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Artist Interviews
Q&A: Jodie Connor
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 12 January 2011
2011 holds much in store for new Polydor signing Jodie Connor. With impressive grime-pop credentials (last year she notably lent her vocals to Roll Deep’s UK number one ‘Good Times’ and Tinchy Stryder’s ‘In My System’), she is now working with Rihanna and Beyonce’s songwriting team on a debut album that looks set to place her at the forefront of the chart-dominating wave of what the Guardian has dubbed “Rave&B”. Ahead of her first solo single ‘Now Or Never’, out on 16 Jan and featuring a cameo from friend and sometime-collaborator Wiley, we caught up with Jodie to ask the Same Six.
Q1 How did you start out making music?
My mum paid for me to spend a day in a recording studio when I was younger. I loved the experience and decided to send some of my demos off to producers in the hope someone would take me under their wing and give me the opportunity to continue writing and recording songs. They did and here I am…
Q2 What inspired your latest album?
I wouldn’t really say that there’s anything that inspired it, the album is really a collection of music I enjoy listening to – upbeat dance-pop tracks mixed with slower urban numbers. It’s music that I like that I hope other people will like.
Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track?
Well, my producer Dawood will usually come up with the production or an idea, and we will sing different melodies over it. Then I usually think of a concept, visualise a video and start to pen the lyrics.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
I think Rihanna and Beyonce are great, plus the you can’t beat old skool Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson.
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
It does what it says on the tin – enjoy it!
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future?
I would love to have a number one album, who wouldn’t? My upcoming record is great music that I’ve worked hard on and I would love as many people as possible to hear it. Touring is also high on my agenda – so look out, I’ll be coming to a venue near you!
MORE>> www.jodieconnormusic.com
