1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: M Taking a Walk Nashville. 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking a Walk Nashville. Today, 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 2: I get to interview the three other ladies that I 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: am a part of an upcoming documentary with called Women 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 2: Behind the Lyrics. It features myself, Wendy Molten, Judy Pastor, 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 2: and Delaney Anne. The documentary shines a light of what 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: it's like to be a woman in the music industry 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: and on the road. Wendy Moulton is the twenty first 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: season runner up of the Voice and is currently on 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: tour with Vince Gill. Delaney Anne is an eighth generation 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: Texas country singer songwriter, and Judy Pastor is a Nashville 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 2: based Americana artist originally from Pennsylvania. Join me as we 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 2: discuss our upcoming documentary. We are here at the sag 14 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: Aftra office in the Genie Silly Studio on Music Road Today. 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to Taking a Walk Nashville with your hosts singer 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: songwriter Sarah Harrelson. 17 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: Can all of you ladies tell me what made you 18 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: want to get involved with The Women Behind the Lyrics documentary. 19 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 4: Hi, my name is Wendy Moten, and it seemed like 20 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 4: an amazing opportunity to share my story and my journey 21 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 4: of my musical career. And so here was a great 22 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 4: opportunity to do that and to share and learn from 23 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 4: other some of our other divas. That's a part of 24 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 4: the show. And you know, you know, life is about experiences, 25 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 4: and this is another one of those great experiences. 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 5: I love that my name is Delaney and I really 27 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 5: wanted to be a part of Women Behind the Lyrics 28 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 5: because I just feel so inspired by women in music. 29 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 5: I think it's just an amazing thing to be a 30 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 5: woman in music. It's honestly such an honor to be 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 5: a part of this industry and to be able to 32 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 5: do what we love. And I thought that this could 33 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 5: be a great way to help inspire other young artists 34 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 5: and just women that maybe want to get involved in music. 35 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and what about you, Judy. 36 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 6: I wanted to connect with all of you ladies. I 37 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 6: wanted to be able to write with the women together 38 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 6: like what we're doing sing and just just have that 39 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 6: like female camaraderie. 40 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think this documentary is great to shine 41 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 3: a light on what it's like to be a female 42 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 3: in the music industry, because it's not all glitter. You know, 43 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: sometimes we're doing our makeup and gas stations. And there's 44 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: a lot more to consider being a female in the 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 3: music industry, like safety on the road that I think 46 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: people get insights into and kind of speaking along those lines, 47 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: can any of you talk about maybe struggles you have 48 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: face being a woman in music. 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 4: Well, I've been in this game longer than most, and 50 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: I would have to say there's struggles no different than 51 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 4: in every day life for any woman in the world. 52 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 4: The goal is to stay true to yourself, have some boundaries, 53 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 4: and in the music industry you still have to know 54 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 4: what you're gonna do and what you're not gonna do. 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: And so I've always known that, and I think that 56 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: my musical journey has been one that I'm happy that 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 4: I've lived through. And I can still look in the 58 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 4: mirror over the choices that I've made in my musical career. 59 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 4: So you know, that's it. It's a journey. 60 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 6: I would say, just there have been times where I 61 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 6: felt like I've auditioned or done something where it was 62 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 6: like the guy was more favored, I guess you could say, 63 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 6: But at the same time, personally, I've just kept on, 64 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 6: Like Wendy said, and I like where I am, and 65 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 6: I like who I am. So I'm just I'm actually 66 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 6: very grateful. I think we all are to be women. 67 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 6: And I mean, you don't, you know, you just make 68 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 6: the best of whatever the times and the situations are. 69 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think, you know, we look around at 70 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 5: these writers rounds in Nashville and usually we are the 71 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 5: only woman on stage. I mean, I can't tell you 72 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 5: how many times it's me and three other guys. It's 73 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 5: pretty much the most common way it goes. But I 74 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 5: think there's something really beautiful about being the only woman 75 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 5: up there and being able to represent women. And it 76 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 5: can be hard to look around and go, you know, 77 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 5: we're kind of walking different journeys with a lot of 78 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 5: the people in the music industry, but it's also beautiful. 