July 11, 2023

From Ballet to Country Music: A Conversation with JD Reynolds

The world of country music is paying attention to Australian country music artist JD Reynolds. Her song '8 Seconds' hit the highly coveted #1 spot on Australian Country Radio during 2023 Grammy week. For a 100% independent artist,that's truly something. Just wait until the world hears her latest release called ‘A Little Piece of Your Heart’. The incredible singer, songwriter, producer and award-winning choreographer has achieved international acclaim with her fresh twist on country music. The world of Professional Bull Riding all around the globe from Australia, USA, Canada to Brazil embraced her powerful song ‘8 Seconds’. So much so, within 24 hours of The Australian PBR announcing JD was performing LIVE at the PBR Monster Energy KRanch Invitational, the event SOLD OUT with fans clamouring to get a ticket, some fans paid $400 for a scalpers ticket just to see JD Reynolds. It was the only PBR SOLD OUT event in 2022.

 

In this captivating episode, Brian delves into an insightful conversation with the talented JD Reynolds, shedding light on her latest release, "A Little Piece of Your Heart," and delving into the depths of her songwriting process. Brian and JD explore the inspiration that fueled the creation of this heartfelt song, delving into JD's personal experiences and the emotions that shaped her artistic expression.

 

Beyond the exploration of her latest release, the conversation takes a delightful turn as JD opens up about her musical upbringing and the profound influence that country music has had on her life. She shares anecdotes about the concerts that have left an indelible mark on her musical journey, highlighting the artists who have inspired her along the way.

 

As the interview progresses, JD generously imparts her wisdom on the art of live performances. She emphasizes the importance of authenticity and genuine connection with the audience, revealing her approach to captivating and engaging her fans during her shows. Her passion for creating memorable experiences for her audience shines through as she discusses the thrill and satisfaction she feels after successful performances.

 

In a refreshing perspective on success, JD measures her accomplishments not by fame or fortune, but rather by the happiness and fulfillment she brings to her fans. Her genuine dedication to her craft and the impact she has on others is truly inspiring.

 

Overall, this episode offers a captivating glimpse into the world of JD Reynolds, showcasing her talent, passion, and genuine connection with her audience. It leaves listeners with a deeper appreciation for her music and a sense of anticipation for what the future holds for this remarkable artist.

 

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Brian (00:00:00) - JD Reynolds. You're very welcome to concerts that made us.

JD Reynolds (00:00:04) - Hello, Brian. How are you going?

Brian (00:00:06) - I'm Great Now. How are you today?

JD Reynolds (00:00:09) - I'm very well, thank you. It's Friday night here in Australia. Welcome to the future. And it's a good one.

Brian (00:00:17) - I'm surprised you're not out, like, partying or playing a gig on a Friday night.

JD Reynolds (00:00:21) - Brian, I'm chatting with you. What's more important than that?

Brian (00:00:24) - Yeah, I see. I see.

JD Reynolds (00:00:29) - And it's only early. It's only 7 p.m. It's early bird time.

Brian (00:00:32) - We open the show with your latest released and a little piece of your heart. What can you tell us about it?

JD Reynolds (00:00:38) - Love the way you say that. Say it again.

Brian (00:00:40) - A little piece of your heart.

JD Reynolds (00:00:43) - Oh, that sounds so cool. Yes. So a little piece of your heart. That is my latest release. It is a love song for all the romantics out there. And I learnt this morning, Brian, because was busy yesterday, but I learnt this morning that a little piece of your heart has officially gone to number ten on the Australian Country Radio.

Brian (00:01:05) - Just Oh my God, congratulations.

JD Reynolds (00:01:09) - Thank you so much. Was couldn't I was so stoked. I'm extremely excited.

Brian (00:01:14) - Oh man you'll have some celebrating to do so.

JD Reynolds (00:01:17) - Yes I will. Yeah I will. So thought said I rang some friends and said come on, how are your hearts? Let's get happy. We take our hearts out and celebrate tonight.

Brian (00:01:28) - Brilliant. Now it's a beautiful song. If you listen to the lyrics, it's a beautiful story. I have to ask, Is it autobiographical?

