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MP3 Gwen Maul - Back For The Very First Time
10 MP3 Songs in this album (32:32) !
Related styles: Urban/R&B: Soul, Urban/R&B: Traditional R&B, Solo Female Artist
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THE STORY OF SHE IS QUITE AN INTERESTING ONE, GWEN MAUL SINGER/SONGWRITER FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO; CAME ON THE SCENE LATER THAN MOST BUT AS SHE PUTS IT
“YET, RIGHT ON TIME!” SHE CHOSE TO FOLLOW HER HEART AND MEET HER DREAMS, AFTER A 16 YEAR CAREER AS A HAIRSTYLIST/MAKEUP ARTIST.
“MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF ME & I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTIST IN MANY WAYS, YET WORDS AND MUSIC HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSTANT IN MY LIFE. “ HER FIRST SONG ‘GOODBYE’ WAS ORIGINALY A POEM. LATER PUT TO MUSIC BY LA BASED PRODUCER ANDREW GWYNN.
HER STORY IS ONE FILLED WITH MANY STORIES & EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE HELPED TO SHAPE AND MOLD HER STYLE OF MUSIC…IT’S SOULFUL, JAZZY WITH SPARKLES OF POP.
COINING HER PHRASE ‘SOJAPOP MUSIK’
CLOSING A DOOR TO A PART OF HER LIFE AS A HAIRSTYLIST WAS CHALLENGING BUT SHE SAYS, “THERE WAS THIS TUG HAPPENING, EVERY WHERE I TURNED IT WAS THERE, CALLING ME, & I HAD TO ANSWER IT!”
GWEN MAUL’S DEBUT ALBUM ‘BACK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME’ CAUSED ALOT OF SURPRISE TO SAY THE LEAST AMONGST HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HER MOM, WHOM GWEN IS NAMED AFTER, SAID”I WAS HAPPY THAT SHE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON HERSELF, AND BECOME ALL SHE WANTED TO BE.”
“PEOPLE CHANGE ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, IT’S A PART OF OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE, SO I FEET GREAT ABOUT MY DECISION, AND WITH EVERY FIBER OF ME I INTEND TO DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO LIVE MY DREAMS, REGARDLESS. WE ONLY GET ONE LIFE AND I INTEND TO HAVE A BALL LIVING MINE DOING EXACTLY WHAT MY HEART DESIRES!!”
GWEN DOVE RIGHT IN AND A STRING OF EVENTS PLACED HER IN ONE OF CLEVELANDS OLDEST FAVORITE NIGHT SPOTS, UPTOWNE GRILLE WHERE A LOCAL JAZZ TRIO PLAYED WEEKLY JAM SESSIONS; ONE FRIDAY AS THE BAND WRAPPED UP SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF, & THEY INVITED HER TO PLAY WITH THEM THE NEXT WEEK.
“I WAS THINKING, OHH MAN, HERE WE GO…ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE HUH? WELL ALRIGHTTTT!!” LAUGHING, GWEN SAYS SHE WAS NERVOUS AND EXCITED, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SHE WOULD SING PUBLICLY…SHE INVITED HER FAMILY AND CLOSET FRIENDS, “WOW, IS ALL I THOUGHT, IT WAS A FULL HOUSE THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS A NETWORKING EVENT THAT HAD JUST ENDED NEARBY, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE A MILLION PEOPLE THERE,”
GWEN SANG BILLIE HOLIDAY’S GOD BLESS THE CHILD AND DID WELL ENOUGH TO GET A GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE AND WAS INVITED TO SING WITH THEM EVERY WEEK.
WITH A FRIDAY NIGHT GIG, BEGAN HER CRASH COURSE IN MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS.
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF SINGING AND LEARNING JAZZ STANDARDS SHE WAS OFFERED HER OWN NIGHT. “I WAS ABSOLUTELY EXCITED; I HAD SO MANY THINGS TO ORGANIZE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!” SHE CALLED ON OHIO HIP HOP AWARD WINNER CLEVELAND’S BEST HOST CHIEFROCKA Q-NICE TO HOST HER EVENT; SHE GATHERED A BAND &
SOUL SUNDAYS AT UPTOWNE WAS BORN.
