{"id":3582,"date":"2011-08-22T00:34:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2011-08-22T00:34:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:34:16","slug":"marc-broussard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/marc-broussard\/","title":{"rendered":"MARC BROUSSARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MARC BROUSSARD<\/h1>\n

This son of Louisiana\u2019s Cajun country prefers humanity to perfection<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A signed picture of local native Marc Broussard hangs on the wall at Don\u2019s Country Mart grocery store in Carencro, La., but the acclaimed singer and guitarist doesn\u2019t get treated like a celebrity around here. \u201cThey don\u2019t really know what I do,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cAnd that\u2019s fine with me. Here in Cajun country, that\u2019s just how you supplement your income, playing in bands.\u201d In keeping with that attitude, his new\u00a0self-titled effort keeps things old-school. \u201cThere\u2019s no reinventing the wheel,\u201d says Broussard, 29. \u201cThe stuff that sounded great back in the day sounds great today.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did your childhood shape you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My dad [guitarist Ted Broussard] was a professional musician and a serious jazzbo. So the music I heard around the house was complex and cerebral, as opposed to the good-time Cajun music that\u2019s more associated with southern Louisiana. Even the New Orleans music, like the Neville Brothers and Allen Toussaint, didn\u2019t quite make its way into my home.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new about this record?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past, I tried to outgrow my britches and throw my ideas about production where they didn\u2019t belong. I knew going into this project that [producer, co-writer and keyboardist] Jamie Kenney would get the sounds and arrangements together, and I trusted him to do that more than any other producer I\u2019ve worked with. It was the most relaxing recording experience I\u2019ve ever had. Working with Jamie opened me up to better focus on my main job, which is to sing.<\/p>\n

How did you meet Jamie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We met two years ago at a cold writing session and hit it off in a big way. Jamie\u2019s from the South, loves football and talking politics. Then he sat at the piano and played a few bars, and it was all I needed to hear. I love working with piano players, because as a guitarist, it gives me a different perspective on my music. And he\u2019s supremely talented. Writing together felt very natural. It was just a matter of saying, \u201cHey, what do you want to talk about in this song?\u201d And that usually was dictated by what the arrangement was lending itself to. Jamie would work out the arrangement, then together we\u2019d hammer out the lyrics. Once we got rolling, we\u00a0finished a song a day.<\/p>\n

How do you get a great groove? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hire the best drummer you can, like [longtime Broussard sideman] Chad Gilmore. Once you get it on tape, don\u2019t screw with it too much. Often in pop production there\u2019s an effort to perfect the drummer, and you can suck the humanity right out of the track. It\u2019s very easy to get wrapped up with locking to a grid and making everything perfect. It translates as lifeless. I\u2019ve seen my own tracks go down in flames for this reason. Hire great musicians, then get out of the\u00a0way and let them play.<\/p>\n

Do you have a goal on stage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My goal is to take an audience through an entire array of emotions throughout an evening. I want to make them cry, laugh, dance and walk away emotionally spent and talking about it. I\u2019m giving everything I\u2019ve got, so I want it to translate to the audience. I feel like as long as my band and I are having a good time, then the audience is having a good time. It\u2019s a dancehall mentality. My favorite thing to see is not an audience staring at me. It\u2019s to see an audience full of guys and girls facing each other and dancing.<\/p>\n

\u2013Bill DeMain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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