Music's Week Staff: Who are your biggest musical influences? In what way did they influence you?
Jimmy Mallia: Some are artist like Jim Croce, Dolly Pardon, Willie Nelson, John Prine. They wrote their own songs and told stories, much like my style. Some are people in my life. Coach Stig, a junior Hight teacher, who have me confidence and the believe in myself. Mike Janota, a junior high teacher who introduced me to creativity and song writing. Mrs. T my highschool English teacher who made me do my highschool musicals. Mrs. Potts, a highschool teacher who taught I could do anything if I set my mind to it. My father Eddie Mallia who was a great example of what a man should be. Dave Trainer taught me to put words to music.
Music's Week Staff: What story behind the song "Hey Hey”?
Jimmy Mallia: I am a recovering alcoholic in a program of recovery. This is song is about my journey to make the decision to stop drinking and get help and the joy of sobriety.
Music's Week Staff: How did you describe your process of creating "Hey Hey" compared to your other song?
Jimmy Mallia: Hey Hey came to me very fast and I wrote it from start to finish in one sitting, which unusual. But it was clear to me. I wanted my story told but in a hopeful, joyous way. I wanted get across the decision but also the pure joy of sobriety. So I made it a bar room style sing a long.
Music's Week Staff: With every project comes a challenge, Can you tell us a time were you faces obstacles when creating this music video? How did you handle it?
Jimmy Mallia: This was a challenge from beginning to end. I have never produced and put a song out there. I did this all on my own. From research on how to do it to the getting it out there. I had to find a recording studio for rookies. Learn how to actually record a song. I learned you need a distributor and a promotion tool. I learned the song has to be mastered. I chose the instruments in the song. This was all a huge learning curve for me. However, I have loved every challenging step.
Music's Week Staff: Name a time when your patience in making your video tested.
Jimmy Mallia: The first recording session I came down with a cold and had to go back to record. I struggled a lot with the instruments to put in the song. I wanted just the right sound and I hard time conveying that to the sound guy. It was very frustrating to get it where I wanted it.
Music's Week Staff: In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team?
Jimmy Mallia: The key to me is to have the like minded people working on the project. The team has to have a vision of the outcome they share.
Music's Week Staff: Do you think you could get any better as an artist? And if so, how would you achieve that?
Jimmy Mallia: Of course I could, or I hope to. I have a long way to go and to learn to be the artist I envision I can be. I hope to fine tune my sound, my playing. I have a lot to learn about stage presence.
Music's Week Staff: Your song "Hey Hey", did you wis you had done something differently? Or have you changed as a person and would change styles/lyrics now?
Jimmy Mallia: Great question! My sound and style has actually changed quite a bit in this process. My vocals have become deeper, richer. They had to be to get this message across. I have more depth and feeling now in my vocals. I hope to improve in this are because all have a meaning I want to get across, to touch people. This takes the right vocals and music
Music's Week Staff: If you could pass on a nugget of wisdom t the next musical generation, what would it be?
Jimmy Mallia: Research the business, learn as much as you can. Always strive to tweak and improve every aspect of the process and your music.
Music's Week Staff: Where can potential fans find out more about you?
Jimmy Mallia: My personal facebook or my artist profile on Face book under Jimmy Mallia. Feel free to reach out and message me. Be sure to follow me on Spotify for a new release.
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