Episode 237 - Madison Cunningham
Sodajerker On Songwriting
Sodajerker
4.9 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The phenomenal Madison Cunningham speaks with Sodajerker about her new record Revealer, sincerity versus technicality in music making, and why songs are sometimes smarter than you. The singer-songwriter also discusses her distinctive approach to the guitar and the influence of church music in her development.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello there and welcome to Soda Jaker on songwriting. I'm Brian here with Simon and joining us for |
| 0:24.0 | episode 237 is a fearsomely talented American singer-songwriter and a |
| 0:28.8 | boundlessly creative guitarist who both happen to be the same person. |
| 0:32.4 | As this episode drops she's just released a fan guitarist who both happened to be the same person. |
| 0:32.6 | As this episode drops, she's just released a fantastic new album, Revealer, |
| 0:37.0 | and we had the great pleasure of speaking to her recently about the writing of the record |
| 0:40.8 | and her musical journey thus far. We are delighted to welcome the exceptional |
| 0:45.1 | Madison Cunningham to the show. Madison was born in 1996 in Escondido, California, |
| 0:51.1 | the eldest of five girls and raised in Costa Mesa, Orange County. |
| 0:55.4 | Her father was a worship past there, so she grew up in a religious household, as well as being |
| 0:59.3 | homeschooled. |
| 1:00.6 | She was singing from a very early age and picked up the guitar aged 7, learning the basics from her dad who happens to be an accomplished player himself, |
| 1:07.0 | as incidentally was her grandmother Rachel, who inspired one of the standout tracks on the new record, Life According to Rachel. More about that in the interview. |
| 1:14.8 | By the age of 12, Madison was writing songs on the regular, as well as performing with their |
| 1:19.1 | sisters in church, eventually leading the church choir, and by 16 was pretty set on pursuing music |
| 1:24.6 | professionally. It was only then that she began investigating the classic singer-songwriter |
| 1:28.8 | Canon discovering the likes of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, as well as artists such as |
| 1:35.0 | Brooke Fraser, Jeff Buckley, Fiona Apple, Juan and Marlina and Rufus Wainwright. |
| 1:39.8 | While still in here mid-teens and attending a NAM show in Anaheim, California, Madison was introduced |
| 1:45.0 | to the man who was soon to become her producer and mentor, the multi-instrumentalist and session |
| 1:49.4 | player Tyler Chester, who invited her to LA, which she further developed her artistry under his tutelage. |
| 1:54.8 | Our guest self-released an album, Authenticity in 2014 and continued to forge her own unique |
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