Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2009-01-31


Interview:
We had the honor of talking with the talented Delaney Gibson about her career, her favorite TV shows, and what's next for the singer. Here's what she had to say:

Tell me a little bit about how you got started in music?

Delaney: I've pretty much been doing it my whole life, since five. That was my first performance. It was for a school play in kindergarten. I had the best memory in the class, so they gave me the part. They didn't even know if I could sing. Turned out I could, and I went from there. I started studying classically when I was nine and really have done nothing else with my life. Ever since I got the bug, I've had to do it.

Did you have a lot of pressure when you started recording to sound or look a certain way?

Delaney: Oh yeah. And I've gone through a million different styles and music and whatnot just because it was really hard to just listen to myself and not listen to other people. When I first started out, I started doing my own music. I was about fifteen, and I had a manager that wanted me to be a cross between Courtney Love and Britney Spears. It was terrible. It was the worst thing ever. It started with that, and they wanted me to be a pop singer. It just wasn't me at all. This is the first record I've been 100% me and it's the type of music I want to do, so I finally got it right.

How does the song creation process work for you? Do the lyrics come first or does the melody come first?

Delaney: It's different every time. A lot of times I'll sit at the piano and on my guitar and write the music, and then I'll write the lyrics later. Sometimes I'll have a melody in my head, but it's always different. I'll dream a song. So it's just always a different process.

Where does the inspiration for your lyrics come from?

Delaney: I always lie and say it's not real, but they are pretty much about my life. But it's kind of hard when your diary is being read to everyone in front of you, so I always say oh this was just made up in my head. Sometimes it's my imagination but most of the time it's just real life stuff.

Speaking of that do you have a song that you would say is the most personal for you or most dear to your heart?

Delaney: They are all really personal songs and a song on my last album "I Think I Have O.C.D." is a true depiction. It's a funny, silly song, but that was pretty true life. And then my song "Chicago" too.

I love that song. I think that is my favorite one from your CD.

Delaney: That's my favorite too. I'm working on my second album, and we're kind of going more in that direction of music.