{"id":18002,"date":"2019-08-27T08:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811093"},"modified":"2019-08-27T08:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:16:19","slug":"ingrid-andress-knew-just-one-person-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/ingrid-andress-knew-just-one-person-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingrid Andress Knew Just One Person in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">30m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>One of CMT\u2019s Next Women of Country, Ingrid Andress is reliving the experience of introducing a new boyfriend to her family in the poignant single, \u201cMore Hearts Than Mine.\u201d She\u2019ll embark on a European tour in September, but first she dropped by CMT.com to visit about the path that led her to Nashville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT: I understand that you lived in Denver and went to college in Boston, and now you live in Nashville. I\u2019m curious, what do you consider your hometown?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d say Highlands Ranch, Colorado, is still home because I spent the majority of growing up there. It\u2019s a suburb of Denver, so it\u2019s not tiny, but it\u2019s really beautiful out there, lots of open rolling hills. Still a part of me loves Boston, too, because I feel like wherever you go to college you discover yourself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_A8Zjwr9m0?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_A8Zjwr9m0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Do you consider yourself pretty comfortable wherever you are, and able to blend in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I feel like I learned that at a young age because my parents took us around everywhere for my dad\u2019s job. So I feel like that\u2019s ingrained, to just be OK with whatever situation you\u2019re in and learn from whatever culture you\u2019re in.<\/p>\n<p>I think it makes life more fun because you get to experience so many different things and you\u2019re not trapped in your own bubble of what you think is happening, and it reminds you that there are so many different things happening out there that have nothing to do with you. It\u2019s relieving in a way, almost, that not everything is about you, and you\u2019re just a part of the whole thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gr9VJkiDG4I?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gr9VJkiDG4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>How did you discover country music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I discovered it when I was younger. My parents didn\u2019t really let me listen to anything that wasn\u2019t Christian music. So my friends would burn me CDs of stuff that they were listening to. I think the first country song I heard was \u201cThe Dance\u201d and I played that song on piano so many times. My parents probably hate that song now but I was obsessed with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhiskey Lullaby\u201d was the next song that I heard that made me cry and I didn\u2019t know why. I was still young enough where I was like, \u201cI don\u2019t really know what\u2019s happening in the story \u2014 did they die, what\u2019s happening?\u201d And I know people are like, \u201cJohn Denver is not country,\u201d but he is. So, I loved him and yeah, I got into it by accident. Just my friends sharing their music with me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fsutwxBBj8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fsutwxBBj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Do you find it odd that you loved the sad songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think I like those the best because they make you feel all these feelings. And I like happy songs but I\u2019m trying to listen to something that gets me to feel something when I listen to music. I want to feel understood. If I\u2019m happy, I don\u2019t need to listen to a happy song to stay happy, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve got some power in your voice. How did you develop your delivery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite singer when I was younger was Whitney Houston, so I would sing her songs over and over and over again on the karaoke machine. And she hit really high notes sometimes, and she makes it sound so effortless and I always wanted to have that. So honestly, it was from me trying to sound like different artists and then all of a sudden it molds over time into your own voice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"037c9d7c\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Ingrid-at-City-Winery-1566913721.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Billboard Live featuring CMT Next Women of Country Showcase Event\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Terry Wyatt\/Getty Images for Billboard<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Was there a Whitney song you kept coming back to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think\u2026 it\u2019s hard to pick a favorite, honestly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If it\u2019s karaoke, it\u2019s got to be \u201cI Want to Dance With Somebody.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes it is!! (laughs) That is my karaoke song!! (laughs) Oh my God, it is the worst! It\u2019s so hard to sing and I don\u2019t know why I pick it, but drunk me is like, \u201cLet\u2019s do this thing.\u201d Yeah, without fail. I feel so bad for anybody in the bar when that song comes on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get an interest in writing songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I would practice piano, I would get really bored, so I would make up stuff to sing along with whatever I was practicing. I always liked it, I just didn\u2019t really know it was a career until I met Kara DioGuardi. I loved poetry and words but I never really put the two together until I realized that it was a thing. I thought that every artist wrote their own stuff and it just happened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQKgb4Vqp68?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQKgb4Vqp68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Did she tell you this? Or did you just absorb it by paying attention?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think I got there eventually because I took poetry classes and I would still write on my own. I just didn\u2019t think that my songs were good. I didn\u2019t really know how to gauge if it was a good song or not, because you have Pink Floyd songs where you\u2019re like, \u201cI have no idea what you\u2019re saying.\u201d And then you had pop songs where you hear every single word.<\/p>\n<p>So I was like, \u201cWhere\u2019s the in-between?\u201d But I met Kara and she obviously wrote a bunch of pop hits. She was the one that picked me out and was like, \u201cYou know, it sounds like your songs are naturally more storyteller and you should really pursue that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZTGkkuG79g?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZTGkkuG79g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Were you at Berklee for singing or piano or\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Singing, but I took some piano classes and guitar and drums and I really did everything. I was just having fun being there. I wasn\u2019t really going after a degree or anything. I was like, \u201cSure I\u2019ll take conducting, why not? It\u2019ll be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you get a degree?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many years were you at Berklee then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three. I wanted to leave every year but my parents were like, \u201cCome on, you\u2019ve got this.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cNah.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Blb1I5SxV8w?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Blb1I5SxV8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>What was the conversation when you decided to move here? Did you just say, \u201cI\u2019m out\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I waited tables for an entire summer to save money and then I rented a car and drove down here. Didn\u2019t really know anybody. Kara had sent Frank Rogers some of my songs and they were going to work on them together and pitch them to artists, but she didn\u2019t get to do that because she had a kid.<\/p>\n<p>And so I was like, \u201cWell, can I go work with him?\u201d She was like, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d So I literally moved to Nashville just with that one connection, and I was determined to make it work. I remember being like, \u201cAm I an idiot for driving by myself from Boston to Nashville?\u201d Probably.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you come from a large family?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, there was seven of us total, five kids \u2014 and a dog at all times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s a big household. I read that your dad was a baseball coach, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes he was, he was a strength and conditioning coach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think you picked up on any life lessons from having a coach in the house?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh for sure. Sports and entertainment are actually not too far off. Everything athletes need to do to prepare or perform is the same thing musicians need to do, and performers in general.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like having him know the ups and downs of sports, and how that goes, prepared me for the ups and downs in the music industry and how to take care of yourself. When to go real hard and when to ease up, because it\u2019s a marathon, not a sprint. So there\u2019s a ton that I learned from being in sports in general.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QewwtaInrKw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QewwtaInrKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Especially work ethic and showing up and putting in the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is the biggest thing, I think for me. I always say that to people. If there\u2019s anything that I\u2019m the most grateful for, it is that my parents instilled a very intense work ethic in all of us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So did they push you to learn piano?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They did. I wasn\u2019t allowed to quit. (laughs) Until I got to a certain level. They were like, \u201cNo, practice piano every day for 30 minutes.\u201d And if we didn\u2019t pass the piano tests, then we would be grounded or something. And I was like, \u201cOh my gosh, this is so intense! None of my friends have to do this!\u201d But now I\u2019m very, very glad.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1811093\/ingrid-andress-knew-just-one-person-in-nashville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 30m ago One of CMT\u2019s Next Women of Country, Ingrid Andress is reliving the experience of introducing a new boyfriend to her family in the poignant single, \u201cMore Hearts Than Mine.\u201d She\u2019ll embark on a European tour in September, but first she dropped by CMT.com to visit about the path that led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 06:20:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}