“Interview with Chelsea Lynn La Bate, aka Ten Cent Poetry” by Andrew Lapham Fersch, August 12, 2011
Thanks to Andrew for this wonderful interview at “Alright, I’m Wrong”.
This entry was posted in In the Press. Bookmark the permalink. ← “Ten Cent Poetry: Asheville’s Best Bargain” by Jeremiah Brown, June 1st, 2011You said that the goal of your first full length – “Picking Through The Pawn Shop”, was to take the songs that you had been doing individually and see what would happen when you collaborated with other people on them; after taking a step back from it, having some time to look at it, how do you feel it worked?
I’m truly pleased with the results. The learning curve was huge for me. Looking back it was so ambitious. I started with “the bones” of about 15 songs. Some I had been playing for years. Then I had to develop a language with the musicians who I invited in, with the producer, with the engineer. I spent endless days with my head set on. Walking around downtown. Drafting new versions in coffee shops. Writing and rewriting. Tweaking string parts. Taking out tambourines. The collaboration really happened between the producer and engineer and I. It was like making a big meal together.