JD Reynolds (00:01:37) - You know, you're the first one to ask me that. And I've been pondering about whether to, you know, about whether to discuss it. Look, I would say that 90% of it is. Yep. Is 100% true. Unfortunately, we didn't get our last, last verse, but we but we tried. Yeah. It wasn't under any. Yeah, it wasn't anyone's. Anyone's. It was anyone's fault. Just kind of destiny stepped in. But it was all true. Except yet we never got our last, our last verse together.

JD Reynolds (00:02:12) - Our last, our last chorus, I should say our last course. We never got our last chorus. We got everything else.

Brian (00:02:18) - Yeah, well, at least you got something.

JD Reynolds (00:02:20) - I agree. Yeah. Look, has the old saying goes, isn't it? Is it better to have lost and loved and lost but never have loved it all? I don't know. What's the old saying exactly?

Brian (00:02:30) - Something like that. Something like that. Something like that. And you know, when it comes to songwriting, then what's your approach? Where do you find your inspiration from?

JD Reynolds (00:02:39) - My inspiration comes from my diaries. I write everything in a diary, the way I'm feeling, what I'm thinking ever since I was little. And so I rip pages out of my diary and turn them into songs. But the way I write is very interesting. I don't sit down with a pen and a paper. I just write thoughts and feelings and things that I'm thinking in my diary, and then I will sleep on it or I'll surf on it.

JD Reynolds (00:03:08) - I'll go for surf, I'll go for a drive, I'll have a sleep, and then bam, I might be hanging out in the back waiting for a set to roll in. Just sitting on a surfboard and a whole song will just come straight into my head. There's me crazy paddling out back to the sand to running up to the 4x4. I've got to get myself down. Um, or when I'm asleep, I'll just wake up. I'll have a whole song in my head. We'll go into my studio, we'll sit down at the piano and the whole thing will be done.

Brian (00:03:36) - Oh, man. Jeez, you're lucky it works out like that. And you know, when it comes to recording, then what's the process for you? What goes into it?

JD Reynolds (00:03:45) - Recording. I will say my producer, Brad and Williams, he's he's worked with everyone Beyoncé, Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, everybody. And he knows me very well. And I walk into the studio and I'm ready. I'm ready for the opening note.

JD Reynolds (00:04:07) - So my first take is on point. My first take in a studio is the one that they will always go back to and say, Killed it, smashed it, the rawness, the emotion. So before going to a studio, I really do set myself up emotionally. I dress for action. I usually wear combat boots and and and get in there. And it's all about how I'm feeling. And I really just try to just sink myself into the lyrics, sink myself into the feeling that I want to convey. I walk into a studio, Please don't talk to me. Please don't say anything. I just walk into the booth. Producer says, Right, we're on song plays. I sing it, I smash it.

Brian (00:04:51) - Yeah, you're definitely in the zone. So and this track in particular, what the whole people get from it.

JD Reynolds (00:04:59) - I hope people get out of this, that you've got to do life your way, find your person and ignore outside noise. Outside noise can really ruin a love story.

JD Reynolds (00:05:14) - And it is all about love and doing things your way on your terms. And I really hope people and a lot of people think that you can't find love or you can't. It's not really love when you when it's when you're so young. But it's it's it can be. And a lot of the times it really is. And that's when you actually do find true love, when you're when you're really young and then start finding that person growing old with them and doing life with them. That's what it's about. And it's just about not owning that person. I don't believe in ownership of a person, think they belong to themselves and you belong to yourself. It's about coming together and just giving each other a little piece of each other's heart, and that's all that you can hope to own from each other and to grow in life and love.

Brian (00:06:04) - I love that message. I love that question just popped into my mind. I have to ask you then, do you believe that it's already pre written that there's somebody out there for someone?

JD Reynolds (00:06:15) - Yes, yes, yes, definitely.

JD Reynolds (00:06:18) - And I believe that there is more than one, if that makes sense. I believe that a lot of people do find the one stay with the one and that is their journey. But I don't want people out there who have loved and lost thinking that that was their one and that was their shot, because I believe in that. I believe that that was the one for that period of your life. That was the one that was sent to you to heal you, to love you, to shape you, to, you know, to to make you feel love. And if that doesn't work out, that's okay. All right. And then destiny will move you on to the next chapter. And in that next chapter of the book, that's where you'll find the one. And then if that chapter doesn't work out, y'all chin up. Next chapter is just a page turn away.

Brian (00:07:10) - Brilliant philosophy. Absolutely brilliant. And at this stage. So we'll dive into your musical history to give the listeners a sense of where you come from.

