Meghan Patrick
“It was great because the songs that people
really responded to on the first record were the
ones that I love and really responded to, and they
were representative of the direction I wanted to
continue in [for Country Music Made Me Do It],”
she says.
Part of that direction involved maintaining
a level of honesty and transparency during the
recording process. “When it came to production,
and this is something I love about Jeremy as a
producer, I don’t want to make records with a
million bells and whistles so I can’t just strip that
down and play it acoustically,” Patrick shares. “I
want songs that don’t need a million things going
on instrumentally or production-wise, so when I
go out on the road, it sounds the same to my fans.”
Patrick kicked off 2018 on the road support-
ing the James Barker Band on its cross-country
Game On Tour and says it was a chance to get
her first taste of how people feel about her new
songs.
“At the end of the day, I want to do what
feels right to me, but I need to give my fans the
music they love,” Patrick says about serving two
masters simultaneously. Luckily, as those who’ve
found success in her field can attest, those things
needn’t be mutually exclusive. “I’ve always had a
strong sense of what kind of artist I want to be
and the kind of music I want to put out,” she says,
and art that’s true to its creator is something that
naturally draws people in.
With her new album widely available and a
decent string of live dates behind her, it won’t be
long before Patrick is back in Nashville putting
new ideas onto a blank page – sometimes
alone, sometimes with others, sometimes
for her, sometimes for others. It’s just one of the
many facets of the career she and her team are
building day by day.
“I’m not worried too much about what other
people are doing currently, my peers or whatever,”
Patrick says. “I’m trying to find my own path. I’m
just trying to do what feels right for me.”
That’s the attitude that took her to Music
City in the first place, and it’s the attitude that she
hopes will keep her there for a good while.
Andrew King is the Editor-in-Chief
of Canadian Musician.
“I’m not worried too much
about what other people are
doing currently, my peers or
whatever. I’m trying to find my
own path. I’m just trying to do
what feels right for me.”
– Meghan Patrick
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