.JPG) Eileen Carey is a country singer whose song "That Was Her, This Is Now" (written by Keith Urban) is getting airplay on radio stations across the country. Via phone, she answered questions about her music, her adjustment to life in LA, and what she would be doing if she weren't making music. When did you write your first song? My first song was probably twelve, thirteen years ago. It was on the first album Possibilities. It was called “That Town.” It came out almost twelve years ago. You moved here from Ohio. Describe any culture shock you had moving to LA. It was a little different. Everybody seemed to get along better out here, different cultures and things like that. Of course the food is different, and the weather. That kind of stuff. To live here is real different, with the weather and the people. Fashion is different. There are more opportunities for women out here, I think. It was a big adjustment. Plus, coming out here and all my family’s back in Ohio. That was a big shock. I didn’t just move two blocks. I moved twenty-eight hundred miles. For some reason, it didn’t take long to get adjusted. How could you not get adjusted to such beautiful weather? It’s easy to get adjusted to seventy degrees in January. Oh yes! My husband just went back to Ohio to visit. It was snowing so bad over there. It was like thirty below. I don’t miss thawing out the car. Chipping ice off the windshield. I don’t miss that at all. I can just look at the mountains. How did you come to record a song written by Keith Urban? I got that from my producer. He lived in Nashville and worked for Warner Brothers, one of the big publishing companies over there. He got a lot of demos. When he came out here, he started his own Nashville Tracks, now called My Record Label. There’s a lot of Nashville songs from different artists. That happened to be in his file. I heard it and fell in love with it. I held onto it for a couple years and then decided to record it on this album. It seems to be doing very well on the radio. I’m fortunate to have it. There is kind of a recurring theme of female assertion on the album? Is that something you did consciously? I guess there is a lot about girls on this album. Just watching people go out and get along. That was how it ended up. Just going out and having a good time. Your website says you found a niche pretty quickly in Los Angeles. What niche did you find? Who’s coming to your shows and buying your albums? It’s a variety. Where I do really well is at festivals and fairs.There could be any age from twelve and up. I kind of get a mixed crowd. I don’t think I’m too much like the Hollywood scene. But I go to fairs and festivals, and outdoor things. I do some clubs, I don’t shy away from that. I seem to do well with a variety of ages. Also I found this one site where I put my music the other day. It kind of gives you demographics. The majority of people that listen to me are between the ages of twenty-one and thirty. It caught them. I do a lot of colleges too. That’s probably why I get that breakdown. Is there one festival or fair that you would do any time you are asked? The Del Mar Fair. That’s a great fair. I love the LA County Fair too. That was fun. I love fairs. They’re cool. I meet people from all over the world. What would you be doing if you weren’t making music? Wow! When I originally came out here, I was studying film to be a director. I would go back to doing something like that, directing film or theatre. It’s another passion. Outside of that, something art-related. Decorating or something like that. I have a passion for film and theatre. Unfortunately, you don’t make any money out here doing theatre. Eileen Carey's latest album Movin' On is available through her website and CD Baby. |