#185 Presley Tennant
NASHVILLE, TN – Presley Tennant wagers her queen-of-hearts in new single “Gamble On You,” releasing March 25. With powerhouse vocals that reflect her fearless personality, all bets are off as the 19-year-old songstress shows strength and courage in delivery and lyricism. "'Gamble On You' expresses the feeling in the beginning of a relationship of uncertainty of where things will lead, trying to basically read their mind to figure out if it was going to end up good or go no where." says Tennant. "The song has a very sultry feel that I think matches the same thoughts as one may be feeling in that moment in time." Written solely by Presley Tennant, "Gamble On You" is the first release the young artist feels she had the largest influence in – from lyrics to melody and even music video concept and directing. check out "Gamble On You" now on Spotify and Apple Music: https://lnk.fu.ga/presleytennant_gambleonyou.
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Presley Tennant
Rae Leigh: Welcome to a Songwriter Tryst with Presley tenant. Thanks for joining me.
Presley Tennant: Thank you so much for having me.
Rae Leigh: No, I'm excited to hear about all this stuff that you're doing, but I like to start with getting you in your own
words. Tell us a little bit about who you are and where you come from.
Presley Tennant: So my name is Presley tenant. I'm a 19 year old singer songwriter from Northern California. I've been doing music ever since I was very young. At least started singing. And when I was 10 years old, I ended up in a girl group and was introduced to the whole music industry as it is, and completely fell in love with that whole process of just being surrounded by so many incredible and talented people and very influential people.
And so after the group ended, I went my own, I went on my own and I did a little bit of pop music. And that led me on season 16 of the voice where I was on tinker. And that was an incredible experience. And since then, I made my switch to country just to kind of, I feel like it's, it was really to find myself.
I grow I'm come from like a very small town in California, Southern California. And everyone kind of thinks like big cities and we're not that way. We're like very horse town, like USA type of thing. So
Rae Leigh: yeah,
Presley Tennant: like you go down to like Starbucks or taco bell and there's like people on horses in the drive through that type of thing.
So it's, it's definitely very cool. Oh yeah. So I don't know. It's always been a part of me since I first started singing or not even when I first started singing, but when I let just my.
Rae Leigh: Yeah. Yeah. I can relate to that. I grew up in a small country town with horses. Stand by the roads. You have to be careful and. It's funny. Cause I was kind of in that pop radio rock, even scene, which is very heavy in Australia and it wasn't until later I was like oh, country's actually my vibe. like I like this.
Presley Tennant: I just feel like what's like country music. You're able to really tell the story and people listen to what the words mean to you. And that type of thing, not that they don't do that on pop music, but it's just definitely taken in a different way.
Rae Leigh: well, you're preaching to the converted. I'm a big believer that country music is slightly more emotionally intelligent than some other genres.
Presley Tennant: a beautiful way to put it.
Rae Leigh: And that's what I love about it. Yeah. That story and that connection. It's. It's beautiful. Tell me about this, this group. Like how did you even get into music to begin with and where did this girl group happen?
What was that?
Presley Tennant: I mean, to be quite honest, when I first started singing, it was mainly just like taco Tuesday nights when they had karaoke and my parents would go to tacos, hanging out with their friends. And I'm like seeing heartbreaker by pat Benatar when I was like seven. So that's like where I really first started singing and.
I started taking vocal lessons after that. And then I was introduced to like different little competitions around like my hometown. And so I started doing those and one of those ended up working out really well. And I was introduced to the girl group and I, I mean, the girls that were in it, they were phenomenal.
Like dancers. I could not dance for the life of. Like I can do a somersault and I'm they were like doing backhand Springs. The one on I'm like, okay, well we're not getting, you're not going to get that from me. I'm so sorry. I was like, at least not yet I'll work on it, but I can't tell you it's going to be good.
And so I, I don't know. That's just how it kind of first happened. And then when I joined the group, they had just signed with Brittany Spears. I w right after I joined. And I was in the group for a little bit. We were in talks with the Jacksons and they brought us out to Vegas and we got to perform for them. And then we were talking to Kelly Rowland. And so it's like these
Rae Leigh: goodness me.
Presley Tennant: and it's not even just influential, but it's like people that really know the industry that were surrounding us. And really like leading the way for us, especially those that were in like groups of like, especially like younger groups you think of Kelly Rowland, do you think of like Destiny's child?
