Melissa Ferrick
Indie artist paying her dues and making it big.
by Madalyn
Freedom is the newest release from Boston's Melissa Ferrick. It was written, performed, recorded, and produced almost entirely by herself. We recently had the opportunity to chat with Melissa by phone, the following is an abbreviated transcript of that conversation: GG: Tell us about your new release Freedom. MF: It's my fifth album and just really happy with the production and the lack of production thereof, the way it sounds and made for real slim budget. GG: I read in Billboard, it said that you recorded the album for only $5000. Tell us about that, what was it like? MF: Well it was really frustrating and very difficult. I'm not sure I'd like to do it again. I think what ended up happening is something that you know really lent itself to the way this record sounds. I did it on a digital 4-track and my bass player and I made it together, mixed as we recorded. It's frustrating as an artist because there's a lot of stuff I wanted to do that I was not able to do because of the financial, because the budget was so small. NEXT >>
 | | ABOUT MADALYN
Madalyn is the founder of GoGirlsMusic.com, the coolest "chicks that rock" web site around. She is a BIG fan of Melissa Ferrick and is waiting patiently for Melissa to make her way to Houston, or at least somewhere in Texas. Madalyn started GoGirlsMusic.com back in 1996 to help promote women in music. She also owns Orbit Web Design, a Houston based web development firm that also started in 1996. |
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