79 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 3: I think this documentary will show some of the struggles 80 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 3: we have faced being a woman in music, but also 81 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 3: how powerful it is being a woman in music. And so, 82 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: what are all of your biggest female influences and music 83 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 3: some females you look up to? 84 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 4: Well, I've loved I love so many different genres, probably 85 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 4: like the rest of you. And so I grew up 86 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: my main source of inspiration was the greater Wreatha Franklin. 87 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 4: But I also you know, and I'm a lot older 88 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 4: than you guys, So I love the London Ronstats and 89 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: the Barbara Streissen's and the Dion Waricks because they were 90 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 4: just amazing, classic, beautiful singers who had amazing abilities and 91 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 4: a great quality. So that quality was always important to me. 92 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 4: What I'm singing, how I'm going to deliver, and the 93 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: message that I want to to offer to the world. 94 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 4: That always mattered. So the journey has been amazing, and 95 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: I'm continuing this with these beautiful ladies, this continued journey 96 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: of great music, song and the message that we want 97 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 4: to leave to the world. 98 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 5: Yeah, I love that so much. I was very inspired 99 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 5: early by Taylor Swift. Of course, she's just such an 100 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 5: amazing songwriter and amazing at her business, and I mean, 101 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,799 Speaker 5: her success speaks for itself. So she was the first 102 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 5: one that I really heard and was like, wow, I 103 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 5: want to do that. Honestly, when I was young, I 104 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 5: think I was doing this just to try to meet 105 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 5: Taylor Swift one day. 106 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 6: I was dreamly inspired as a child by like seventies 107 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 6: singer songwriters because I have an older brother that would 108 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 6: play them and also would play like Linda Ronstad and 109 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 6: a lot of classic rock and country rock and it 110 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 6: just kind of blew me away. But specifically the songwriters, 111 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 6: Like I heard the Joni Mitchell songs or Carol King 112 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 6: songs and I was like, wow, like songs, but I 113 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 6: was like eight, you know what I mean. So it 114 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 6: was like I wasn't like cognizant that I'm going to 115 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 6: do that one day, but I remember how they made 116 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 6: me feel right, and that kind of started it. 117 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, and our new single paved the way, kind of 118 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 3: shines a light on all of the women who have 119 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: influenced us and how will continue paving the way for 120 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 3: other artists. And so a couple more questions left for 121 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 3: you ladies. What is some advice for young women who 122 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 3: are wanting to pursue music. What would you tell them? 123 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 5: Get a good lawyer. 124 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 4: Absolutely right, yeah, get a good lawyer. You know, own 125 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 4: all your music, and you know it's important to own you. 126 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 6: I would say, stay true to your voice. Finding your 127 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 6: voice is so important because you're in a sea of voices. Yeah, 128 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 6: so when you look out, like Wendy and I were 129 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 6: talking about the other day, it can really like mess 130 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 6: up your whole perspective. So you really have to find 131 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 6: out what's inside of you and then let that voice 132 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 6: come out. 133 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 5: And I think you have to love it. If you 134 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 5: don't love it, it's just not going to happen. I 135 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: think you have to come from a place of this 136 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 5: is my gift, this is my passion, and this is 137 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 5: what I want to do forever. 138 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, especially in an age where you're seeing a bunch 139 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: of artists on social media everywhere, it's so important to 140 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 3: know that it's your passion and to find your voice. 141 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 3: So I think that's all great advice. And lastly, since 142 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 3: we are on taking a walk Nowshville, I always ask 143 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: people on the show, where is your favorite place to 144 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: take a walk in Nashville? Delaney, I know you're in 145 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: Texas now, but maybe you have a favorite place like 146 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: in Clarksville or somewhere. 147 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 6: I can say. I like, well, I don't want to 148 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 6: say where I live, but it's in Hermitage and I 149 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 6: live on a circle, So I walk the circle all 150 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 6: the time and just to get my steps in and 151 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 6: I just love it. 152 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm gonna just go Centennial Park. I would take 153 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 5: my dog down there and she loves to walk up 154 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 5: the steps and like, yeah, I'm gonna go Centennial Park. 155 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 4: Well, you know, I'm spoiled. I don't do that much walking. However, 156 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 4: if I'm in town, I'm gonna move forward. I go 157 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 4: down Broadways. Tons of food and tons of great music. 158 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 3: Not a bad place to take a walk unless it's 159 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: a Saturday night in Nashville. My favorite place is always 160 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 3: the Percy Warner Park near Bellevue. Thank you, ladies for 161 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 3: being on Taking a Walk Nashville today. 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