JoJo AIM Interview Page 2

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Brendaninmusic: who seemed to mesh the best with your sound/style
JoJoHighRoad2: hmmmm... that's a tough one! But i think Billy Steinberg (who did my first single 'Too Little Too Late') and I mesh very well.
JoJoHighRoad2: He works with a guy named Josh and together we wrote a song called 'How to Touch a Girl.'
JoJoHighRoad2: They are soooo cool and sooo talented and are always pushing me to try new things and take me vocally to notes i didn't know i could reach. lol
Brendaninmusic: awesome
Brendaninmusic: so, the people you worked with are giants in music... did you get any dirt on some of the other people they worked with?? ;-)
JoJoHighRoad2: oooooh actually yes!
Brendaninmusic: ooh do tell!
JoJoHighRoad2: U know i can't spill any of that!! I'm a nice girl...
JoJoHighRoad2: 8-)
Brendaninmusic: ok ok... good P.C. answer... (you can share after our chat!!)
JoJoHighRoad2: I don't know. just things like what kind of things certain artists demanded...
JoJoHighRoad2: or wouldn't do...
JoJoHighRoad2: hehe
Brendaninmusic: so everyone who just knows your music thinks you've been on a nice relaxing vacation since your first album... like you said it's been 3 years since you recorded it, but you did two movies.
Brendaninmusic: did you study acting at the same time as you were pursuing your music career?
JoJoHighRoad2: I've actually been acting since i was 6.
JoJoHighRoad2: I did a bit of theatre and commercials and even a little spot in an independent movie when i was about 8 or 9.
JoJoHighRoad2: So acting wasn't just something random for me to jump into after the first album, even though it might seem that way.
JoJoHighRoad2: lol
JoJoHighRoad2: I really enjoy it and i knew i didn't want to release back-to-back CDs so i thought it would be a fun way to occupy my time in between music projects!
Brendaninmusic: that's cool. you've been quite the busy girl throughout your life... now that you've done major projects in both music and the big screen, does one seem to be more "you" than the other?
Brendaninmusic: maybe you will do a musical like OutKast?
JoJoHighRoad2: I would say music is more "me" because in music you can be whoever you want to be at any moment and constantly change and evolve and show different sides of your personality.
JoJoHighRoad2: In a movie, you are one character and although you go through different emotions, you are not yourself. You're acting!
JoJoHighRoad2: I LOVE 'IDLEWILD' by the way. that movie was awesome. OutKast is great...
Brendaninmusic: haha nice! maybe one of these days we can expect JoJo the movie/musical!
JoJoHighRoad2: who knows...
Brendaninmusic: so i've got you on MY ipod. other than OutKast, what are you listening to these days?
JoJoHighRoad2: I just downloaded Beyonce's new album to my ipod yesterday. I'm a huge fan of hers... i also loooove Joni Mitchell. She is one of my favorite songwriters. Also James Taylor, and D'Angelo I've been listening to a lot.
JoJoHighRoad2: And Bob Marley!
Brendaninmusic: nice! p.s. 'Irreplaceable' on Beyonce's cd is AMAZING! check it out if you haven't
JoJoHighRoad2: BEAUTFIUL song, i agree
JoJoHighRoad2: I love 'Get Me Bodied'
JoJoHighRoad2: she's awesome
Brendaninmusic: now about you... 'Too Little, Too Late' is doing really well, when you finished it, did you KNOW it would be a hit or are you a worrier?
JoJoHighRoad2: Aww thank you!
JoJoHighRoad2: I'm excited about it, and i really liked it from the moment it was played over the phone for me.
JoJoHighRoad2: I heard it first with a demo-singer on it and they asked me if i wanted to record it. And i said YES!
JoJoHighRoad2: I loved the way it was written and knew a lot of people would relate to it.
JoJoHighRoad2: After i recorded it, i knew i wanted it to be the first single. It was one of my best experiences in the studio ever, as far as how fun it was to record.
Brendaninmusic: it really is a great song, your voice sounds amazing on it
Brendaninmusic: you can hear that over the last 3 years your sound has definitely matured
JoJoHighRoad2: thank you very much
Brendaninmusic: so I was lucky enough to hear a little bit of your album
Brendaninmusic: the style of the songs are pretty diverse. what can fans expect when they get to listen?
JoJoHighRoad2: They'll hear growth and a bit of maturity in my vocals and the content of the lyrics.
JoJoHighRoad2: I'm by no means "grown," but in the past years i've experienced a lot, got to see a lot of the world through traveling and promotion, and tried new things vocally that you will be able to hear on 'The High Road.'
Brendaninmusic: The song 'The Way You Do Me,' you sound just like Beyonce... you've got a strong set of pipes!
JoJoHighRoad2: Oh my gosh, thank you! That is quite a compliment!

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