14 year old Taylor - interview Jul 4, 2004
Sept 7, 2014 15:19:28 GMT -5
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Post by nexustay on Sept 7, 2014 15:19:28 GMT -5
She’s the real thing
By Tracy Rasmussen Reading Eagle Correspondent (source)
14-year-old Taylor Swift takes off for a Nashville music career | Entertainment
WHILE MOST OF HER PEERS are dreaming themselves into the pictures of music stars taped to their walls, Taylor Swift is living the dream.
The Wyomissing teenager recently moved to Nashville, Tenn., to pursue a career in country music inspired by LeAnn Rimes and nurtured by performances in local theater.
"We really made the commitment to move here and see what happens," said Swift, 14. "Before it was like two weeks out of every month we’d come down here to go to meetings."
Now she goes to meetings after she gets out of school (she just finished eighth grade) and still has plenty of time to travel
"It’s really just been awesome," she said, adding that she really never even picked up a guitar until she was 12.
"But I always liked to sing," she said. "I started with children’s theater in Reading and that’s when people noticed that I had some country in my voice."
It was the guitar though, that led her to a new passion: songwriting.
"I picked up the guitar, and I learned three chords and then I was writing songs," she said. "Being able to create music is just awesome. I love it."
So far Swift has penned 84 songs (although by the time this story publishes that number will likely be higher) and is looking for a music publisher to represent her. She already has around the country to perform.
Swift recently performed at The Bitter End in New York City, and has sung the National Anthem at the U.S. Tennis Championships. She has also performed during half-time at a Knicks game in Madison Square Garden. a manager, Dan Dymtrow, who also managed Britney Spear’s career, and a record deal with RCA.
"It’s important to pick the right publisher so we’re taking our time with it," Swift said. "That’s what we’re going to be doing this summer."
This summer she’ll also be working with other songwriters in Nashville.
"I want to do some co-writing of songs, too," she said. "It really helps to have someone else’s opinion and it gets you more creative."
The age of her co-writers doesn’t matter at all to her.
"They can be in their 20s or 30s or 50s," she said. "There are so many great writers here. There are 15,000 writers alone in Nashville and it’s just a great opportunity to work with them."
Swift will also likely be getting fan mail from readers of the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, in which she is featured. It was released Thursday.
The A&F catalog — which has sparked controversy over some of the arguably risqué photos used — will feature 20 up-and-coming stars in the July 1 issue.
Taylor Swift, with her long blond hair, thoughtfully wise eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion, is one of them.
"Don’t worry," she said. "I won’t be getting naked or anything. It’s not raunchy at all this time."
In addition to several photos of her wearing jeans and shirts from A&F, there’s also some biographical material about her included in the catalog. Swift said she’s included with other young people, but said she believes she’s the only musician.
"I think everyone else was an actor," she said. "I know that the guy who is Luke (Chris Carmack) on "The OC" is in it."
Swift will also likely get fan mail when the CD "Chicks With Attitude" is released in August. The CD is in conjunction with the Maybelline-sponsored tour this summer featuring Liz Phair, Katy Rose, and The Cardigans.
Swift’s song "The Outsider" is on the CD.
She said that song, as well as most of her songs, spring from her love of poetry.
"I’ve always written poetry," she said. " ‘The Outsider’ is about how it feels to be outside looking in. That’s how I felt sometimes, and it’s the way anyone would feel when they are going through a tough time."
Remember, Swift is all of 14.
"I’ve always been this way," she said of her ability to translate her feelings into words (and now music.)
"I write about love and breakups," she said. "I like to write story songs. For me, well, I think it’s something that I was born with. I don’t think you can teach someone to do it, and you also can’t take it away."
She also likes to listen to songs, too.
Right now her two favorite artists are LeAnn Rimes and Martina McBride.
She hasn’t met either of them yet, but she’s hoping to.
"There are people who are hoping to get us together soon," she said. "But I haven’t met them yet."
Swift said that the move to Tennessee was definitely the right thing to do, even though it means her father, Scott, has to commute between Pennsylvania where he works for Merrill Lynch and Nashville where he is one of his daughter’s biggest cheerleaders.
"This is just so exciting for her and for us," Scott Swift said. "It’s all starting to really happen for her."
The younger Swift said she’s not in any great hurry, and wants her career to be longlasting, not a flash in the pan.
"Pop music is different from country," she said. It can take up to two years to get an album on the airwaves in country music, she said. Pop stars can crank out an album in weeks or months.
Right now, Swift is thrilled with the way her career is going, but there is one drawback.
"I do miss my friends," Swift said of those she left behind in Wyomissing. "But I can’t imagine not being here and not doing this. I feel it was meant to be."
Contact Tracy Rasmussen at entertainment@readingeagle.com.
Reading Eagle: Matthew J. Sroka Taylor Swift, 14, with her guitar on moving day: a burgeoning artist.
