{"id":7685,"date":"2019-11-11T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=7685"},"modified":"2019-11-11T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:26:18","slug":"songs-and-stories-188-nashvilles-renee-wahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-188-nashvilles-renee-wahl\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #188: Nashville&#8217;s Renee Wahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5309\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7685-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories188.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories188.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories188.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories188.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=7685-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories188.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories188.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/michael-gaither-songs-and-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/reneewahl.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7690 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/reneewahl-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sometimes, the long way around turns out to be the straightest path. Nashville&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/reneewahl.com\/who-is-renee-wahl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renee Wahl<\/a> came from a military family and served 12 years in the air force. Then with a physics degree in hand, she eventually became a teacher. But since the age of six, Renee had been playing and writing music. She eventually worked her way to a position near Nashville. Music was always in the background &#8211; and in her crosshairs &#8211; and rightly so.<\/p>\n<p>These days she&#8217;s a full-time, touring songwriter. Renee has a classic country voice, and she&#8217;s armed with an admittedly dark sense of humor (which often balances well with her Nashville cowriters). She&#8217;s on the road &#8211; a lot &#8211; either with her full band, the Sworn Secrets, or just her her percussionist David Strayer. (Touring as a duo a drummer as her side person enables them to play either small, intimate rooms, or put some volume behind it for larger venues.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuttothebone.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7691 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuttothebone-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuttothebone-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuttothebone-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuttothebone.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I met Renee a few months ago when she was a guest on <a href=\"http:\/\/kpig.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KPIG radio&#8217;s<\/a> live music show &#8220;Please Stand By&#8221;, and I was cohosting. Renee makes frequent trips to the west coast, so we decided to meet the next time she was in town for a proper, lengthy sitdown chat. In this interview, we chat about touring logistics, how the meaning of a song can change as you&#8217;re performing it, and how we as songwriters are in the pursuit of &#8220;micro-cents&#8221; (a term I just learned) in today&#8217;s world of streaming music platforms.<\/p>\n<p>This episode includes &#8220;Meds,&#8221;, off Renee&#8217;s latest release, <a href=\"https:\/\/reneewahl.com\/release\/cut-to-the-bone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Cut To the Bone&#8221;<\/a> and live take on her song &#8220;Me Before You&#8221;, also off her new record. You can purchase and download Renee&#8217;s songs from iTune<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/artist\/renee-wahl\/327189399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ren%C3%A9e-Wahl\/e\/B004QDO8ZA\/ref=ep_artist_tab_glance?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sn=d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4KQqVG8ANMICmR5oQkVWVm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-188-nashvilles-renee-wahl%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Sometimes, the long way around turns out to be the straightest path. 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