Interview: Fanbase Music Magazine Talks To Annemarie Jo About Her Latest Single And Lyric Video & More
Intro
Annemarie Jo is an exciting musician I have recently become a fan of, hard to hold her down and pigeonhole her music, Annemarie can be seen releasing music with all types of genres and sounds, catering to a wider market.
Annemarie Jo enjoys writing about a variety of things. Her emotion-evoking music is inspired by things that are going on in her life. Whether it be a relationship, anxiety, a happy time, or a hardship she is going through, her music says it all.
We catch up with Annemarie Jo and talk about her latest single Cherry Top as well as the cool lyric video
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Interview
One of my earliest music memories is of my grandpa, who I called Big Papa, recording myself singing “My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean” on his cassette player while he played accordion. Another early musical memory, when I started realizing this is what I wanted to do with my life, was going to an open mic night at a coffee shop by my house when I was in 7th and 8th grade with friends. I loved getting up in front of people and sharing my music, in addition to hearing and experiencing other live musicians (older and better than my 12-year-old self at the time obviously) and just loving every bit of it.
My sound and genre are a lot of things wrapped in one. To categorize it, I would say pop-soul. However, I like to think my music incorporates pop, rock, alternative, soul, and more into one sound.

I split my music career pretty evenly doing solo performances as well as full band gigs with my band, Sinjon Smith. We are a five-piece cover band and we play all over the state and more.
The song title is about the reality of adult friendships. I wrote this song about one of my best friends at a time when I was feeling like I was losing her. Our group of girls used to hang out for days on end, seeing everyone at least 3 times a week. Now, with everyone’s schedule and prioritizing other things in our lives, I rarely see anyone anymore. With this one friend, I would try calling her, and planning hangouts, just for them to be ignored or canceled. Although unintentional, it really hurt, and still does. As the planner in the group, it’s exhausting continuously trying to talk and hang out with my best friends and not receiving that same effort back. That’s what Cherry on Top is all about, it’s like the last straw, the final try/hope to get that craved relationship back.
That’s mainly what I am talking about. The difficulty of matching schedules, and continuing to stay as close as we once were. Another aspect of it is the emotions as adult relationships have. Friends don’t always do things or stay the person they exactly were. Nobody stays exactly the same. And so wondering if it’s some way things have changed between you two that you may not know of, its scary; especially when you care so deeply about someone.
I recorded Cherry on Top at my home studio, Pearl Sound Studios in Canton Michigan. My producer, the amazing Chuck Alkazian, mixed and mastered the song as well as worked on it instrumentally himself. He programmed the drums, in which he recorded each authentic drum sound, and played bass, and keys on the track. My wonderful friend and bandmate, Marc played electric on the tune, and I played the acoustic.
I absolutely love going into the studio. Chuck and I are like friends by this point; it’s definitely more fun than work. I love nothing more than seeing and hearing my vision come to life during the recording process. Chuck also does an excellent job translating my ideas and vision into reality.
The track also has a cool lyric music video, who worked on it?
The lyric music video was created by Sarah Heringhausen from Blaize Media Inc. Sarah helped incorporate the vibe and emotion of this fun but emotional song into a lyric video and it’s so much more than I could have imagined.
I am working on a brand-new single I wrote called Excuse Me (While I Lose My Cool). Without giving away too many surprises, it is something so exciting that I cannot wait to share.
Thank you so much for the opportunity! As someone who is inspired by so many great artists and such different sounds trying to make a music career… as well as someone who has felt distant from some of her closest friends lately, and dealing with a lot of changes going on in my personal life… I think a message to my fans would be that it is so okay to not understand where you are headed in your current stage of life. Things change, and tides come and go, what’s important is giving yourself grace and realizing this is your first time living, it’s okay to not quite be sure what’s next on your journey.

