Interview with Artist Jenna Leigh (UK)


By Mick Michaels





The Cosmick View: Hello, Jenna and welcome to The Cosmick View/MBM Ten Pounder! Thanks for taking some time to chat with us!

CV: Describe your definition your sound and style and how does

that definition uniquely describe the music?
Jenna Leigh: ITS ROCK N ROLL…CALL IT PUNK ROCK AT THE BASE BUT ITS CINEMATIC TOO…USING BOTH GUITARS ANS SYNTHS. I WROTE MOST OF THIS ALBUM, DEMOED ON GUITAR AND TRANSPOSED TO SYNTH AND SOUNDSCAPES CREATING A WALL OF SOUND.

CV: Today, everyone talks about artist and audience connection. Is such a level of connection actually achievable for an artist and if so, how have you made the connection to your fans?

JL: SOME I HAVE PAYED ATTENTION TO IF I KNOW THEY HAVE STUCK AROUND FOR YEARS. ILL SEND A MESSAGE ON A BIRTHDAY. I SEND PERSONALIZED SIGNED PHOTOS AND KEEP THEM UP TO DATE.

CV: Is fan interaction an important part of your inner culture?
JL: WELL I’VE WORKED, TRAVELED AND LIVED BETWEEN LONDON, PARIS AND LA SINCE I WAS A TEEN. SCENE IS DARK ROCK BUT IT’S A GENRE THAT HAS LOTS OF THE BANDS…WE KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 

CV: Can an artist truly interact with its fans and still maintain a level of personal privacy without crossing the line and giving up their “personal space” in your opinion?

JL: YES. I GIVE UPDATES BUT DON'T GET TO CLOSE.

CV: Is music, and its value, viewed differently around the world in your opinion? If so, what do you see as the biggest difference in such multiple views among various cultures?

JL: WELL ONE STARK ONE IS THE UNITED STATES IS RULED BY HIP HOP…ITS IN THE CULTURE, IN MUSIC, IN DRESS. YOU GO TO ANY MALL AND IT’S THE HUB AND THE CODE IS HIP HOP. THE MUSIC YOU HEAR IN THE TANOY IS HIP HOP. IN A WAY ITS SAD…IT’S SATURATED. BUT, IF YOU REMARK THEY LOOK AT YOU. 

ROCK I THINK WAS KING IN LA FROM THE LATE 70S TO THE HUGE GLAM SCENE ON SUNSET BLVD IN THE MID 80S WHEN MUSIC WAS FUN AND REAL SWEATY AND THE MAKE UP LOOKED BETTER IN THE MORNING. 

THE HISPANIC MARKET IS ONE, IF NOT THE BIGGEST MARKET, ON THE PLANET. BUT SCENES COME AND GO. JLO AND DIDDY IN THE 90S TO NOW MACHINE GUN KELLY HOLDING FORT IN THE REVISED POP PUNK REVOLUTION. AVRIL LAVIGNE IS NOW BACK ON TOP. I LIKE MYSTERY IN ROCK STARS LIKE NUMAN OR RECENTLY, THAT POPPY BRINGING OUT HER SOUND ON 'I DISAGREE’ ALBUM IN 2020.

SCENES CHANGE AND RETURN. BUT RNB AND HIP HOP…THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH OF IT…IT’S SAFE NOISE 

I THINK FOO FIGHTERS ARE BIG IN UK AND EUROPE BECAUSE WE LOVE ROCK.

CV: Do you feel that an artist that has an international appeal, will tend to connect more so to American audiences?

JL: NOT REALLY. IN THE UK WE SEE THE US AS AN RNB/HIP HOP NATION. 

CV: Would an audience be more enticed or intrigued to see a foreign artist over indigenous acts because of the international flavor?
JL: NO, I THINK PEOPLE LIKE WHAT THEY LIKE WHEREVER THE BAND COMES FROM.

CV: Has modern-day digital technology made everyone an artist on some level in your opinion? Have the actual lines of what really is an artist been blurred?

JL: THE WORD ART IN ARTIST MAY BE SEEN AS THEY CAN ALL CALL THEMSELVES ARTISTS, BUT THE DIGITAL DAW IS PROVIDING THE PRE-MADE ART AND THE COMPUTER OPERATOR MAY HAVE MORE MUSICALLY ABILITY THAN HIS CONTEMPORARY. YOUR QUESTION IS A GOOD OBSERVATION. MY SHORT ANSWER IS THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO SOUND THE SAME…UNIFORMED “RADIO READY EDITS."

CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets them?
JL: I HAVE ALWAYS PREFERRED LIVING IN THE OUTDOORS OF WHAT THE MASSES ARE DOING. I THINK ONE ARTIST WILL SIMPLY BE MORE INTERESTING AND NATURALLY ENIGMATIC AND BRAVE AGAINST ONE WHOM IS NOT…LIKE BOWIE OR ED SHIREEN. 

CV: Has music overall been splintered into too many sub-genres in an effort to appease fan tastes in your opinion? And has such fan appeasements, in actuality, weakened music’s impact as a whole by dividing audiences?

JL: I’M SO AWARE MUSIC NOW IS RNB POP…THEN THERE IS MORE THOUGHT OUT MUSIC. THERE IS NEW BRILLIANT MUSIC BEING MADE WHICH ISN'T REPRESENTED IN THE CHARTS

CV: Thanks again Jenna for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.

Check out Jenna at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennaleighraineofficial/



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