Tara Macri
Hi Tara, welcome to Vents How have you been? Hi guys! I’ve been great thanks! Can you tell us more about the story behind your latest track? Prettiest Girl In The Room is about that moment when you think things are going your way, and then, suddenly, it turns and goes in the opposite direction. We’ve all had that happen more than once, I’m sure! So, what do you do? I wrote Prettiest Girl In The Room to serve as a reminder that it is okay to be vulnerable and reach out to that person and share with them your feelings or your bad day. Whether it be your boyfriend, girlfriend, sister, brother, mom, dad, or somebody else, having somebody you can lean on doesn’t mean you are asking them to solve your problems, but it helps remind you that you have love in your life! If you have that, then everything really will be okay. In what way did Audrey Hepburn inspire the song and video? Audrey Hepburn was always so classy and yet still seemed so fresh and new. I really love that about her. She was definitely my inspiration for the dress and my natural look in the video. We shot on an all-white background to keep the clean and fresh feeling, which becomes a great base or canvas in order to then be creative in the look and feel of the video. ‘Elegant simplicity’ is what I like to call it. Did the idea just popped up one day or you have been playing with it for a while now? The idea for the video came from a brainstorming session with
the director of the video Sarah Feeley. She told me about these amazing six-year old Pink Helmet Posse girls tearing it up and sent me the footage of them. I loved the idea of combining the skating footage of them in the video. Speaking of acting, how has been the transition from Broadway to this new music career? I have been doing it all at the same time! And I don’t have any plans to turn my back on Broadway.The stage has been so good to me and I love it, but at the moment I am focusing on promoting Prettiest Girl In The Room and getting as many people as possible to hear it. I do have more songs that I will be releasing in the future, but for now, it’s all about PGITR. Did you get to learn anything in particular back in those days that you’re putting in action in your career now? Of course! Discipline is definitely the first thing on that list.You have to have it in order to practice and keep the instruments (body and voice) strong and in shape. As a performer, it is my job to get up everyday and strengthen myself and prepare for the next show/tour/recording/etc. I guess you could compare it to being an athlete. They have to work hard and discipline themselves to stay strong to play the next game, as well as be ready for a whole season of games. I have to work hard and discipline myself to prepare for the next show, as well as be ready for a whole tour. This is my job. I just happen to really love my job! How was the recording and writing process? It depends. It’s different every time, really.You never know when
a song or a beat is going to hit you. It sometimes happens when I am driving, or rather sitting, in traffic. Sometimes, I have the opportunity to work with really great producers and we will build a track together, and then write the track. t other times, I will come up with the melody on the piano and then the lyrics come to me after the melody is set. nd then there are the times that a title will start the whole process. he length of time it takes for me to write a song varies. It can ust pour out and other times it might even take a few weeks.
can be. I really loved all of his ideas when it came to my music. He is such a nice guy and I really enjoyed working with him. Plus, he has the cutest dog in the world and I am a huge dog lover!
e live in a complicated and high energy world where we are affected by many things all the time, and I do my best to remain open to in uence all around me. If something strikes me and resonates with me, it might find it’s way into a song. One thing for sure, all of my songs come from an honest and authen tic place inside me, and each and every one means a lot to me. With PGITR the title came first and in the first chorus we wrote we didn’t make it into the final version. So, as a songwrit er it is best to be e ible as you never know when something better is going to present itself.
What else is happening next in Tara Macri´s world? Do you have any plans to hit the road? I’m currently in the middle of a radio tour in support of PGITR. It has been so much fun! Next week, I’ll have the opportunity to play with both Nick Fradiani and Karmin on a couple shows. In November, I will be playing the Live In The Vineyard festival in California’s Napa Valley, and I will play some holiday shows for some radio stations in December. Be sure to visit my website TaraMacri.com for up to date tour information and follow me on social media!
What was it like to work with Greg Collins and how did that relationship develop? I have always been a huge fan of reg’s work. e has produced some of my favorite artists , wen Stefani to name a cou ple and when we met, he welcomed me into his studio and we listened to my music and hung out to get to know each other better, which I feel is a very important part of the recording process. s a producer, he really is ama ing at guiding the artist and lending his own creativity to make the songs the best they
Besides Hepburn, where else did you find the inspiration for the song and lyrics? ichael ackson, aka he ing of op,’ definitely inspired the big pop sound on Prettiest Girl In The Room.