Indie Music Women’s Featured Artist of the Day is…
Ailie MacK (@ailiemackmusic)
Ailie MacK (pronounced Ay-Lee) is a singer-songwriter who engages her listeners with soulful vocals and thought-provoking lyrics. No matter what style she is inspired by – pop, alternative, rock, jazz, and blues – she aims to deliver lyrics and vocals that do the story justice, musical hooks that convey the emotion of the storyteller, and, hopefully, a spark of some kind – a connection, an inspiration, a laugh, an emotion, or a new perspective – to the listener.
On October 25th, she released her first single “Anxiety” to a great response from bloggers, playlisters, and, most importantly, fans and followers. She premiered eight new songs at the House of Blues Anaheim on November 30th, appearing with special guest guitarist and vocalist Nikhil Korula.
Ailie is extremely grateful for the training she has received as a vocalist and songwriter, with a Bachelors of Music degree from the University of Southern California and a few world-class, Grammy-nominated music teachers, mentors, and collaborators to attribute to it, but she is even more grateful to have learned that, ultimately, music comes from the heart and soul, not the head.
Ailie shared with me what it means to her to be an indie music woman artist:
“Those three words – independent, music, woman – are the core of who I am, and you can’t get more personal than that. Being a woman who is independent, who speaks her truth from her perspective through music, and who is bold enough to share it with the world is so powerful, particularly because of its vulnerability. I write and play music because it is one of my greatest joys in life, and I accept all the rest of it – the work, the business side, the rejection, the criticism – because I know it will make me grow and because the joy outweighs it all. I will never stop being those three words – independent, music, woman.“
You can hear Ailie’s single, “Anxiety” on the Indie Music Women’s Spotify playlist.