And then obviously the Jackson's with Jackson five and whatnot. So they all know like that whole group dynamic type of thing, which was really cool.
Rae Leigh: yep. And what did you take away from that? Cause you said that it broke up. Was that a mutual choice between everyone or did just something happen that made it not viable?
Presley Tennant: The something happened where it made it not viable anymore. I.
Rae Leigh: Yeah.
Presley Tennant: I don't know too much of it because I feel like, I mean, I was 11 or 12 and I, it was like one day there was rehearsals and the next day there was not, and they're like, oh, okay, well we're trying something else. And then we're like, it didn't work out.
So we're just gonna all kind of go our separate ways. That type of
thing.
Rae Leigh: Whoa. That's, that's unfortunate. Yeah, it sounds dramatic, but 11 you've got, you know, you've got the rest of your life ahead of you. So, from that experience, What an education at such a young age to know what the industry is like. And to also be aware that especially when working with other people, there is always that risk that if you are fully dependent on another person with your art, if something happens to them good or bad, and it means that they can't work with you anymore, what does that mean for you?
How did you redefine yourself as an artist and choose what you wanted to do? Or you attempted to do something else completely after that experience?
Presley Tennant: I mean, so after the group ended,
I didn't quite know what I wanted to do. I grew up playing soccer and that was kind of what my main focus was beforehand. But during that group, I kind of made the decision to not do soccer anymore and continue on music because it just kind of.
Rae Leigh: kind of.
Presley Tennant: Got a lot with a little bit of both, because I mean, I was, I was still in school and then I would go to rehearsals from like 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
I'd miss school sometimes. And then I go to soccer practice and I was there five days a week. And so I started become, I went homeschooled and did that and I actually really loved homeschooling. A lot of people are like, oh, you're a homeschooled kid. And I'm like, yeah, I was,
Rae Leigh: Yeah. It's a lot of freedom in it.
Presley Tennant: oh yeah. And I, and I got to learn at my own pace.
And I ultimately, it helped me, especially during my high school. And I feel like I knew everything and I was like, oh, this is nice
breeze my way through high school. But I don't know, during that time it just kind of became a lot. So I focused on music and then after the group ended, I didn't know if I wanted to go back to soccer if I wanted to do music, but I was like, you know what?
I am going on a good path right now. I love what I'm doing. I know this is what I want to do. So I might as well put all my effort in and all my focus into.
And so ultimately I continued with music and the choreographer of the group. He ended up becoming part of my team and really, really showed me the ropes of the whole music industry.
Not that I didn't know already what it was, but to a different extent, which I'm very fortunate for, to have worked with him. He is incredible. And it was just like, everything was a learning experience. And I was very determined as a young, as a young. And I knew that music is what I wanted to do and I wasn't going to let anybody tell me no type of thing.
Like maybe like I'll listen to them and take in everything they say, but I knew that this is what I was supposed to do as cheesy as that sounds. It's very
Rae Leigh: No, I get it, but I think it takes courage and, and a lot of support around you, which it sounds like you've had to be able to give yourself permission to admit that that you know that who you are and, and that that's what you were born to do. And I think that's beautiful that you had that support and the choreographer sounds like a godsend as well.
And we need those angels around us that can share their life wisdom with us in, in. These industries. Tell me about like, as a songwriter, when did you write your first song
Presley Tennant: I think I wrote my first song when I was about 14 and it was called don't take the summer yet, because I did not want to go back to school. I was like, it's basically just saying like, there's back-to-school commercials already happening, like school isn't supposed to start. I don't want to go to school because like what 14 year old is going to write about
like heartbreak or like a midlife crisis at the moment.
Rae Leigh: surprised, But yeah.
Presley Tennant: usually like, it's like the typical, I feel like everyone, every 14 year old can relate to. And I, I wasn't into like the whole like dating thing or I wasn't like trying to like be in relationships. I was like, no, we'll find something else to write about. And so I was like, you know what, I'm going to write about my truth.
I don't want to go to school right now. So that is, that was the first song I wrote. But with that was co-writing. But the first song I actually wrote by myself is called the woods. And that one honestly has like a little like sentimental feeling to me because I'm like, oh, this is how I feel. In my normal day later, like, I guess like my career and how I feel on a day-to-day basis and how there's so many people that try to lead you down the wrong path, but you know that it's not right.
