Meet Alex Southood, a 21 year old pop/rock singer and songwriter. Alex has been writing songs for 7 years now. In the past year her music career has really taken off, and she is really looking forward to seeing how it continues to grow.
Lisa: Hi Alex! What first got you into music?
Alex:
𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘! 𝙸𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚎. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 “𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠“ 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚢, 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚘 “𝚃𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝“.
Lisa: Can you describe your music for us, and who were your biggest musical influences, and was there any one person or band that changed your view?
Alex:
𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚡𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌! 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚄𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙰𝚟𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝙻𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎, 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚢 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙰𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚒, 𝙿!𝚗𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚣𝚣𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜.
Lisa: What types of change do you feel your music can initiate?
Alex:
𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟹, 𝟽 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢.
Lisa: Could you briefly describe the music-making process?
Alex:
𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜, 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝙸 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸’𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚒 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕.
Lisa: Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Alex:
𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝙸 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙱𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚓 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜.
Lisa: You’ve recently released single called “You Dont’ Know What You’re Missing”, can you tell me more about it?
Alex:
𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚘𝚏 “𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐“. 𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎.
Lisa: What’s the biggest problem you’ve had to overcome so far?
Alex:
𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝. 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗. 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.
Lisa: What would you be doing right now, if it wasn’t for your music career?
Alex:
𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝, 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.
Lisa: What is the best advice you’ve been given?
Alex:
𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝟸 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 “𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙰𝚛𝚎“ 𝚋𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 “𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎“. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚊’𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 “𝙸’𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝙸’𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔“. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛.
Lisa: What’s next for Alex?
Alex:
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌. 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝟸 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝟸 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑.
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