Cara Austin Blog Project » Music Industry http://www.caraaustin.com/blog Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Magazine interview http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/2008/08/27/magazine-interview/ http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/2008/08/27/magazine-interview/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:12:10 +0000 Melissa Chang http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/?p=175 Cara recently was interviewed for an upcoming article in a magazine. We will keep you posted about WHEN and WHERE that article will appear (don’t worry!) but in the meantime, I thought it might be fun to share the questions and some parts of some of the answers that Cara gave (I don’t want to give the whole article away, afterall). The focus of the article is Cara’s focus on missions with her music. The questions are bold, answers are not.

How many countries have you visited on mission trips?

5 so far, Kenya, Ecuador, Burundi, Thailand and Cameroon

What moved you to decide this kind of mission was right for you?
What moment (or moments) on a trip has shown you that this was the right decision?
What has been the scariest, or most uncomfortable, time on a trip?

Well, in Kenya, one village tried to stone us during a Jesus Film showing. Eventually, some old lady got up with a stick and started smacking the culprits into submission and everyone eventually settled down again.

How long have you been playing music?
What musicians have influenced you?
How do you write songs?

I always start with the theme. Usually it is something that I have really been struggling with or working through or praying about. I am definitely lyrics focused, and the music comes second. Once I get the idea and jot down some phrases and words, I pick up the guitar and see what happens.

Is music your full-time job, or what else do you do (or have done) to make a living?
Why Christian music? Couldn’t you reach more people with secular lyrics?

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]]> http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/2008/08/27/magazine-interview/feed/ 0 How MySpace Music could beat iTunes http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-myspace-music-could-beat-itunes/ http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-myspace-music-could-beat-itunes/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:32:46 +0000 Melissa Chang http://www.caraaustin.com/blog/?p=67 I just published this article for The Industry Standard – totally relevant to the indie music industry, thought some of you might be interested.

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