1. Choose 6 questions that you feel will best tell the story of you and your new release. Keep in mind, shorter answers get digested better than longer ones, so try to get to the heart of your message. Please avoid ALL CAPS and make use of your computer's spell check.
2. When finished... take a break, let it breathe, then return to proof your answers one last time before you email
to donna-at-smoothjazz.com.
3. If you have not already, please include 5-10 high-res head shots and band photos at least 500 pixels in height - the larger the better.
4. We will post your interview and send a proof link within 2-3 business days of receipt, with one revision, so please send all changes at once.
5. Your Interview Feature will be accessible to our audience via the green microphone icon on our Artist Guide, Listening Loft and Artist JazzBlast. We encourage you to use the Badge provided below on your website and social media with your unique Artist Interview link that we'll send to connect your fans to your Feature.
PICK SIX! CHOOSE 6 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
- How did your new album/single and overall concept for it come about?
- What do you find to be the most challenging aspect of recording?
- What inspires you to do what you do?
- What artists do you feel akin to or in the same tribe with?
- What elements do you look for in a song that makes it especially satisfying for you to perform?
- What are you most proud of at this point in your life and career?
- Of your touring and gigs so far in your career, do any stand out as being particularly memorable or defining moments?
- Who would you say has been the single biggest influence in your life in getting you to where you are now in your career?
- Who are some of your current favorite artists, Smooth Jazz or otherwise?
- What’s your absolute favorite part of the World, and why?
- Who would you like to collaborate with musically, recording or performing live?
- If you were magically allowed to spend an hour with whomever you chose in history… alive or dead… and really be able to get inside their head, who would that be?
- What in your life outside of your music drives you in a creative sense?
- What would you define as the most life-changing event so far in your musical career?
- At what point in your life did you make the decision to become a professional musician and actually record your own music?
- How would you finish this sentence? “I don’t like to go a day without_________?
- If you were to choose to learn a new instrument that you’ve never played before, what instrument might that be?
- On a scale of 1-10, how much do you enjoy composing music?
- Favorite part of the music business and least favorite part of the music business?
- (Women only) Is being one of the few prominent women performers mostly fulfilling, or do you find it to be a challenge?
- Regardless of genre, what are your Go To albums, the ones you turn to time after time for your own personal enjoyment and inspiration?
- Who currently is drawing your attention as artists you’re excited about? or Who are you discovering on Spotify?
- Outside of your musical career, what else in your life gets you excited and fulfilled?
- What would be the most important piece of advice you’d impart to a young musician just starting out in the jazz/smooth jazz arena?
- Going back in your life as far as you can remember, what song or performance is the first you recall hearing and being affected by?
- If you were asked (and we are asking now!) for your advice as to what the Smooth jazz format could do moving forward to insure it relevance and growth, what would your suggestion(s) be?
- What’s your favorite non-music activity?
- What’s your favorite charity or cause and why?
- When the times arise for you give back for the success and abundance you enjoy, what kinds of opportunities do you look for?
- What are some of the most important goals you have for yourself in the next five to ten years?
- What aspect of the creative process, from concept to market, do you personally find to be the most rewarding?
- What question do you wish someone would ask you that has never been asked of you in an interview? And your answer?
- Interview Wild Card! In case you want to go somewhere we haven’t covered in the above choices, please craft the question, and the answer!