I don\u2019t even have a favorite color. (<i>Laughs<\/i>) I like them all. But since I always wanted to be a harmony singer, I probably daydreamed about singing with: Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon, Guy Clark, Crowded House and Chris Isaak.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: I\u2019ve been obsessed with these five artists for a long time: Lauryn Hill, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles and Indigo Girls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20180\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20180\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-05-Photo-credit-Milly-Parker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-05-Photo-credit-Milly-Parker.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-05-Photo-credit-Milly-Parker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Milly Parker<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: <i>Blue<\/i> (1971) \u2014 Joni Mitchell; <i>1000 Kisses<\/i> (2002) \u2014 Patty Griffin; <i>Home<\/i> (2002) \u2014 The Chicks; <i>Graceland<\/i> (1986) \u2014 Paul Simon; <i>Lost and Gone Forever<\/i> (1999) \u2014 Guster.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: <i>Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic<\/i> (1990) \u2014 The Sundays, <i>I Love Everybody<\/i> (1994) \u2014 Lyle Lovett, <i>Graceland<\/i> (1986) \u2014 Paul Simon; and <i>Townes Van Zandt<\/i> (1969)\u2014Townes Van Zandt; <i>Crowded House<\/i> (1986) \u2014 Crowded House.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: <i>Swamp Ophelia <\/i>(1994)\u2014Indigo Girls; <i>Red Album\u2014<\/i>aka<i> 1962-1966<\/i> (1973) \u2014 The Beatles; <i>Blue Album\u2014<\/i>aka<i> 1967-1970<\/i> (1973) \u2014 The Beatles;<i> Sweetheart of the Rodeo<\/i> (1968) \u2014The Byrds; <i>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<\/i> (1998) \u2014 Lauryn Hill; <i>Blue <\/i>(1971) \u2014 Joni Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tell us a \u201cpinch me\u201d moment when you thought \u201c<i>Wow, this is really happening to me!<\/i>\u201d<\/b><i><br \/>\nRebecca<\/i>: When I was a contestant on NBC\u2019s <i>The Voice<\/i> and saw Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine\u2019s chairs spin around. I still remember that feeling. There are so many things I enjoyed and learned from that experience. Biggest takeaway: when I now perform a live show on stage, for someone who bought a ticket, they\u2019re not there to judge me\u2014like a TV show with producers and lawyers. It taught me what judgement feels like\u2014and I know I don\u2019t like that. I much prefer an eager audience.<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: Singing harmonies for both Eliza Gilkyson\u2019s and James McMurtry\u2019s latest albums. They\u2019re true heroes to me\u2014as performers, songwriters and friends. I can\u2019t believe they\u2019re my friends. (<i>Laughs<\/i>) And I can\u2019t believe I got to sing and record with them. I can now die happy.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: I once opened for Jimmy Webb. That was a pivotal moment. He was unbelievably nice and signed my songwriting notebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20179\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-06.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-06.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-06-300x205.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What is the best advice someone has given you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: \u201cDon\u2019t \u2018should\u2019 on yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>BettySoo<\/i>: One piece of wisdom I cling to and repeat\u2014is from my high school art teacher Karla Koop: \u201cIt\u2019s just art; you don\u2019t have to like it.\u201d That statement gets to the point better than \u201cit\u2019s a personal preference.\u201d When we\u2019d go into a museum, she let us know that we don\u2019t have to get angry if you see something that doesn\u2019t move us\u2014it\u2019s not a personal affront. It\u2019s all art\u2014you don\u2019t have to like it. What gave this quote greater context\u2014is that it\u2019s from someone who gave their life to art. She\u2019s saying it\u2019s not about you\u2014it doesn\u2019t need your approval or disapproval. It doesn\u2019t affect how your house stands. At the Kerrville Folk Festival, there\u2019s such a celebration\u2014of everyone who is doing what they love. The whole showcase\u2014is a door into that community. Performing on that stage, as a contestant, is amazing because the producer doesn\u2019t have a vote in the winner. They take it seriously\u2014try not to make it all about personal taste\u2014or what\u2019s in the judges\u2019 wheelhouse. It\u2019s just art.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: A while back I was complaining about something\u2014some career hurdle or why I felt stuck. My very kind, always supportive, sweet-to-the-core mother uncharacteristically cut me off and said, \u201cGrace. You have to be unstoppable.