Episode Details

Laura Fox needed a change.

Late last year, at our 3S Artspace live podcast, the Foxglove lead singer and Maine Fox Marketing founder announced that she'd booked a one-way trip to Mexico, with no plans for anything besides returning just in time to record her first in-studio album in May.

Seven months later, in another edition of "The Follow-Up" where we speak to popular past guests, Fox joins host Troy Farkas to reveal what she learned about herself from the three-month trip to Mexico.

Plus, Fox previews Foxglove's upcoming performance at Prescott Park, and she takes us inside the recording process for upcoming first album, Maybe A Daydream. She also SOUNDS OFF on musicians using AI in the songwriting process, and the Seacoast lifer also explains why locals are so critical of newbies who move to the Seacoast.

To learn more about Fox's upcoming performances, visit LauraFoxMusic.com.

CHAPTERS:

• Recapping her Mexico trip & lessons learned (00:00)
• Achieving a lifelong musical dream (14:38)
• Inside the process of recording her first album (19:42)
• SPONSOR: Investment advisor David Higgins (27:40)
• The tricky part of writing songs about past relationships (29:37)
• Why it's "unethical" to use AI for songwriting (36:20)
• Will the AI train ever slow down? (46:15)
• SPONSOR: JOBTALK LLC (53:08)
• Why Seacoast locals are hesitant to accept newcomers (54:45)

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