And so, and it may not be you. And so you're just trying to get yourself off.
Rae Leigh: So, how did you, so intuitively go into songwriting and like, how do you use it as a part of your life to
express yourself? Like what's important for you when you're writing a song?
Presley Tennant: So when I first started writing, I actually started journaling and I used to journal every day about just even like a stupid as like what I did during my day, like, oh, I got a coffee and I, I worked out that type of thing and I went to school and I did my homework. But it was just like little things like that that helped me express, put it into words and on a piece of paper, if that makes sense.
And so that kind of translated into songwriting for the fact that like I was like, okay, I know what I want to say now. I just need to figure out a clever way to say it. And that was a big thing for me. And for me, songwriting, that has.
It's completely just an extension of myself that I put out. And it's like, when I'm feeling stressed or if anything happens and I don't want to, in my mind, I just write it down, write it down.
So I don't have to think about it again, out of my brain, out of sight, out of mind, type of thing until I want to go back and put it into song form. And that I feel like is so beautiful about songwriting. For the fact of you get to put everything that you want into it, there's no right or wrong. There is no good or bad.
It's just you. And I think that's so important to know, especially for some murders, because I feel like there's, there's a lot of when you're first writing the song, right. If there's a lot of like, oh, am I doing this right? Am I not doing this right? Is this sound bad? Does this not sound bad? There's like that whole stigma of is people gonna like it, but it's like, ultimately you have to do it for yourself.
And you can't let people try to make you feel a certain way about your own music, because that's your truth. That's what you.
Rae Leigh: I love that. I literally said that to someone yesterday who was asking about, you know, everyone goes through this phase and we all still want wood and we'd love to make everyone in the world happy with what we create. Like, that's a, a weird desire that I think it's natural. You want to make people happy, but. Possible to make everyone in the world happy. And once you let go of that and you realize, actually I need to make myself happy and you need to like, like, you need to like your music and love it. And then people who love it will come. And people that don't, it doesn't matter. Cause it's not gonna, it's just not going to happen, but that's.
That can be a really hard challenge for a lot of songwriters that I've spoken to to kind of get over. How do you, how has, have you ever been through that where you, like, you just want everyone to love everything you do and you had to kind of get used to the fact that that's not a possible thing.
Presley Tennant: Yeah. I honestly, I even went through that with just myself and it was, I mean, obviously you want to make everybody happy. Like we like what we just said, but I feel like for me, When I would go when I was younger and I'd go into co-writes, they would often not take advantage of the situation, but because I was young, they were like, oh, she doesn't really know what she's talking about.
And they wouldn't let me have a say in my own music. And that was something that was really important to me. And I was like, this is my music, whatever you put out is going to be good.
And it relates to you. But that doesn't mean it relates to me, like I want, I want to make sure it relates to me first because I also, everybody, not everybody is going to relate to some of these music. Let's just put it there.
Rae Leigh: Yeah,
Presley Tennant: But it's not going to be believable if you don't believe in it yourself.
Rae Leigh: exactly. There's got to be honesty and something that you connect to and that you love about it because if you're performing it and delivering it, it doesn't matter how good of an actor you are. You have to find the truth in it and something that you can connect to otherwise it's I dunno. People can smell the it's when it's dis what do you call it? This genuine, not authentic.
Presley Tennant: oh
Rae Leigh: I'm trying to find it a word, but yeah. It's like we can smell dishonesty from a mile away. Most people can, And some people are better at tricking us, but even then ally has a certain life period, you know, you might believe so. For a moment, but the longer you're watching them or you're getting to know them, the sooner that the truth always comes out.
And so if you haven't got the truth in that song and your connection to it yeah. Or connect. And I actually, I think that that's something that a lot of young people have kind of shared in this podcast. And when I've met people in general, it's like being a teenager. It's like, you're not a human yet. I don't know if you've experienced that even when I've worked with like teenage, like even my niece, she's 12 years old and we've heard a song and she is struggling with bullying and she's struggling, you know, it's a part of growing up, but so many children, sometimes they're just not treated like human beings.