Brian (00:07:19) - So might be a bit of a tough question now, but if you can, can you remember your earliest musical memory?

JD Reynolds (00:07:27) - My earliest musical memory is my mum dancing and singing with me in the kitchen while she was cooking spaghetti bolognese. That's really one of my my earliest memories. She was she is a massive music fan. She's a country music fan. She loves all of the greats. She had the greats playing on repeat in the house. And I remember dancing in that kitchen waiting for that spaghetti Bolognese because that was one of my favorites. And she would dance with me and sing, and she'd seen Roy Orbison and she'd seen Elvis and she'd seen Dolly Parton. And we would dance around the kitchen singing and dancing to Jolene.

Brian (00:08:09) - You obviously grew up in a very musical household, and there was always music. There was support for music the most, being happy when you chose that career?

JD Reynolds (00:08:18) - I think it shows me absolutely it really did choose me. I, I wanted to be a ballerina when I was little.

JD Reynolds (00:08:26) - I was a really great ballet dancer. And then I'm 511 now, grew too tall. But ballet was my passion. And and but I always loved music. And I used to sing to myself. I became a very good ballerina, very, very young and pretty much just thrown into the deep end with a lot of the more senior ballerinas. And I used to sing to myself as a little girl to calm my nerves. And it was one of a very well known choreographer. Arts went to my mum and said, You know, little Jade, she's a beautiful little ballerina, but my goodness, that kid can sing. And that's how I started, just really thinking, You know what? I love this. I love both. I love ballet and I love singing. And then when I started growing too tall for ballet, I was I've always been brought up to be a bit of a realist as well as a romantic. My mum's always said, You're going to be tall like me, honey.

JD Reynolds (00:09:27) - Yeah. You know, your mum's six foot darling upper so you can have your tall one, sweetie. So do ballet and dance your heart away for as long as you love it. And let you know and let your heart sing. So she just let me choose what I wanted to do.

Brian (00:09:44) - Oh, I see. I see. And you know, in your teenagers, then I always find that you get exposed to different genres by your friends. So what music were you exposed to and how do you think it influenced you as the artist you are today?

JD Reynolds (00:09:58) - Oh, that's a good question. So I grew up on country music and the greats and my my a lot of my cousins were huge pop heads and they and, and rock and roll. And so I grew up also loving Prince I, I still love Prince today. Feel like he's still with us and still inspiring us. I think that what Prince and country music have in common is just great storytelling. I love the storytelling prince That Prince tells us the stories that he tells us just wrapped in this awesome prince pop, pop vibe.

JD Reynolds (00:10:35) - Can't even explain it. It's just Prince. He's, uh. And so that was a great influence on me. And also Michael Jackson, the dancer in me, really loved watching him. He has a lot of ballet moves in his dance. You can see the training that he puts in. So that was a great influence on me as well. So, Pop, I loved I loved those two artists as well as my country artists and my greats.

Brian (00:11:04) - You know, growing up then, what was your local music scene like? Was a very vibrant. Was there always gigs to go to?

JD Reynolds (00:11:10) - Yeah, it was, yeah. So my mum used to sneak me in as a as a little girl. She it was really well known in the, in the local community and they, they, you know, they loved her and they said, look, Jade just wants to pop in and just kind of just, you know, sit at the back and we'll sit up in the sit up in the rafters and and watch this singer or watch this band.

JD Reynolds (00:11:32) - And I'm not going to drop any pubs names or club names because they did. They let me in. I used to sit up in the rafters or in the lighting, in the lighting box, and I used to watch these bands and shows and I didn't care who it was. I just loved watching people do what they love.

Brian (00:11:51) - You know, the Australian country scene is something we don't really get exposed to over here in this old world. So what can you tell us about it? What is it like?

JD Reynolds (00:12:01) - It is raw, it is real and it is a hell of a lot of fun. What you get is what you see. Everyone just sings with their big country hearts. And the country music fans over here are just the salt of the earth, beautiful human beings. And the country music scene is so happening here and it's so vibrant. And there is a rawness in our storytelling that I can hear if an artist is Australian or not. There's a certain beautiful rawness to it.

Brian (00:12:38) - Right, Right.

Brian (00:12:40) - And as an Australian artist, then, what's it like trying to break into the country scene and dusty it?

