If you have an artist/band you’d like to recommend for review, contact Nunez at Follow Mike on Twitter: details I wouldn’t be able to choose between the two. I started writing songs because I felt I had something to say and that’s why I wrote them down and produced them. That is like asking me to choose between pizza and banana splits.
Q : Which do you enjoy more, the creative side of making a record or performing live?Ī: Those are two different animals. I have worked my whole life, and I wrote my first song when I was 10 years old.Ĭonfessions of an entertainment reporter: 5 years of Runaway I grew up in a single-wide trailer in a trailer park. Q : What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?Ī: Not sure what people already know about me. If I think of radio when writing, you can try to get too smart with it and miss the mark. I just write songs that are who I am and if it happens to be radio-friendly that is great, too. Q : When you have commercial success so early in your career, does it put pressure on you to write for radio play?Ī: There is always that pressure, but it’s only there if you put it on yourself. Turns out my zipper was down the whole song. I then see my manager make his way down to the front row and he starts pointing at me, too, and I am thinking, “Yeah, I know, isn’t this great?” And then I noticed he was pointing at my zipper. There were thousands of people there and I was running all around the stage having a good time and I noticed people were pointing at me, and I just figured they were having a good time. I have slipped and said the wrong thing on stage before, but the most embarrassing was this time I was doing a big outdoor show on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Q : What was your most embarrassing onstage moment?Ī: (laughing). I guess I can have my cake and eat it, too, that way. I still get to perform a lot of those songs live, and it is OK if they know the song from someone else singing it. I have written things that have very special meaning for myself and I hang on to those, and I have written some things that have special meaning for others, too. Is there ever a time you have that, “Man, I wish I had saved that one for myself” thoughts?Ī: No, not really.
Q : You have written hits for other artists. The writing retreats have been a Godsend for me when it comes to writing. We get in that zone and we write and we get inspired. I also do writing retreats where me and some friends get together and just write. You learn after a while that you have to get up every day and put yourself in the position to write and work at it, so now it is a mixture of what moves me and approaching it as a writer. Are you one of those guys that write all the time, or only when moved by something?Ī: When I was a kid, I only wrote when moved to, but now I write a lot more. Q : Tell me about the songwriting process. Bruno was able to sound traditional without sounding old. I wanted something different, so I used that concept as a model.
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He knew how to do it right and incorporate classic rock, jazz, country old and an old-school sound that paid homage to his roots. How so?Ī: To me, it’s a simple thing he had such a beautiful balance between hip music that was fresh and still felt traditional. Q: I have heard you say the Bruno Mars “Unorthodox Jukebox” was a big inspiration for you on your latest album. HAVE YOU HEARD? #RunawayAirshow is coming I love the physical side of it and being able to go out there and have proof of who you are. I am blessed and happy to have the career I have, but I miss the contact, the training and just playing the game. Do you ever miss playing football?ĪNSWER: Oh, yeah, I miss it terribly. You were a long snapper for the Clemson Tigers. QUESTION: A non-music related question to start off. A former Clemson football player, Brice was born in Sumter, S.C., and began playing music at an early age. 1 hit “I Don’t Dance,” Brice was first signed to Curb Records back in 2007. Known for his hit songs “Love Like Crazy,” “A Woman Like You” and the recent No. This year, the fifth annual festival’s headliners include Lee Brice, Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton.įriday night, country music superstar Lee Brice will take the stage for his first appearance at Runaway. Runaway Country in Melbourne continues to attract some of the hottest stars of country music.