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Interview: Vincent Mason verwandelt Schlafzimmer-Demos in ein bahnbrechendes Debüt mit „There I Go“ - Atwood Magazine

Interview: Vincent Mason verwandelt Schlafzimmer-Demos in ein bahnbrechendes Debüt mit „There I Go“ - Atwood Magazine

      Mit einer Stimme, die sofort vertraut wirkt, liefert der in Georgia geborene Vincent Mason eine frische Interpretation des Country-Storytellings auf „There I Go“, seinem authentischen und fesselnden Debütalbum.

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      Bevor Vincent Mason jemals die Bühne betrat, war er ein 19-jähriger College-Student, der während der Pandemie leise Songs in seinem Schlafzimmer schrieb, unsicher, ob sie jemals jemand hören würde.

      „Mein Vater ist ein gerader Kerl. Er sagte zu mir: ‚Wenn du schlecht bist, werde ich es dir sagen.‘ Also habe ich ihm schließlich ein paar (Songs) vorgespielt“, erinnert sich Mason. „Und er sagte: ‚Da ist tatsächlich etwas. Du solltest weitermachen.‘“

      Dieses einfache Zeichen der Zustimmung veränderte alles und führte zu seinem Debütalbum There I Go (erscheint am 7. November). Es ist ein weiterer großer Meilenstein für den aufstrebenden Country-Künstler, dessen Karriere bereits Auftritte beim Stagecoach, das Vorprogramm für Gavin DeGraw und ein kürzliches Performance von „Hell Is a Dance Floor“ in der Kelly Clarkson Show umfasst.

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      Auf 14 Titeln zeigt Mason sein Talent als natürlicher Geschichtenerzähler, mit einer warmen, eingelaufenen Stimme wie eine Lieblingsjeans. Er produzierte das Album zusammen mit Jake Gear (der mit einigen der erfolgreichsten Countrysongschreiber gearbeitet hat) und schrieb alle bis auf einen Song mit, in Zusammenarbeit mit der ACM Songwriter of the Year Jessie Jo Dillon, dem für einen Grammy nominierten Geoff Warburton und dem Country-Rocker Chase McDaniel.

      Als selbst ernannter Perfektionist nahm sich der 24-jährige Singer/Songwriter Zeit, um einen bleibenden ersten Eindruck zu schaffen, mit subtilen Anklängen an die Künstler, mit denen er aufgewachsen ist, wie Maroon 5, Jack Johnson und John Mayer.

      Erinnert an die frühen Werke von Kacey Musgraves und Parker McCollum, schlängelt sich There I Go durch die üblichen Geschichten von jugendlichem Ehrgeiz, Selbstfindung und einer gesunden Mischung aus Liedern übers Fortgehen und übers Verlassenwerden – allerdings aus einer überraschend reifen Perspektive. Ein gutes Beispiel ist „Sit With It“, eine nachdenkliche Ballade, die einen zwingt, den Herzschmerz vollständig zu fühlen, anstatt ihn zu betäuben oder zu überstürzen.

      „Ich habe viele Herzschmerz-Songs geschrieben, aber dieser fühlte sich anders an“, sagt Mason. „Anstatt also auszugehen und zu trinken, dachte ich mir: Diesmal setze ich mich damit auseinander. Und daraus wurde das Lied.“

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      Viele seiner Songs beginnen mit kleinen, alltäglichen Momenten. „Good Run“ zum Beispiel wurde von einem Satz inspiriert, den seine Crew am Ende jeder Tour sagt.

      „Alle sagen so etwas wie: ‚Alles klar, guter Lauf, bis bald.‘“, sagt er. „Ich war gerade am Wäsche machen, bereit, wieder loszufahren, und die Worte kamen einfach raus. Mein Produzent sagte mir, ich solle es nicht fertigschreiben. Er sagte: ‚Es sagt so viel mit so wenig.‘“

      Andere Tracks berühren seine persönliche Reise. „Days Are Numbered“ enthält die Zeile „a thousand tickets better turn it up to ten“, die sich auf seinen Traum bezieht, Shows auszuverkaufen.

      „Als ich 19 war, waren tausend Tickets mein Traum“, sagt er. „Das machten damals Parker McCollum und Riley Green. Ich fand das das Coolste überhaupt.“

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      Der autobiografische Titelsong „There I Go“ spiegelt das ‚ruhige und irgendwie schüchterne‘ Kind wider, das in Roswell, Georgia, aufgewachsen ist. Das Aufwachsen in dem Südstaat – Heimat von Country-Größen wie Alan Jackson, Thomas Rhett und Luke Bryan – prägte seinen Sound und seine Herangehensweise an Musik.

      Nachdem er erkannt hatte, dass das College-Leben an der Ole Miss nichts für ihn war, bekam Mason von seiner Mutter einen nicht ganz sanften Schubs, seinem Traum nachzujagen und ins Music City zu ziehen.

      „Ich sagte meinen Eltern, dass ich mich nicht begeistert fühle, wieder zurückzugehen“, sagt er. „Ich dachte, ich möchte nach Nashville ziehen und Songs schreiben. Ich bin dann ein wenig zurückgerudert und sagte vielleicht nach einem weiteren Jahr. Aber meine Mutter sagte: ‚Nein, du hast es gesagt, also musst du es jetzt tun.‘“

      Innerhalb weniger Tage wechselte er an die Lipscomb University in Nashville und trat ihrem brandneuen Musikprogramm nur sechs Tage vor Semesterbeginn bei.

      „Es fühlte sich wie eine göttliche Fügung an“, sagt er. „Ich konnte es nicht mehr ignorieren.“

      Jetzt ist Mason bereit zu beweisen, dass sich das Wagnis gelohnt hat für den schüchternen Teenager, der vom Songschreiben in seinem Schlafzimmer zu nationalen Bühnen gelangte und davon träumt, von „a thousand to ten“ zu kommen.

      „Wir bringen dieses Album raus, und dann sind wir wieder Headliner von Januar bis Mai“, sagt er. „Als Vorband auf großen Touren zu spielen ist großartig, aber nichts geht darüber, wenn die Leute jedes Lied mitsingen.“

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