| Cool, confident and calm, she comes out from the back room and walks quickly past all distractions (promoters, reporters, sound technicians, etc) her eyes see nothing except for what is ahead of her. She walks directly to where her heart is, directly onto the stage where she greets her guitarist, pianist and back up singer and begins to sing. The sound check was a preview of the great show to happen later that night at the Media Club in Vancouver, and those in attendance heard Jully Black perform a few of her songs she had planned for her performance later that night, including Fergies Big Girls Dont Cry.
After sound check she attended to the media and their questions and left the venue to prepare for her performance at General Motors Place. Jully Black was the nights special guest, where she sung both the American and Canadian national anthem for a crowd of thousands before an NHL hockey game. She sang so passionately that it incited hollering and applause from all in attendance. From there she rushed back to the Media Club to perform an intimate performance for her fans It seems really hectic and fast paced, but its just another day for Ms. Jully Black.
MVRemix: So Ms. Jully Black. First off, is it still Ms.?
Jully Black: Ms.? Oh yes! still miss!
MVRemix: Not to say youve been gone for a while, but for those that dont know you been keeping busy, what have you been up to?
Jully Black: Well Ive been hosting TV on eTalk, Ive been working on this album, Revival Ive been writing and living, its been a few years since This Is Me but, it doesnt really feel that long cause I have been keeping busy.
MVRemix: Many people have seen you on television lately doing entertainment correspondence work for CTV, how did you get involved with that?
Jully Black: I am their celebrity correspondent, I do specific interviews with people like Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Bill Clinton, as well as musicians I look up to like Sean Paul, Shakira, and Aerosmith, I just got involved because they saw me be myself. I basically bumrushed an interview that Ben Mulroney was doing and later on the higher-ups saw the footage on the cutting room floor and the rest is history. CTV has been very good to me and always support me, especially being a big network; they support me in a big way.
MVRemix: Your new album Revival can you tell us about it?
Jully Black: Its the old me to the new me with all live instrumentation. Its a record that Keith Harris (drummer for the Black Eyed Peas and Will I Ams co-producer) produced. He and I became good friends and we were thinking of taking it back to the days of Motown, with not much technology and doing it live off the floor, its a record for everybody. I would say its an R&B pop record, and when I say pop I mean popular, like the days when we listened to Marvin Gaye & Stevie Wonder and it was Pop R&B cause everyone knows about them. Its feel good music with deep subjects.
MVRemix: How does it differ from the Jully Black in 05 or better yet the Jully Black from the very late 90s (Baby Blue Soundcrew).
Jully Black: Its basically a jambalaya of everything I am cause I am Hip-Hop, Gospel, Reggae, R&B, and a bit of Rock. Its just growth, its evolution. Back then when I made music with Kardinal and Baby Blue Soundcrew, it was sort of my apprenticeship, in my opinion, to become the voice of Hip-Hop and R&B in Canada, to find my place, because there was no outlet then.
MVRemix: Apparently when This is me came out in 2005 a lot of downloading affected sales of your album, can you explain your views on downloading?
Jully Black: Its something we do have to talk about, because it has to do with the time we are living in. We are not listening to cassette tapes anymore, and we rarely use vinyl. Nowadays Im seeing DJs mix with computers (Serato/Scratch Live). So basically when it first happened I was totally devastated, but I realized that I am from that era as well. We dont use typewriters; we are from the computer era. I just decided to embrace change, and try to use this technology to reach through to my fans through things like Facebook & MySpace. It lets me know there is a demand for Jully and already in two weeks weve surpassed the sales of This Is Me. So I realize if people commit to you and your project then they are going to support it, you just have to be patient.
MVRemix: For those who havent heard of you or your music how would you explain it?
Jully Black: Itll ignite, excite and inspire you. It is from me for you, it is music from the soul.
MVRemix: Your music has definitely evolved throughout the years and definitely gotten more jazzy/soul-ish, what made you want to change this style from the Jully black who did joints like Money Jane?
Jully Black: I actually havent changed my style; I think people are just finally peeling the layers and hearing who I am.
MVRemix: On your album, the song titled 7 day fool speaks about a crazy love that you have, what was the inspiration for this song?
Jully Black: Thats actually an Etta James songbut my mother.
My mom is old school, shes 70 now. She had me very late and raised nine kids on her own. I remember her before my dad left, kinda just standing by her man, washing, cooking and cleaning. Keith found the song for me and I usually always do Etta James Ballads, and Keith challenged me to do this song.
MVRemix: By the way, I heard its your birthday in one week. If I may ask how old will you be turning?
Jully Black: AhhYou dont ask a woman her age! Cmon now! [laughing]
MVRemix: In closing, do you have any shoutouts or thank yous youd like to make?
Jully Black: I would like to thank all my new fans and old ones who stuck by me. My friends and family, there are too many to thank. I wanna thank everyone Ive come in contact with from the age of zero 'til nowThank You!
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