\u201d That really hit home. She wasn\u2019t diminishing the struggle or making light of it. She was pointing out the obvious: There\u2019s always going to be something in my way. Everybody has hurdles. I\u2019ve had my share and I\u2019ve also had many fewer than others. I can\u2019t let that stop me from pursuing what I want out of life. Moments come and go. I have to seize the moment I\u2019m in and not let anything (even a pandemic or the voices in my own head) keep me from reaching my own potential. It\u2019s a privilege to have the opportunities I have. I can\u2019t waste them.<\/p>\n<p><b>What is it about Blue Rock and Billy and Dodee Crockett that\u2019s so special?<br \/>\n<\/b><i>BettySoo<\/i>: Billy and Dodee have a genuine heart for hospitality and they also have a high standard for excellence. They push themselves and gently coax it out of others\u2014to reach that next level. They lead by example and are genuinely kind. They use their resources to maximize the potential of the situation. By doing that, they invite people to do the same. They don\u2019t half-way anything. They do it all in an attitude of love and out of respect for what art can be\u2014in celebration together. They have such a passion for music, community and hospitality that it maximizes the reach of everybody\u2019s talent. An example is when you stay there, Dodee\u2019s homemade granola and cookies are in the room. She\u2019s a very busy person, but she makes time to take care of the details. They work so hard\u2014out of love\u2014and it\u2019s contagious. I have so much respect for them. My heart is filled whenever I\u2019m around them.<\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: Billy and Dodee are really kind and they understand the value of community\u2014of being good stewards of community. They walk the walk\u2014of thinking globally of what they can do with what they have\u2014to help musicians that they know and love, as well as provide a great service to the audience\u2014the music community.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: It\u2019s this simple\u2014with Billy and Dodee, you not only feel like family\u2014you are family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20178\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-07.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-07.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-07-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-07-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>How do you remain hopeful in this strange and unique socio-political time?<br \/>\n<\/b><i>BettySoo<\/i>: I hate to say it because I don\u2019t want anyone to think I\u2019m not aware of how hard this time is for everyone\u2014and of course I\u2019ve been upset, angry, sad, depressed, triggered, traumatized, and mournful too. But each day, I realize it\u2019s pretty easy to find both joy and hope because it takes a very quick glance to look at my life and know that I\u2019m just so, so lucky.<\/p>\n<p><i>Grace<\/i>: I\u2019ve been writing a lot more socially-conscious songs lately\u2014a natural byproduct of being more aware. Plenty of other artists are focusing on writing exclusively happy, positive, uplifting songs. Songs you can dance to. Songs that make you smile\u2014that\u2019s important too. I\u2019m not that kind of songwriter, but I respect that calling. I write from wherever I happen to be. If I\u2019m happy, I write a happy song. If I\u2019m sad, I write a sad song. If the world is on fire, so are my songs. They\u2019re fairly candid that way. Not always toe-tappers, but I come by them honestly.<\/p>\n<p><i>Rebecca<\/i>: I always remember that if the bad guys seem to be winning, the story isn\u2019t over yet.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>www.WeAreNobodysGirl.com<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: @nobodysgirlofficial<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @NobodysGirlBand<\/p>\n<p>Facebook.com\/nobodysgirlmusic<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20177\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20177\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20177\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-08-Photo-credit-Jenn-Grinels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-08-Photo-credit-Jenn-Grinels.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nobodys-Girl-08-Photo-credit-Jenn-Grinels-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit Jenn Grinels<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Musician: NOBODY\u2019S GIRL Video: \u201cWaterline\u201d \ufeff NOBODY\u2019S GIRL KICKS OFF BLUE ROCK\u2019S COOL NIGHTS 21 THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 Nobody\u2019s Girl (Grace Pettis, Rebecca Loebe, BettySoo) will be featured at the Blue Rock aLive! 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