■ JEWEL--AKA 'KAREN'--PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON RECENT FUNNY OR DIE CLIP: Jewel loves a good joke. And recently Jewel turned the joke on an unsuspecting audience during an undercover Karaoke taping with FunnyOrDie.com. In the clip Jewel plays "Karen', a frozen foods representative in town with business associates. As the group enters a Karaoke club, little does anyone suspect that 'Karen' will be the one to wow the crowd. Jewel explains how getting into character with the help of a make-up and costume team helped her process the role. “It made acting the part easier – the prosthetics and the costume – because I hardly had to do anything to come off with a much different feeling and vibe," recalls Jewel. "It was pretty amazing. It was fun for me to get to go through that process. It was a neat opportunity to get to be somebody else and observe people, and not only observe them but experience what they thought of the character I was playing, as well as experience what they thought about Jewel without thinking Jewel was around. So, it was kind of interesting. I think the thing that surprised me the most was how kind the crowd was. It was a really sweet crowd that was really pulling for ‘Karen,’ the girl that they thought was a very homely girl that could sing really good, and they were so happy for her. They were high-fiving her and being like ‘you’re gonna make it.’ They were so excited for her, and it was such a touching thing.” Some may find a paradox with the intricate nature of Jewel's music and this experience, but for longtime fans, they know that Jewel's live show is a perfect mix of humorous storyteller and heartfelt music. “I love Will Ferrell," Jewel continues. "I love all that stuff. I love doing improv and stand-up. In my shows, I get to do quite a lot of it in like little skits and act out little characters. I do a lot of dialogue, so it was fun for me to get to do it on video. It was a blast.” In case you haven't yet seen the clip, fear not: you can watch it here!
■ WITH CURRENT SINGLE FLYING UP CHARTS, JUSTIN MOORE GIVING HIMSELF AMPLE TIME TO RECORD SOPHOMORE ALBUM: It’s perhaps cliché, but it’s usually true: artists have their whole lives to write their debut album, and on their second album, they have to compile it quickly. But Justin Moore isn’t going to get stuck in that predicament. As “How I Got To Be This Way”, the fourth single from his breakthrough self-titled debut album, climbs the charts, Justin is in the early stages of crafting his sophomore album, in between his run on Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour and solo concert dates. “We just had a meeting about it and I am excited to get started with the process,” notes Justin from the road on his bus he shares with his band Double Barrel Ace. “It’s tough because everybody tells ya you’ve got your whole life to make your first album and then it’s difficult to find songs for your next one. But I’ve been in town for eight years and I have a whole lot of songs that I’ve written at different points in the journey that I want to put on the next album, so it’s not like I don’t have somewhat of a well to draw from. I think we did a good job on the first album of really finding a group of songs that weren’t just a collection of songs, but really were an album. I feel really proud of the first album, because I feel like it’s a cohesive album. I was always a fan of those albums that had a common theme running all the way through ‘em, that made sense when you listened to the whole album. And so now the work begins again to find a balance of songs, old and new, up-tempo and ballads—all the things that knock around in your head when you are in the creative process of making an album. It’s like choosing between your kids. It’s tough to pick. But this album won’t be out until next year, so I like having time to decide.”
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