JD Reynolds (00:12:46) - Well, I was fortunate enough to I'm 100% independent artist, so a lot of independent artists are like, Oh my God, I think they're my previous single, eight seconds went to number one on the Australian country music charts during Grammy week.

Brian (00:13:06) - Oh my God.

JD Reynolds (00:13:07) - And I could I was flabbergasted. Couldn't believe it. I mean, you can imagine that is that is such an honour. And that is a big week of music. And so for my song, eight seconds to sit there at number one, independent artists go, Oh my God, You know, like, how do you do it? I said, It's just me and it's just my fans. Um, and so breaking into this country music scene in America, you've just got to have people out there. They just love you and you've got to just love them back. And I'm very fortunate on social media. I've got such a gorgeous social media family.

JD Reynolds (00:13:42) - They're very, very supportive. They come from all over the world. But my highest percentage of fans come from the United States of America. And then it's and then it's Australia and then it's Brazil.

Brian (00:13:55) - Brazil, Really?

JD Reynolds (00:13:57) - Yeah.

Brian (00:13:57) - It's still the States is kind of like the the home of country music, really, when you think about it, you know, It is.

JD Reynolds (00:14:04) - Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Well, look, we've got a home of country music here, but if we're talking world, world scale. Yeah, you know, absolutely the USA, that's where it, you know, just keep on thinking you're Willie Nelson and.

Brian (00:14:20) - We.

JD Reynolds (00:14:23) - You know, we had a, you know, a very similar, you know, artist out here Slim Dusty He was our Willie Nelson and yeah, so so but yeah, definitely the USA is is is where it's at. And I'm just I'm just so grateful that they're just embracing me and my music and and I'm embracing them right back.

Brian (00:14:42) - Yeah.

Brian (00:14:42) - Do you think you'd ever make the move over there full time?

JD Reynolds (00:14:46) - Oh, totally. I totally would. How? Pack a guitar or a bag full of bikinis? My surfboard. Just. I'll just go. Don't think there's any surfing in Tennessee, but I'll find also I'll find some pocket of water, but yeah, definitely could. Yeah. Could I could pack up. Yeah, pack up and you know, think I view it as just packing up to do what you love.

Brian (00:15:09) - Yeah. True.

JD Reynolds (00:15:11) - I'm a dream chaser.

Brian (00:15:14) - And now the podcast is called Concerts that made us so I can't get away without asking you if all the concerts you've attended in your life, what ones have made you.

JD Reynolds (00:15:26) - Hmm. Oh, seriously? Okay. Think there was two? Uh, when I was a little girl, my mom took me to see Prince. Uh, and this. And so that made a really big impact. And she also, when I was little, I she took me to a Keith Urban concert, and I just thought, Oh, okay, this is so cool.

JD Reynolds (00:15:52) - And my mom said, just was there the whole time with just eyes as big as sources. And, and and she just said, you could just tell that that was just this this love just easing out for everything live concert. And she said you're just so little she says and you know she said she she got a lot of flack. Oh, my God. Why are you taking someone this little to see? To see Prince And and she she she said to me, I'm so glad that I did. I'm so glad that you got to experience that, She said, because to experience one of the greats like that is a once in a lifetime experience.

Brian (00:16:32) - Yeah. Yeah, totally. Totally. And of course, now he's gone. People can't see him anymore, which is a major pity.

JD Reynolds (00:16:40) - I agree. I agree. Of course, you know, even though I was young, I. I remember it. I, I was floored by it. And even Keith was watching Keith Urban as a little girl.

JD Reynolds (00:16:51) - I'd be I was always in awe, you know, just just a great just a great showman and just a great Aussie country music artist. So I think I'm going to I'm going to say those two concepts.

Brian (00:17:05) - Really brilliant doesn't get much better than them. And what I'm really looking forward to now, for any listeners that haven't caught one of your shows, tell us all about, give us the full experience if you can.

JD Reynolds (00:17:20) - Okay. So the well, when you come to a Reynolds concert, it is 100% live. I don't believe in any fake any fakeness in a show. I don't believe in an over rehearsed show either because I am a dancer. So my band and I communicate extremely well when I'm on stage. I can go off on in a bit of a tangent and just bust out and have a and have a dance and my band will know when I'm ready to to go back and sing. I will never stand there. I can't stand still. I love the crowd. Get them extremely involved.

