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"Take a walk, Nashville." Hi, everyone. I'm Sarah Harrison, your host of "Take a Walk, Nashville," and here with me today is Chandler Marie. She is a breakout Nashville-based singer-songwriter
who has received eight Josie award nominations, and millions of streams on her debut EP, just getting started. Raised in a small Georgia town, she grew up surrounded by music, making her way to Nashville.
So Chandler, thank you for being here today. You have released a couple of singles already, so far this year. Your latest single, like, a man, is the lead single from your upcoming debut album.
It's a really fun break-up anthem.
“So where did the inspiration come from for the single?”
Yeah, thank you so much for having me. This is so much fun. It kind of came about when I was in the room with the co-writers. It was Stone, Ily, Kylie Sackley, and Dana Perdue,
and Brie Girls, one guy, and we, Kylie, was just like, "When you're right, a breakup song about men who can't be men." And Stone was just like, "What?" It's like, "Sorry, we're just gonna write a really bad breakup song
about a bad guy, and you're just gonna have to do with us." Sorry. It's just like, men can't be men in a relationship. They're just walking out.
And we're like, "We're just gonna kick you out." But then you just have some pride and leave. You know, gather up your ego. We're done. They're done putting up with bad men.
It's basically how it all started.
I love that you had a male co-writer. That song. Was it a peek and tribute? It's decayed in more heavily. The producing of the demo.
Yeah. And the, like, final soundtrack. And he had some, you know, input in the lyrics. But he was just like, "Oh yeah, that's nice, nice." Pull up your big boob, which is okay. Got it.
I love it. Yeah, it's such a fun song, such great production. And Keith. You also released an acoustic cover of "Jody Messiness." My give it to him as busted.
I absolutely love it. We hear a version of this song. Is it "Jody Messiness" big influence of yours? She is. I love a lot of her music.
And just her vibes. We grew up a lot listening to her and Ted's Carolina was a good one. It was one of my number one songs that I sang on Broadway. So, yeah, just listening to her and having
Being able to make it my own was really nice and fun and just getting acoustic feel. Yeah, it's such a fun cover that you do. And you are just rolling like the new single releases. This year you have an upcoming single called Embers
Coming Out in April, tell us about that song. A goodness. So, I like to call this one my spicy song. It has a little bit of a different feel than my normal songs. I don't want to give too much away because I want to
Keep y'all coming back for more. But we're going to call it spicy and a little bit of the mixed genre vibe. So, on the air, when an April is a dropping, we don't know exactly yet.
“That's what we're just having a little broad.”
We're just hanging out on it. Yeah. Hunting. Well, we can look forward to that. You also have an upcoming album.
What has it been like working on your first debut album?
It's a little crazy. We're not sure exactly what we want on it yet. So, we're kind of just picking and putting pieces together of what we'll go with like what we just said, like a man, what's going to fit the vibe of that.
It takes a lot of thought. I didn't think it'd take a lot of thought to put into the songs that you've written, how you want to group them. But I'm a very mindset of creative mind and everyone's like, "No, you need to do it based on what other things."
I'm like, "But this song fits with this song. And this song fits with this song." And they're like, "Okay, we need to do it based off numbers."
I'm like, "No, wind it creatively.
So, we'll see.
I'm not sure exactly what we want on it yet.
But, like a man, members will definitely be on there. Nice.
“And have you been recording all of these songs in Nashville?”
Yes. They were recorded last year. We did 15 songs. I'm so blessed to be able to get in the studio and record 15 songs. Yeah, I was a lot. Three days worth, very excited.
And they're pretty much all done. I've written a lot more since then, so I kind of want to see where those go as well and get back in the studio. But we recorded at Soundstage Studios in Nashville.
Very cool. So, yeah, it's very exciting. That's a great studio. Yeah, I can't wait to hear all of the songs. And when you're upcoming album will be,
we've done a lot of performing. You're in Nashville, last year you performed on the CMA Fest. Spotlight stage at CMA Fest. Is that one of your favorite performances today? What was it like being at CMA Fest to perform?
It was so quick. Like you take all this time to building up to it. Yeah, and then you're done with your four songs. And you're like, wow, I feel like I've prepared so much more for the natural performance.
It was so much fun though. And I props to all of the CMA people that were working like in the volunteers. They were so kind. And as chaotic as this event can be,
they were so able to help. We were lost.
“This was our first CMA Fest that we've been a part of.”
So they helped us out a lot. Just navigating birds stone. Yeah. Just, you know, helping us. It was so much fun just to be on this acryde.
I sang one of my songs. And I was like, this is my thankful song. It was called "Here's to you." But I was like, I'm so happy to be here. And it's just all because of you guys.
So I'm just going to sing now. It was like, oh my gosh, I cried on stage. I've had a lot of these people. I don't do that. I don't know so much fun.
And it was just like, I got to sign autographs, which was really cool. People were there to like see me. Was that a fan fair? Like was that a lot like stage at fan fair?
Yeah, that's in the music city center. Which is, oh yeah, music city center. Oh yeah, music city center. Not bridge song, which is really nice though, because it was raining that day.
