Some songs are too hard to play for whatever reason. I want to make sure I play something from every record.
What do you think about when you're putting together a set list? Not feel like I have to know 40 songs going out."Īimee Mann will play Tipitina's Tuesday night. I've done shows where I've taken requests, but in general I like to be prepared. "By the time I get to rehearsal, I want to do set run-throughs and not be trying to figure out stuff. "I want to have a set list that has a flow to it, that I know works, " Mann said. She was in the process of selecting songs. We spoke recently when she was getting ready for a rehearsal for the tour. Critic Ken Tucker described last year's Charmer as "a song cycle about getting rid of a cynical frame of mind," and even though she chose a more pop musical palate for the album, the stories she tells remain focused on the downside of love. "Mann's history of being mishandled by three different labels over a full decade reads like a cautionary tale about the struggle to be a serious recording artist in the contemporary music market," Jonathan Van Meter wrote in The New York Times.īeing independent has made it possible to do her thing - writerly, lyric-driven songs about adults that are as precise in their emotional nuance as they are in their craft. She walked away from a record deal with Geffen Records when the company told her they didn't hear a single in batch of songs she was working on for an upcoming album, this shortly after receiving Oscar and Grammy nominations for the song "Save Me" from the Magnolia soundtrack. The singer talks about the challenges of songwriting and storytelling.Īimee Mann has been an independent artist since 1999.
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