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Jen Gloeckner's album Miles Away is available now. Visit http://www.jengloeckner.com for more information or to listen to samples.
Photography by Sarah Ehrler, used with permission from the artist's website. ADAM: Thanks for doing our interview, Jen. How's life? JEN: You're welcome, Adam. Things are going well. Looking very forward to getting out on the road and promoting Miles Away. ADAM: There's a literary quality to your songwriting that is lacking in a lot of your contemporaries. What kind of stuff would we find on your bookshelves? JEN: I really do not read much at all. I will occasionally purchase an Anne Rice novel. When I write my lyrics, I try and dig deep in myself. I try to put just as much thought into the lyrics as I do the music.
ADAM: Track sequencing is one of those mysterious pieces of making an album that, to me, is both underrated and hard to critique (I just know I wouldn't change anything on Miles Away.). For you, is sequencing a heady process-this track must go here to complete the arc-or is it a gut process? JEN: The track order issue was always in the back of my mind, and was something I was a little nervous about facing. It came down to the day that I had to send the CD to get mastered, and I had to take my best shot. A friend of mine was hanging around, and I told him the dilemma I was having. We then took off for a long ride in the car, and started piecing it together. Everything just kind of fell into place. Though I made all the decisions, it helped a lot to have my friend there helping me put things into perspective. The track order actually seemed to start to tell a story, which was very cool, and weird. I think it is one of those things that seems a little scary, but once you decide to jump in and get it done, it comes pretty easy. I think the track order of a CD is very important, and I am glad that the order on Miles Away works for you. ADAM: Your bio says that people are surprised that you're able, as a small town resident, to find inspiration and produce such diverse material. This helps fuel, no doubt, well-meaning but patronizing review clips like "she has the maturity of an artist from a big city." I live in L.A. but grew up in a town of 4,000 in Wisconsin; sadly, neither maturity nor inspiration is falling from the palm trees out here. Are people really so surprised that creativity can live in Dubuque, Iowa? And, even though that is a false premise, is it safe to say that it's smart marketing to feed that idea?
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