Jenny Gunn grew up in Canada's Ottawa Valley.
At 13 her dad gave her a guitar and said
"you can keep this if you can learn to play three cords."
Try as she might she could not get her little hands around the
neck of that guitar and she gave
up in disgust.
However...
She was regularly infused
with the sounds of the "Street of Dreams"
music studio that was directly below her bedroom. Jenny loved growing up in a house full of musicians and the rhythums of the late night practices and recording
sessions drifted into her dreams at night.
Through the day, piano could almost always be heard
coming from her step-dads studio.
How could she not become a song writer?
"She is open to all possibilities, and definitely
up to the challenge."
Jenny's 1st cd is deeply lyrical. and the
cording is a perfect match.
How did you write your
songs?
“I wrote all my music by randomly moving my fingers around
on the guitar strings, and when I found the sound, I would draw lines for the strings, and dots for where my fingers were.
Then I would look up the chords. I have no musical training, no concept of music theory, it's all
by sound and feel.
Isn't it difficult to write such
good lyrics for a first album?
"I can close my eyes, quiet my
mind and then the stories just come to me.
All the songs on my debut album were written years
ago,
but I didn't want to scrap them because I knew they could
become something wonderful. I’m
now working on new material and it's even better.”
Is it true that your album was recorded and produced in a completely off grid studio that's
home to Juno Award Winner Errol Francis (aka Errol Starr)?
“Yes, and I couldn't have done it without the deeply talented assistance of Errol, he made my songs
complete.
My “soundman” Glenn Woods did all the keyboard
work on my album.
Glenn's musical career includes over 10 years with "The Tuesday Night Blues Band" and
many rockin’ nights with the "Moonriver Crooks."
Mike Martel did
some really excellent drum kit work for me pn “REM Man”,
and
Robbie Anderman’s flute work on “Daffodil Girl” is haunting and beautiful.”
Jenny's voice is very unique, and even seasoned producers
can't quite put their finger on her
sound.
She has lived various places over the years, but
she has now moved back to her home town,
bought the
house she was raised in, and is reclaiming the
"Street of Dreams Studio."
The
sign on her studio door reads:
"Street of Dreams Studio… the dream continues."
Don't miss a chance to hear this girl in action!
