Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how your childhood impacted your musical direction?
A: I always loved music when i was young, but i never thought i was capable of making any sound myself, so i never tried, till i was about 19 years old when i got my first guitar, and from there i sort of fell in love with it and music.
Q: How are you planning on growing your fan base and sharing your music with the world? What message do you have for anyone who is about to discover “Jack Elliot”?
A: I dont really have a plan outside from what i have been doing and that is pitching to playlists, i would really love to just go on the road and play to any audience i could find, bt i think i am idealising it quite a bit.
Q: Who is the most inspiring artist for you right now? And where do you find inspiration for making music?
A: I always have a new artists who i fall in love with every 2 weeks or so, and i always think their music is the ultimate truth, right now i cant stop listening to Bob Dylan, and i have “Shelter From The Storm” on repeat.
Q: Can you tell us about the story or message behind the song, “Nature is Calling.”?
A: My producer “Petter Litvhall” said that it was a environmental song, the line “Mother Nature is singing while you are yawning” aluds to our problems today with man vs nature. I never gave it any thought when i wrote it though, I always understand a song from a distance and when it comes to my own song i have a hard time understanding them, but they always feel right when it’s over and done.
Q: How would you describe your sound in one word for potential listeners?
A: Listenable
Q: Did you face any challenges while writing or recording “Nature is Calling”?
A: Not really, it came to me one afternoon while sitting by my dinner table and I wrote it in 10 minutes or so, every line came after the next. It flowed and i think that are the best songs, those who just come to you from nowhere.
Q: What is the message of your music? And what are your goals as an artist?
A: I really don’t have a greater message for my music, it’s more of a time capsule for myself, it kind of takes the ides i had from when i was 19-21 and put them in a bottle, so when i am older i can look back to who i was when i wrote “The Next Chapter”.
Q: Who is your dream artist to collaborate with? (dead or alive)
A: Bob Dylan, but I think it would be a trainwreck of a session.
Q: What is your advice for people interested in pursuing music as a career or for those trying to enter the industry?
A: Don’t compromise your integrity, always make music that feels right to you. So when it is said and done you can be happy with it no matter the outcome.
Q: If you could go back in time and give a younger you some words of wisdom, what would they be?
A: Well I am still young and foolish so i don’t think i could give my younger self any good advice, maybe to not fret over writing a good song, it will come sooner or later, for you can never rush it and never figure it out, it just comes.
