From the original artwork on the cover by world renown artist James Picard, to “Fool” a duet with Emmy Nominated John Lee Sanders, or the ballad “You Didn’t Break Me” with Shari Ulrich, Plush Red Chair by Cayla Brooke is a debut album to be savored! We recently had the opportunity to get the inside scoop about the album release from the BC Music Fund Sound Recording Program recipient herself:
1) Q: Is there a song on your album that is meaningful to you?
A: Each song is like a child to me. But if I were to choose one song it would be “You Didn’t Break Me”. When we wrote it we knew we had something special. I cried. Bill Sample (co-writer) shook. There is something very powerful and special about that song.
2) Q: Does your album have a theme?
A: Yes! And completely by accident. When it comes down to it, Plush Red Chair is about accepting yourself as you are and where you are right at this moment in your life. No matter your age or what you look like. It’s about the indelible nature of the human spirit and that unless you’re boots up, it ain’t over! We all have something to give.
3) Q: Did anything surprising happen while you were recording this album?
A: Yes! One thing I’ve learned during this entire process is if you don’t ask, you don’t get. If someone had told me James Picard would do the artwork for my CD cover I would have laughed them out of the room. But I asked and he said yes. You could have pushed me over with a feather. But am I ever glad I asked!
4) Q: Rave about someone that participated in this project.
A: It’s difficult to choose. I was surrounded by the best. The team of Bill Sample (Producer) and Miles Foxx Hill (Engineer) they were superb. The musicality of Bill is amazing, and Miles is a dream to work with. I was a very lucky girl indeed.
5) Q: Tell us about another BC album that we should listen to.
A: If you haven’t heard Bill Sample’s “Small”, you should. It is wonderful.
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