So everybody was coming inside. So yeah, I was very excited. Well, and to get air conditioning, because we want it's not raining during CMA Fest. It is very hot.
Yeah, yeah. And the day before was beautiful. And then I was like, oh, 90% chance of rain. Right, nice. Well, we'll see you at this year CMA Fest.
Fingers crossed. I sent an application. I will be around and about. I applied to play a stage again this year. So we will see.
If I don't get a stage, I will still be around. Just you know, little paddling and seeing what we can do. Yeah, we can look on your website for your upcoming shows. What other upcoming shows do you have this year? Yeah, so I just played whiskey jam.
And now I have a few writers rounds here and there. And I'm going to be at the mockingbird theater in Franklin again in May 1st. So we're preparing for that. Be full band. And ticket sales will be coming out soon.
Perfect. And what's your website so people can find that? Chandler wearing these at dot com. Perfect. I love mockingbird theater.
It's such a beautiful and intimate theater. It's a really cool vibe. Great place for shows. So Chandler, you were raised in the small Georgia town. But it's funny because you attended the university of Tennessee.
So how did that happen? Because usually you don't see a lot of Georgia people going to UT Knox Hill. I get that a lot.
So I've always been a UT fan.
My dad's from Newport, Tennessee. So, you know, he believes orange. And we grew up going to Tennessee games. My sister also went to the University of Tennessee. And our degree, we did the same degree because it got us in state tuition.
You know, saving money there. Yeah. We'd be able to go there. So with therapeutic recreation, we got in state tuition. And I just always wanted to go out of state.
Get out of my hometown. Explore. And Tennessee was the best option. Yeah, I loved it. That's four years of my life.
Yeah, I love that. I'm from Knoxville. So go Vols. Yeah, it's not too far from Nashville. You grew up around music.
Started writing songs that didn't early age.
“So were you always wanting to pursue a career or music?”
Or was that something that came after graduating college for you?
It was kind of always in the back of my brain.
Like, I am moving to Nashville at some point. I didn't really know how to get there. But I also had a dream of wanting to go to the go to college. How that experience join a sorority. I do all of the things.
Go to football games. And I didn't really know when the music journey would come for me. It came obviously after college. But it's okay to have more than one dream. So I finished college.
COVID hit. It was a really bad timing. I didn't think about moods in Nashville. And now I'm not using my degree as much. But we're singing.
And the University of Tennessee is actually helped me with a lot of music things. I sang the National Anthem there. Nice. At different sporting events. I'll be back there for baseball and softball.
Did the swim meet.
Last year you all.
“So I think everything worked out to God's timing of when”
on music career came about. Yeah, everyone's music journey is so different. And you know, I really don't think that a lot of people realize it. Take so much work when you are starting your music career. You know, you've said you've done midnight sets on Broadway.
Being a musician sometimes means long drives to gigs. Day jobs has the grind for you. Been worth it to pursue your music career. And what has this journey taught you? Oh, it's been worth it 100%.
I don't think I would change a thing. I was talking earlier with Christina.
And they're like, I always kind of look back.
And it's like, what if I would have started earlier. But you can't think of the what ifs because you wouldn't be where you are right now. And there's a reason that you're I'm in this journey and like this spot I'm in.
“So I think just never giving up and working as hard as I can to get me to the next step.”
Even though I don't know exactly the next steps I'm supposed to go. I'm just kind of filling it out and seeing where the Lord takes me. And just never always being the hardest work in person in the room as much as I can. Yeah, absolutely. And it can be so tiring.
So I think it's always good to focus on your purpose. When you're doing a music career because it can be exhausting going from day job to long night gigs to. You know, not really knowing what's next in music. Yeah, and I think like at some points, I'm like, I'm getting so burned out. But you're doing everything for a greater accomplishment.
Like you're working your way up to the next thing and looking back now. I'm so much farther in my career than I was. So I'm very grateful. And it's all because you know, I've had great people in my life to get me there. And the Lord's guidance and I wouldn't change anything.
I just would keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully the next steps will come about. Yeah, yeah, it's worth it to share your stories and songs. We're looking forward to your upcoming songs and shows. You're going to be at Contrary to seminar this year. Looking forward to that.
Chandler something I always like to ask my guest on taking a walk in Nashville.
“Do you have a favorite place you like to take a walk in Nashville?”
A favorite place. I have kind of two. If I stay closer to home, it's just around my apartment complex because there's cows. And it goes into summer and you get to see the cows. But if I go away from my apartment, it would be downtown Franklin.
Because it's just they call it the hallmark of Tennessee. So it's beautiful. Yeah, well, there have been hallmark. Yeah, shot on name street in Franklin. And you can see why.
But yeah, that's such a popular answer is the Franklin area. It's not too far from Nashville. You can go on Main Street. There's so much beautiful scenery out there, too. Really is installing two minutes from my house.
So I love it. Yeah, I'm short walks at. Well, Chandler, thank you so much for being on taking a walk in Nashville today. And we can't wait to hear your upcoming music this year. Thank you so much.
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