South Island artist releases her beautiful newsingle today (July 5). Just Janie’s is “at its core,an appreciation of what it means to be a musician.” Janieshares “I wanted to explore the idea of what creating artand sharing that art does to one'spsyche.
” “Muse and Musician was looselyinspired by Fleetwood Mac, as well as many women (and men)who have been considered a muse when they have a uniquetalent of their own. In Fleetwood Mac's case, the musicianswrote songs about one another and then performed these songstogether, sharing their experiences for the whole world.That's an incredibly vulnerable and intense ability to giveyourself in that way to your music”.
“When Ifirst write a song, it often hurts” Janie elaborates.“It breaks my heart to sing some of my songs initially,but it is healing at the same time. Eventually you learn tolive with and cope with those memories.
And so, the songtakes on a new meaning, for someoneelse.” 's captivating andtender music draws inspiration from the folk scene of thelate sixties and early seventies. Janie describes herself asa “folk singer songwriter, with a case of nostalgia forthe Laurel Canyon daydream.
” Her lyrical landscapes offeran intimate raw window into her experiences of love andloss, the disillusion of rose-tinted memories, and what itmeans to write and perform music. Speaking to thelyrical meaning of Janie shares “I have many muses, but I alsothink my idea of a muse is different from its originalmeanin.