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Will Thompson – One of These Days
ARTIST NAME: Will Thompson
SONG TITLE: One of These Days
GENRE: Country
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Go into detail on why you decided to choose music as a career.
I am a 5th generation musician, didn’t see any other way.
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Brief us the feedback you are getting from fans on your music.
It’s humbling! Been having great feedback when we play live!
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Discuss the relevance of social networking to music.
Well, no stopping it. It seems the way of the future.
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Tell us how you record your song.
Have a home studio. Some players like Nashville great Brent Mason played the lead on this one.
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Tell us the story behind the song.
Just seems like a motivating song to myself that I would say “One of these days” and got tired of saying that line. So out of a good rooted discontent, I wrote the song with Elizabeth Mosselll.
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State your musical skills.
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Trumpet, Track production (Both my parents were music teachers so I was saturated with music all my life).
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Tell us how long it takes to complete a song from the start.
A day.
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Go into detail on how you develop your lyrics and melody.
Co-writing with a friend; I had the chord progression and melody. We put those words together
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State your five favourite genres of music.
Rock, Country, Classic, Americana and Old Soul.
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State your favourite musical instruments.
It depends on the mood. Piano or Guitar though.
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Describe the chemistry between you and your fans during a live performance.
It’s high energy! We move a lot and like to have fun and play loud, haha.
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Discuss your personality in full details.
Pretty much a kind rebel! Haha. Treat people right and it always comes back to you! Like things done for the right reasons, integrity!
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Discuss your music career.
Well, I have been offered three contracts and didn’t take them. It just didn’t feel right. I was working with my idol at the time and pretty much put music on hold. I thought I would just do it for fun and pass it on to my kids…here I am!
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List your musical work.
Opened up for Sheryl Crow (Spring Jam) Josh Turner, Joe Nichols, Cobie Calliat, etc. I had a song featured in Rolling Stones