“THERE WERE OTHER SINGERS THAT I ASKED TO BE A PART OF THE NIGHT SHOWCASING CLEVELAND TALENT, AND WITH THE MARVELS AND WONDERS OF FACEBOOK, PEOPLE CAME AND WE HAD GREAT TIMES!” SOON A SECOND VENUE CALLED OFFERING HER A WEEKLY NIGHT ,” MY MIND WAS BLOWN, AS SOON AS I DECLARED MY DESIRES HERE IT WAS UNFOLDING, LITERALLY UNFOLDING IN FRONT OF ME.”
THE SECOND VENUE AT BODEGA BEGAN THE SERIES OF SOUL WEDNESDAYS.
AT THIS TIME IS WHEN GWEN SAYS SHE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT MUSICIANS.
“I LOVE LIVE MUSIC, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER TO ME, SO I WAS IN AWE DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS OF PUTTING PIECES TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER CLEVELAND, AND PARTS OF OHIO TO PLAY WITH ME; IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME AND IT PROVED TO ME THAT I AM BUILT FOR THIS, PERIOD. “
WHEN THE SUMMER SOUL SERIES ENDED GWEN FELT THAT THE FALL/WINTER WOULD BE THE TIME TO START WORKING ON HER CD PROJECT.
“I HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN HOW TO START THE PROCESS, SO AGAIN I CALLED ON MY FRIEND, Q-NICE, HE BECAME MY GO TO GUY, HE’S BEEN MY FRIEND FOR YEARS, I VALUE HIS OPINION, AND I TRUST HIM. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD BECOME A PART OF THE TEAM, & HE SAID YES.”
Q-NICE, A STAPLE IN CLEVELANDS OPEN MIC SCENE, HE IS THE FOUNDER OF
CHIEFROCKA ENTERTAINMENT AND HAS THE LONGEST RUNNING VENUE IN THE CITY! WINNING AWARDS AND ACCOLADES FOR HIS SPOKEN WORD POETRY, ALONG WITH AMAZING STYLE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
HE KNEW OF A PRODUCER THAT WOULD BE RIGHT, “THE FUNNY THING IS I HAD BEEN HEARING HIS NAME A LOT, A HIS ALREADY, AND HAD NEVER MET HIM!”
ONE NIGHT GWEN SAYS SOMETHING HAPPENED AT AN EVENT GIVEN BY BASHEER JONES ANOTHER CLEVELAND ARTIST/ACTIVIST AND PIONEER. “THERE WAS OPEN MIC ON ONE FLOOR DJ ON ANOTHER AND NETWORKING THROUGHOUT, THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND IT WAS A PIVITOL MOMENT FOR ME, THAT NIGHT I SANG A CLASSIC COVER OF ‘BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW’ AND THE ENERGY AND FEELING I GOT LET ME KNOW THAT THE GUY ON KEYS WOULD BE MY PRODUCER AND MY FRIEND FOR LIFE!”
KENN BELL, IS HIS NAME & A SUPER PRODUCER, ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN HE HAS PLAYED WITH SOME BIG NAMES IN MUSIC AND HAS AN AMAZING RANGE OF TALENT
AS THE FOUNDER OF THE FUNNY SOUND, & MARS MUSIC KENN BELL IS DEFINETLY MAKING HIS PERMANENT MARK IN MUSIC.
“KENN HAS AN AWESOME ENERGY AND AN AMAZING SPIRIT; HE REALLY HELPED ME CAPTURE EXACTLY WHAT WAS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.” SAID GWEN
GWEN CONSIDERS THE WHOLE PROCESS BLESSINGS FROM GOD! ” I BELIEVED IN MYSELF EVEN IF OTHERS DIDN’T, AND THAT’S FINE, EVERYBODY AS A ROLE TO PLAY, I’M JUST THANKFUL THAT GOD GAVE ME THE COURAGE. HE BESTOWED A MYRIAD OF BLESSINGS FOR ME TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF ENOUGH, ANY WAY YOU EVER WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE, IT CAN BE! “BACK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME” IS ALL THE PROOF I NEED TO KNOW THAT FOR SURE!
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