{"id":8944,"date":"2013-02-06T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2013-02-06T17:06:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:06:50","slug":"tristan-prettyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/02\/tristan-prettyman\/","title":{"rendered":"TRISTAN PRETTYMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TRISTAN PRETTYMAN<\/strong><\/h1>\n

An intensely personal album deepens her connection with fans<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman shares the difficult aftermath of her breakup with fellow artist\u00a0Jason Mraz on her recently released third\u00a0album, Cedar & Gold<\/em>. At first reluctant to sing about the personal trauma, she eventually embraced the opportunity to connect more deeply with her audience. \u201cI wondered if it was going to be too much information,\u201d Prettyman says. \u201cBut it\u2019s my experience, and it\u2019s important to surround yourself with people who support you and care about your story. People have written me to say my songs have helped them heal through tough situations and heartbreaks. Music is the one thing that can heal us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

After undergoing vocal-cord surgery in 2010, Prettyman was forced to take a hiatus from touring and recording. She\u2019s moved on from that health scare with a more determined frame of mind. \u201cI wanted to make sure I was on the right path, doing something I loved and was my purpose,\u201d Prettyman says. \u201cBefore my surgery, I had a batch of songs ready. I\u2019m glad I waited to finish the record instead of feeling the pressure to release it and just settling. It\u2019s what I had to do to get to the quality of songs I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a fledgling performer in her hometown near San Diego, Prettyman wrote most of her songs alone. After signing with Virgin Records in 2005, she was introduced to music industry veterans who helped tend to the technical aspects of her music. \u201cAt first I criticized artists who had co-written,\u201d Prettyman admits. \u201cOver time I\u2019ve warmed up to the whole idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

While stepping out of her comfort zone, she emphasizes authenticity as her final goal. \u201cI have a hard time singing lyrics that someone writes,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s arrangement-wise where I might have some trouble, whether that be chord changes or with building the song up or slowing it down. It\u2019s been wonderful to work with people who could bring my vision to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prettyman, a Taylor Guitar endorser, says the cedar acoustic she plays inspired part of her new album\u2019s title. But it was another instrument that proved to be the catalyst for much of her recent creativity. \u201cI actually wrote most of this album on a 1968 Gibson J-45 I bought on eBay,\u201d says Prettyman. \u201cThe owner sold it to me for the original listing price after I spoke with him. He said, \u2018I felt like it needed to be with you.\u2019 I\u2019ve always heard people say that different guitars have different stories, \u00a0and it\u2019s so true.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u2013Blake Boldt<\/p>\n

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TRISTAN PRETTYMAN An intensely personal album deepens her connection with fans Singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman shares the difficult aftermath of her breakup with fellow artist\u00a0Jason Mraz on her recently released third\u00a0album, Cedar & Gold. At first reluctant to sing about the personal trauma, she eventually embraced the opportunity to connect more deeply with her audience. \u201cI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[4525,6011,5885,6010],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944"}],"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=8944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8947,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944\/revisions\/8947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}