JD Reynolds (00:18:01) - And the last one of the last shows I did, there was this beautiful little elderly lady that came up to me and she said to me, I've seen Elvis. And she was rattling them off. I've seen, you know, and she was just rattling off all of these names that I so highly respected. And she said, And yours was the most enjoyable show that I have seen since I was one think she said, you know, like whatever she was. And she says that was just thoroughly enjoyable. So for someone of her age to have seen these huge acts and then to find me after the show line up with her walker just to get a signature and a photo, I saw it said, Yo, you hottie, come over here, get her over here. Um, and so for those kinds of compliments, you that's what you get. You just get the real. The real me. I'm always dancing. My band is insane. My guitarist is ridiculous. Chris Patterson, He plays with Van Halen.

JD Reynolds (00:19:10) - Van Halen. Aerosmith. Um, so you would just get the best of a best show and you'll walk out feeling good, Man. I love people walking out, feeling good and happy and love making me cry to give me a tear. Yeah, that's. And I love it when they make me cry. It's. It's all good stuff.

Brian (00:19:27) - Yeah. Yeah. Jeez, it sounds like the most perfect gig ever. Now it sounds unreal. If I ever make a toast. Really? I'll be front row and center at one of your shows.

JD Reynolds (00:19:38) - Absolutely. And I'm telling you, I'm so excited to be, you know, to be getting on the roads as soon as possible. We you know, we can't wait. My band and I are just just so ready to to get back out there and just get just be face to face with the fans. There's nothing like it.

Brian (00:19:55) - Yeah. Yeah. And how do you work on your stage show then, and constantly keep it fresh for the audience?

JD Reynolds (00:20:02) - It's never rehearsed.

Brian (00:20:04) - Really.

JD Reynolds (00:20:06) - Fast and it's it's, you know, I've been to I love going to concerts and I and make a point of trying to I'm it's so expensive now but I make a point of trying to not go to just one I'll try to go to two of the same concept and I'm always disappointed on the second night, uh, because you see how polished made perfectly polished and how perfect it is. But I think that's one of the things I like about my show. You could probably come to eight in a row and never see the same show twice. There'll be always just something different. And that's what I love about my band and my crew. We're very spontaneous so we can read each other so well. And especially with me and my dancers, we we know each other well. And so if they see me just doing something like, Oh yeah, there she goes.

Brian (00:21:04) - Right, right. And you know, you sold out the Australian PBR Monster, Monster Energy K Ranch Invitational in 24 hours after being announced.

Brian (00:21:16) - As a performer. That must have felt like such a pinch me moment, Did it?

JD Reynolds (00:21:21) - It was. I was so proud. Um, and you know what? I say that about myself a lot because I'm. I'm an artist. I'm very. I'm very hard on myself. Uh, but PBR announced it. Monster Energy announced it. You know, their fans all over the world like their, their. Monster Energy, the Monsters. And less than 24 hours they announced me that I was performing their sold out. It was the only sold out PBR event worldwide in 2022. So I and then they were reached out and said, Can you please go onto every social media platform you've got and announce We love you, Reynolds fans, we adore you. Thank you for calling us. But please, tickets are exhausted. There is no waiting list. And then there's Brian. Then this big rumor broke out that I was going to do a pop up gig in the car park and that caused havoc. And so then I had to jump back on socials saying, I am not doing a pop up gig.

JD Reynolds (00:22:31) - Y'all, you there is security everywhere. I'm here. You're going to have to. There's literally semi-trailers blocking the entrance. Unless you've got a ticket, you can't get in. Uh, and you know, a couple of my my fans, they reached out and there was a couple of Queensland fans that said, we just bought scalpers tickets for 400 bucks a pop just to come down and see you. And so I got on there saying, Please don't buy us scalpers tickets. I'm so worried about y'all. But fortunately they got in and man, it was a ripper of a night. It was packed. It was packed to the to the to the brim. And I it was just I got out there and mingle. Those walked through the crowd and got mobbed and had a, you know, crash tackled by all the kids out there. And man, just felt right at home.

Brian (00:23:21) - Oh, my God. What do you do after a show like that? How do you, like, get onto the next big thing or look forward to the next big thing? What what goes through your mind?

JD Reynolds (00:23:31) - I just look forward to the next minute.

