{"id":1309228,"date":"2019-04-23T22:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805744"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:58:51","slug":"the-timing-is-right-for-sandra-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-timing-is-right-for-sandra-lynn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Timing Is Right for Sandra Lynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:672429?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">10m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:68e9d9d0-4071-44de-9df9-e6a0528bc600\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBe yourself, trust the timing of things, and it doesn\u2019t matter how many \u2018No\u2019s\u2019 you get. You only need one \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was Sandra Lynn\u2019s answer when CMT.com asked for the best advice she\u2019s ever received in her career. It\u2019s key wisdom her idols Faith Hill, Shania Twain, the Dixie Chicks, Deana Carter and Jo Dee Messina all follow. Like the greats before her, Lynn puts an insurmountable amount of care behind every musical decision she makes. Every original worth hearing focuses their intentions on staying true to themselves and never compromising their sound despite what\u2019s trending.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn is easily one of the most consistent powerhouse vocalists to emerge from the last decade. For the CMT world premiere of \u201cLose the War,\u201d she pours on the drama as she sings about a relationship that\u2019s worth every fight. The song is an original by Emily Shackelton, Phil Barton and Cameron Jaymes, and it is the first release in a digital dialogue that chronicles a relationship between one couple over three chapters of music. The first chapter was detailed in 2018\u2019s <em>Fight<\/em> EP, and the rest of the story will unfold in a series of releases planned through summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis series of songs will reflect that in-between phase of a relationship,\u201d she says. \u201cThe music in chapter three will ultimately tell us whether this couple will end up together, or call it quits for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynn knew she had to record \u201cLose the War\u201d immediately when she heard it for the first time. \u201cNot only did I find it to be a strong, vulnerable [and] relatable song in general,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I also felt like it was the perfect reflection song for the storyline of this couple and where their relationship is at this point in the music \u2026 The line that hit me the hardest in the song was, \u2018What does it matter who wins the battle \/ If it means we lose the war.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynn is not unlike other Nashville-California, bi-coastal creatives in that everyone wants to work with her. The hit-makers she\u2019s collaborated with include Rascal Flatts\u2019 Jay DeMarcus (who produced Lynn\u2019s self-titled debut EP), Dave Brainard (Brandy Clark\u2019s <em>Twelve Stories<\/em>), Ross Copperman (Florida Georgia Line\u2019s \u201cConfession\u201d) and Jeremy Spillman (Eric Church\u2019s \u201cSinners Like Me\u201d). Her latest material is in good hands with Grammy winner, Ben Fowler (Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sara Evans), who is known for arena-ready production that vividly expresses a song\u2019s every emotional element.<\/p>\n<p>Get to know more of Lynn in her own words below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I got the chance to write with Deana Carter a few years back, which was a huge career highlight for me.<\/strong> Her song, \u201cStrawberry Wine\u201d was the reason I wanted to sing country music. I remember the first time I heard that song come on the radio as a child, and exactly where I was \u2014 at a stoplight in Chino, Calif. sitting in the car with my mom. The best songs are so powerful that they actually can define moments in people\u2019s lives. That\u2019s what I love about country music, and the fact that an artist like Deana Carter, who I\u2019ve looked up to for so many years, who was so lovely and open to writing with me, just left me completely amazed and grateful that I get to do what I do each day. It also really showed me how supportive members of the country music community are of one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For me, music has always been an escape<\/strong> \u2014 whether it was crying my way through a sad song or dancing my way through a song I\u2019ve cranked up to volume ten. It\u2019s that \u201ctrusty friend\u201d in life that makes you feel a little less alone in whatever you\u2019re feeling. If there\u2019s even an inkling of that feeling I can help bring to someone else through my own music, then it\u2019s just made everything completely worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first venue I ever played in Nashville was Belcourt Taps.<\/strong> It was a newer place in Nashville when I first went there, and I just love how intimate the space is. It\u2019s a great place to try out new songs and so easy to talk to people in the space. One of the first songwriters I ever wrote with in Nashville I met that night. I love watching other artists play there, as well, and have cool memories of seeing Maren Morris and Maddie &amp; Tae play there before they had their break. I also shot the cover for my second single I ever released, \u201cBar Hoppin\u2019,\u201d in that venue. Not to mention, it\u2019s got one of the best burgers in Nashville, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been performing from a young age and have always loved music.<\/strong> I started dancing when I was three, acting when I was five and singing when I was seven. It\u2019s been in my blood my whole life to perform and create. I always wrote poetically\/lyrically throughout school, but it wasn\u2019t until after college that I started writing songs with different folks for the first time. That\u2019s when I knew I wanted to put all of my energy behind creating music for a living, and feel very grateful and blessed I get to follow this childhood dream of mine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1805744\/the-timing-is-right-for-sandra-lynn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 10m ago Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. \u201cBe yourself, trust the timing of things, and it doesn\u2019t matter how many \u2018No\u2019s\u2019 you get. You only need one \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d That was Sandra Lynn\u2019s answer when CMT.com asked for the best advice she\u2019s ever received in her career. It\u2019s key wisdom her idols Faith Hill, Shania [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1309228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 08:25:13","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}