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At Shaky Knees music festival, SCAD Radio Music Director El Smith met up with a few musicians. Among them was Taylor Janzen, a singer\/songwriter with an interesting celebrity obsession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite kind of bear?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor- Polar bears are cute. They\u2019re adorable. Koala bears are cute, too. I\u2019d say a koala bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you like traveling? You\u2019re from Canada?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love traveling because I like being able to see so many beautiful cities. I live in Winnipeg, so there’s never a direct flight anywhere<\/em>. It sucks. It\u2019s nice to have a good \u201chome base\u201d for when I\u2019m traveling. I love it! I like being out and about doing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a favorite place that you\u2019ve done a show?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a showcase in New York, and I love New York. I just feel very comfortable there, which is weird because being from such a small city, I\u2019m typically overwhelmed by big cities. But New York for some reason made me feel comfortable. I don\u2019t entirely know why, but I\u2019m very happy about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What inspired Shouting Matches<\/em>, your EP that just came out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all inspired by life experiences\u2026 I wrote a lot about my religious upbringing mainly because songwriting is my way of sifting through things as I think about them. I wrote a lot about relationships, not necessarily romantic ones, but relationships in general. So just everything in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a favorite song from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNew Mercies\u201d probably, though I have a soft spot in my heart for all the different songs. \u201cNew Mercies\u201d was the first time that I wrote [a] song and entirely envisioned what it would sound like with a full band. I went to Omaha and worked with [producer] Mike Mogis for this EP, and he just brought it to life in such a beautiful way. I think it\u2019s one of my favorite songs I\u2019ve ever written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What artists inspire you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m really inspired by Brandi Carlile. The way that she sings with such vulnerability… she can go from doing a beautiful, delicate song to just screaming, and I think that’s so cool. I\u2019m also inspired by MewithoutYou, they\u2019re one of my favorite bands. The lead singer, his lyric writing has inspired my writing so much. Just how out-of-the-box it is and how honest at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to ask, I\u2019m sure everyone does, what is it about Dennis Quaid?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started as a joke. I really liked The Parent Trap <\/em>growing up, it was my favorite movie. I really liked that video of him on <\/a>Ellen<\/a> <\/em>when he went to Starbucks with the earpiece and was like \u201cDennis Quaid is here! Dennis Quaid wants a coffee!\u201d So I\u2019d start walking around everywhere being like \u201cDennis Quaid wants a coffee!\u201d What started as a joke turned into real life, and now I love him. Then I had a song I didn\u2019t know what to name. Everyone would give me suggestions and they were all stupid, but I was like \u201cScrew it, I\u2019m gonna name it after Dennis Quaid.\u201d It has nothing to do with Dennis Quaid, but I\u2019m gonna name it after him \u2018cuz I love him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you think you\u2019ll go in a similar direction in future releases?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, I\u2019m really loving the full band thing because when I did my first EP Interpersonal<\/em> it was recorded in a house in Winter with my friend. I obviously didn\u2019t have access to a full band, but I always wanted to play with a full band. For this EP, I got to do what I\u2019d always wanted to do, and I really wanna explore more options with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on Taylor Janzen\u2019s music, click <\/em>here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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