JD Reynolds (00:23:34) - I look forward to the drive home. I look forward to going to a Macca's Drive-thru and getting a Big Mac. And I you know, I'm a very positive person. I'm just hoping that I'm bringing a lot of joy into the world. And I take, you know, I'm just taking one day at a time and one step at a time with my country music career. And I am 100% independent artist. This just made my fans so to feel that love from them, uh, I can't explain it wrong. They've got a little piece of my heart, man.

Brian (00:24:14) - Brilliant. And you know those moments before you step on stage, what's your pre-show ritual? And then afterwards, how do you calm yourself down?

JD Reynolds (00:24:24) - A pressure ritual before. Was just talking to other athletes and I was speaking to them about their journeys, their injuries. Because eight seconds I dedicated to the professional bull riders and those who love them. And I knew how devastating the sport can be for a lot of people. And these guys are out here riding with broken ribs and broken wrists and and they were so inspiring.

JD Reynolds (00:25:00) - And the number one Australian bull rider, he was sweet enough to co-star in in my eight seconds, a music video. And I literally spent the time just chatting with Aaron and about the world of PBR and just putting things into perspective. And then what really just settled me before I went on stage was listening to the Cowboys prayer that they say before each PBR event, and that just puts things into perspective for me. And for me it was just about getting out there, being myself, bringing joy and really just allowing everyone who came out to see me just to feel the love for me, which I'm pretty sure they did because yeah, got out there and just did my thing.

Brian (00:25:49) - That sounds like. And when it comes to your career, then how do you measure success?

JD Reynolds (00:25:55) - I measure success. This is a this is an interesting question because when I had my number one with eight seconds, someone asked me, what is the number one song to you? And I said, as long as it's number one in the hearts of my fans, that's the number one song.

JD Reynolds (00:26:13) - So I measure success by how happy I feel, by how full my soul is and by happy, how happy my fans are and how much love they give me and and how much, you know, sometimes they give me a bit of stick to, you know, they, you know, they their banter is fantastic. So that's how I measure success. If you wake up in the morning and you say, Thanks God for another day, and regardless of what it is and you've got a smile on your dial, that's success to me.

Brian (00:26:44) - I think that may be just the perfect answer. I've got to that question. And, you know, say in 40 years time, you know, you're looking back on your career. What do you hope your legacy is?

JD Reynolds (00:26:57) - I hope a little piece of your heart is on so many wedding videos and everyone looking back and looking at their weddings and the happiest days of their lives. I hope that my songs have placed some some love and joy in everyone's hearts, and I hope that my songs trigger beautiful memories.

JD Reynolds (00:27:20) - Sad memories, happy memories. I hope it just triggers memories because life is about collecting memories.

Brian (00:27:28) - It certainly is. It certainly is. And before we get onto the last couple of questions, then, future plans, new music, big gigs. Tell us all about it.

JD Reynolds (00:27:37) - Yeah, let's do it all. Yeah. So definitely new music. So, you know, I'll. I'll get I've got some guys, some crackers, some songs working on a full length album for next year, which will be exciting. Got some crackers of some singles to, to release in the meantime. So I'm looking forward to seeing how my fans receive those. I love working on everything about the music, the covers. One of my fans said, I look forward to your covers, your artwork just as much as I look forward to your music. And that was a huge compliment because for me, growing up as a little girl, um, I loved that too, you know, like the, the cover and what is it going to be? And so I loved that compliment.

JD Reynolds (00:28:30) - So I'm, I'm looking forward to getting some new music and I'm looking forward to getting on stage. I'm looking forward to coming back to the United States and getting on stage with my fans and just let's just have a big get together.

Brian (00:28:45) - Sounds brilliant. Sounds brilliant. Right. We'll dive into the last few questions. So these are a bit tricky. If you could see any performer from history and Concert for one night only, who would it be?

JD Reynolds (00:28:59) - Oh. Does that include a headliner? Just like a guy? Like a support act. Can I have a supporter?

Brian (00:29:07) - Yeah. Yeah.

JD Reynolds (00:29:09) - Okay, So I would. I would love to go to an Elvis concert. I would love to then go to and then have Prince come out and then Michael Jackson come out and Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash all come out and just all together. That looks good. They're going on tour together. And that's the concert that I want to go to.

Brian (00:29:39) - You know, it wouldn't get much better than that, that, would it?

JD Reynolds (00:29:42) - Uh.

Brian (00:29:44) - Could you imagine the. The size of the stadium they'd need to put them in?

