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a Bethany Dillon fansite
Our friends at K-LOVE met up with Bethany Dillon at the Spirit West Coast festival. Check out this cool video.
Did You Know?
At age 10, she discovered the music of Jennifer Knapp, and immediately wanted to learn how to play guitar. "I was convinced I should be a rocker chick."
Bethany Dillon:
"I want to awaken in my generation something that's been dead. I want to make the Word flesh and blood for my generation, to show them that living out the Gospel is something greater and more mysterious, with more adventures than we've learned."
We recently met Bethany Dillon and had an opportunity to chat and learn more about her...
MQ: First of all, tell us a little bit about your musical background. Do you come from a musical family?
BD: I do. It's kind of funny...my mom loves U2. She's like, in love with Bono, like we all are, and she loves the Beatles and stuff. My dad loves Merle Haggard and George Jones and things like that. We just love music.
MQ: How would you describe your music to someone that's not familiar with it?
BD: I think I would best describe it as kind of folk rock. I play acoustic guitar - so it's very singer, songwriter - just kind of sitting in the living room, laid back, chill kind of music. Sometimes there's a little rock and roll in there.
MQ: How did you get started? Did you do an indie CD first?
BD: I did. I started playing guitar at ten and at twelve I made an independent CD of just some songs I had written to give at churches, colleges, conferences...whatever I'd sing at. Some people at EMI/Sparrow got a hold of it and invited us down, just on a whim. And we came down and the next day we came home and they called and they were like, 'Hey, we'd really like to sign your daughter.' It was such a whirlwind but it was really cool.
MQ: Your album is produced by Ed Cash and Josh Moore of Caedmon's Call. What was the record making process like since it was your first record label release? Was it different from your indie cd?
BD: It was definitely different to make this record. Making the record was so fun. When we were done, it was just like...our hearts hurt because we just made so many good friends...our producers. Most of the record was done with Ed Cash so we got really close with him. I just loved writing and hanging out with musicians. It was just a very good learning time because we made the record through like a year and a half. We had so much time to just work on songs and to make sure everything was excellent - just what we wanted to say. It was a very good time.
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