songwriters,inc. magazine

&A
with Meg Myers
What’s your biggest fear as an artist and why?
How do you come up with ideas for songs?
I think my biggest fear is that I’ll lose my mind because
I’m a hermit and I need a lot of alone time, and when I’m
constantly around people I start feeling pretty crazy and
unable to think straight. Luckily, I’m aware of this now
so I just need to make sure I create as much as possible
and go on walks alone and stuff. Also, laughter helps me
a lot and luckily my band members are goof balls.
Well, for me, it could really come from anything. Sometimes
lyric or melody ideas come along when I’m on
my alone-time walks and I just record it onto my phone
quickly so I won’t forget them. I also once dreamt some
lyrics, believe it or not. So yeah, I guess randomly.
Questions: Answers:
Can you tell me a little bit about your first single, “Desire?” How did it
come about? How does it fit into your album?
Have you ever received any negative criticism about your music from
your family?
Have any of your exes ever reached out to you about any of your
songs?
Andy (Rosen) and I started writing “Desire” a few months
ago. That was a really magical song that we’ve written.
Sometimes it takes two days or two weeks to come up
with a chorus, but “Desire” was done in a day. There was
something really special about it. I had been listening to
Nine Inch Nails a lot, and I really wanted to make something
with that vibe. I don’t know if that comes through.
We started writing that and it just had that sexual vibe to,
and it actually wasn’t about anybody. Andy was really
feeling that Nine Inch Nails inspiration too. We were on
the same page with that, which was awesome.
No. Fortunately there’s no negative criticism that I can
remember. They’ve always been supportive. My recent
ex-boyfriend did break up with me because of my song
“Desire” and the video for it though. Apparently it was too
dark and sexual for him.
No, luckily not yet!
I feel like your music is all over the rock ‘n’ roll map. Who are some
musicians that you’ve been really influenced by?
How is this album different from your last EP? How have you
changed?
I’ve been influenced by Sting, Mark Knoplfer from Dire
Straits, Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac, Kurt
Cobain and Alice In Chains. I’ve been listening to a lot of
James Taylor too.
The new album is about different things I’ve been going
through the past year. The last EP was about a tough relationship
leading to a breakup, and the new album is about
my struggles with life and emotions that I can’t talk about
easily. Musically it incorporates more live instruments and
is also quite a bit darker.
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