JD Reynolds (00:29:49) - No, it'd be endless. And I wouldn't care if I was. If I could see it on a monitor, and I was two states away, I'd still go.

Brian (00:29:58) - Yeah. Yeah. And the next one. So if you have to spend 24 hours locked in a room with any musician from history, who would it be?

Jd Reynolds (00:30:09) - Oh.

JD Reynolds (00:30:10) - This is a good one, Brian. I'm going to say Mozart.

Brian (00:30:15) - Really?

JD Reynolds (00:30:16) - Yeah. I think there is something intriguingly stunning about classical music. I think that they are classical music writers, especially from that genre, which is on a whole different wavelength. And being I play piano. So I'm I think that would be I know it's a weird choice and I've actually never thought about it, but I'm pretty sure that's who it would be.

Brian (00:30:45) - Yeah, that's a good one, actually. I think that might be the first time I've heard Mozart mentioned as an answer.

Jd Reynolds (00:30:50) - Would be.

JD Reynolds (00:30:51) - How intriguing would it be?

Brian (00:30:52) - Oh, definitely. Imagine the questions you'd have for or even just sit there and sort of.

JD Reynolds (00:30:57) - Imagine the outfit you'd have on.

Brian (00:31:00) - Yeah.

Jd Reynolds (00:31:02) - Just say.

JD Reynolds (00:31:04) - Okay, you know this D minor seventh. Can you just help me? Just kind of kind of stretch my fingers here? Can you imagine? Yeah, I think that's who I'd choose. That was a really random question, and that was the first thing that popped into my head. How extraordinary would it be?

Brian (00:31:20) - Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And the final one. So what song would appear on the soundtrack to your life?

JD Reynolds (00:31:29) - Probably whatever. My own song. If it wasn't whatever my own track, the soundtrack of my life would probably be. Ballerina girl. Lionel Richie.

Brian (00:31:44) - Perfect. Perfect. Sushi down to the ground, I imagine.

Jd Reynolds (00:31:48) - Yeah.

JD Reynolds (00:31:49) - Yeah, that's definitely it. You've got no. No idea how many bleeding toes and wrecked point shoes that went to dancing to that one and enjoyed every second of it.

Brian (00:31:59) - Brilliant, Brilliant Jedi. I have to say, genuinely, I can't describe how much I've enjoyed chatting to you now. It has been an absolute blast.

JD Reynolds (00:32:08) - Me too. Ryan, It's been so cool chatting with you and genuinely the really interesting questions and I've just had really a lot of fun talking to you and hope your listeners have really enjoyed it too, because you're awesome and the way you say a little piece of my heart, you've got to say it one more time because as you say, heart is just.

Jd Reynolds (00:32:25) - Way too cool.

Brian (00:32:27) - A little piece of my heart.

Jd Reynolds (00:32:31) - You've got a piece of mine.

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JD Reynolds

The world of country music is paying attention to Australian country music artist JD Reynolds. Her latest release '8 Seconds' hit the highly coveted #1 spot on Australian Country Radio during 2023 Grammy week. For a 100% independent artist, that's truly something. Just wait until the world hears her upcoming release called ‘A Little Piece of Your Heart’.

The incredible singer, songwriter, producer and award-winning choreographer has achieved international acclaim with her fresh twist on country music. The world of Professional Bull Riding all around the globe from Australia, USA, Canada to Brazil embraced her powerful song ‘8 Seconds’. So much so, within 24 hours of The Australian PBR announcing JD was performing LIVE at the PBR Monster Energy K Ranch Invitational, the event SOLD OUT with fans clamouring to get a ticket, some fans paid $400 for a scalpers ticket just to see JD Reynolds. It was the only PBR SOLD OUT event in 2022.

JD has graced the cover of Nashville Country Music Magazine and the glossy pages of Cowboys & Indians Magazine, being labelled “Country’s new ‘it’ girl”. For a new artist, JD has millions of combined song streams with smash hits such as
'Whatever' and 'Rebound'. JD's girl-power anthem 'WHATEVER' hit #5 on KIX Hottest 20 and #8 on the Australian Country Music Charts AND made the Hottest 50 songs of 2021. ‘Whatever’ caused such a stir that the music video premiered on Country Rebel to over 8 million viewers. JD Reynolds creates a buzz in country music that has the likes of t… Read More