60 Seconds With… Gena Rose Bruce
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04.12.2013

60 Seconds With… Gena Rose Bruce

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Define your genre in five words or less:

Alt country indie pop.

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?

I get all different people but the common ones are Katy Steel, Lana Del Rey and Mazzy Star.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?

Wild One Babe my new five track debut EP.

So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you…what do they say?

“Wow when this girl speaks she sounds like a child but when she sings she sounds like a full-grown woman! Or how old is she?! She looks like a 16-year-old!”

When, and why did you start writing music?

When I was six I wanted to enter the school talent quest but I thought to enter you had to write your own song! So off I went and wrote a song about swinging your arms! Turns out you didn’t have to write your own song and that everybody else knew this and sang a cover! But hey at least I started to be a songwriter!

Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?

I have a set of singing warm ups on my iPhone! I have a green tea and then some lollies. I never eat a full meal before I sing which is bad because halfway through the gig I get really hungry!

If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?

Lanie Lane I think she is incredible and would be a fun person to be around!

When’s the gig and with who?

Sunday December 8 at The Evelyn at 8.30pm. Support from the Weeping Willows and John Lingard.