A Taylor Swift publicity shot: biding her time.
By Tracy Rasmussen Reading Eagle Correspondent (source)
14-year-old Taylor Swift takes off for a Nashville music career | Entertainment
WHILE MOST OF HER PEERS are dreaming themselves into the pictures of music stars taped to their walls, Taylor Swift is living the dream.
The Wyomissing teenager recently moved to Nashville, Tenn., to pursue a career in country music inspired by LeAnn Rimes and nurtured by performances in local theater.
"We really made the commitment to move here and see what happens," said Swift, 14. "Before it was like two weeks out of every month we’d come down here to go to meetings."
Now she goes to meetings after she gets out of school (she just finished eighth grade) and still has plenty of time to travel
"It’s really just been awesome," she said, adding that she really never even picked up a guitar until she was 12.
"But I always liked to sing," she said. "I started with children’s theater in Reading and that’s when people noticed that I had some country in my voice."
It was the guitar though, that led her to a new passion: songwriting.
"I picked up the guitar, and I learned three chords and then I was writing songs," she said. "Being able to create music is just awesome. I love it."
So far Swift has penned 84 songs (although by the time this story publishes that number will likely be higher) and is looking for a music publisher to represent her. She already has around the country to perform.
Swift recently performed at The Bitter End in New York City, and has sung the National Anthem at the U.S. Tennis Championships. She has also performed during half-time at a Knicks game in Madison Square Garden. a manager, Dan Dymtrow, who also managed Britney Spear’s career, and a record deal with RCA.
"It’s important to pick the right publisher so we’re taking our time with it," Swift said. "That’s what we’re going to be doing this summer."
This summer she’ll also be working with other songwriters in Nashville.
"I want to do some co-writing of songs, too," she said. "It really helps to have someone else’s opinion and it gets you more creative."
The age of her co-writers doesn’t matter at all to her.
"They can be in their 20s or 30s or 50s," she said. "There are so many great writers here. There are 15,000 writers alone in Nashville and it’s just a great opportunity to work with them."
Swift will also likely be getting fan mail from readers of the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, in which she is featured. It was released Thursday.
The A&F catalog — which has sparked controversy over some of the arguably risqué photos used — will feature 20 up-and-coming stars in the July 1 issue.
Taylor Swift, with her long blond hair, thoughtfully wise eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion, is one of them.
"Don’t worry," she said. "I won’t be getting naked or anything. It’s not raunchy at all this time."
In addition to several photos of her wearing jeans and shirts from A&F, there’s also some biographical material about her included in the catalog. Swift said she’s included with other young people, but said she believes she’s the only musician.
"I think everyone else was an actor," she said. "I know that the guy who is Luke (Chris Carmack) on "The OC" is in it."
Swift will also likely get fan mail when the CD "Chicks With Attitude" is released in August. The CD is in conjunction with the Maybelline-sponsored tour this summer featuring Liz Phair, Katy Rose, and The Cardigans.
Swift’s song "The Outsider" is on the CD.
She said that song, as well as most of her songs, spring from her love of poetry.
"I’ve always written poetry," she said. " ‘The Outsider’ is about how it feels to be outside looking in. That’s how I felt sometimes, and it’s the way anyone would feel when they are going through a tough time."
Remember, Swift is all of 14.
"I’ve always been this way," she said of her ability to translate her feelings into words (and now music.)
"I write about love and breakups," she said. "I like to write story songs. For me, well, I think it’s something that I was born with. I don’t think you can teach someone to do it, and you also can’t take it away."
She also likes to listen to songs, too.
Right now her two favorite artists are LeAnn Rimes and Martina McBride.
She hasn’t met either of them yet, but she’s hoping to.
"There are people who are hoping to get us together soon," she said. "But I haven’t met them yet."
Swift said that the move to Tennessee was definitely the right thing to do, even though it means her father, Scott, has to commute between Pennsylvania where he works for Merrill Lynch and Nashville where he is one of his daughter’s biggest cheerleaders.
"This is just so exciting for her and for us," Scott Swift said. "It’s all starting to really happen for her."
The younger Swift said she’s not in any great hurry, and wants her career to be longlasting, not a flash in the pan.
"Pop music is different from country," she said. It can take up to two years to get an album on the airwaves in country music, she said. Pop stars can crank out an album in weeks or months.
Right now, Swift is thrilled with the way her career is going, but there is one drawback.
"I do miss my friends," Swift said of those she left behind in Wyomissing. "But I can’t imagine not being here and not doing this. I feel it was meant to be."
Contact Tracy Rasmussen at entertainment@readingeagle.com.
Reading Eagle: Matthew J. Sroka Taylor Swift, 14, with her guitar on moving day: a burgeoning artist.
A Taylor Swift publicity shot: biding her time.
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New Album 'The Tortured Poet Department' April 19th!! 