And I've really, I find. Boggling, but I think I experienced that as a, kid as well. And I think it's really great that you, you stood up for yourself or you are standing up for yourself and saying, Hey, actually guys, this is my music. And just because I'm a teenager, doesn't mean I don't have feelings and I don't connect to things.
You're going to experience like, you know, you're going to experience life as it, goes, but what you connect to is what other people you're actually
going to connect to. And that that's what makes it art. That's so cool.
Presley Tennant: And it's just like a, I don't know, it, it definitely took a lot of time for me to even get to that point, but I always knew that that feeling was there and I just felt uncomfortable or like, feeling like I was going to be like my, I wasn't going to be here. If that makes sense. And, and so at times it finally was like that one little moment and it was, I think it was up when I was 16.
I was just like, uh, I remember being, I recorded a song and I already didn't care for the lyrics. Like I liked them, but it wasn't, it wasn't me. And so, and then I got the song back and the whole production, I was like, this is this isn't right. And so I drove up to the studio, it was like two hours away. And I was like, guys, we got to fix this.
Like I, everything that you guys put out, I know your quality is going to be amazing. And you're going to be happy with it either.
Rae Leigh: either way.
Presley Tennant: For the most part. I mean, people can always make it their own in that sense, but I was like, well, this is going on, my name as it also is as it's going on your name, but we need to find something where it's all a common ground.
And that was something that like, it's all collaborative effort, which I absolutely love, but for there to be collaborative effort, that has to mean everybody's collaborating, not just one person out of two people or three people, if that makes sense.
Rae Leigh: Absolutely good to let everyone be heard and seen
and express themselves.
Presley Tennant: Oh, yeah.
Rae Leigh: well done. All right. Well, speaking of and well done for standing up. So I think that's something that everyone needs to learn at some point as a songwriter, especially if you're collaborating, you've got to be able to speak up.
Even if you feel like it's going to be confronting or you're disagreeing with someone which is hard. But that's what it is. So, so with co-writing tell me, like, what would you say your best
experiences is and what have you learned from your experience in co-writing.
Presley Tennant: I mean, I have been very fortunate to work with amazing people for co-writing it. And I mean, even in the past, when it didn't go the way it was, the way that I planned, it was still also me learning and growing up without those situations, I would not be where I am today in sessions, like in correcting sessions.
And so. From those experiences. I've learned what I like and what I don't like and what I need to speak up about and what I don't need to speak up about when certain things I'm like, okay, whatever, I'll just brush it off. It's not that big of a deal. Then there's like certain ones. And I'm like, you know what?
I need to say something about this, this isn't who I am type of thing. And nowadays
in the beginning also, when I made my switch to country and I started writing out with Nashville, right. At writers, I definitely felt scared to put my own thoughts.
'cause. I was like, I don't know if they're going to think it's good. And it's like the pressure of being amongst people who co-write for, or who write for a living.
Rae Leigh: Yeah.
Presley Tennant: And I'm like, these are professionals. Like we just need to trust them. But also at the same time, it's like, you know what, like I'm a professional too. I know what I'm doing. And so it was kind of like that moment of believing in myself and then I am capable of doing what they do.
And it definitely took a few times and I got to got, I got to get more comfort. Once I started doing it, but and ultimately it worked out and I love everybody that I've written songs without Nashville. They have all been fantastic. And there's like Mary Sue, England, and then Victoria Banks and, and Debra Allen and all these incredible artists and incredible people.
And they're all so sweet and they always made it. They always made me feel comfortable for the fact of, Hey, if I don't like anything, you know, I can let them know type of thing. And I thought I really admire.
Rae Leigh: Yeah. Was there like one Cobra in particular where you feel like the experience was maybe even a turning point for you where you actually felt like you could speak for yourself? Or was it the fact that they let you know that, Hey, it's okay. To let us know how you feel about something?
Presley Tennant: I would say honestly, it was probably my first right out in Nashville. And I want to say that was with Mary Sue, England and Victoria Banks. And. We were writing actually. No, it was but that is another good one. There there's a few of them that really there's, there's so many songs that I'm thinking of my head because I did them all on the same trip, but this one was Liz Ann Hill.
And we wrote my first ever country song, which is called temporary. And it was like, I was talking to her about like an experience. And then she, she was like, okay, like, what do you think about this? And I was like, yeah. And then I was like, what if we did this and this? And it was like, I felt like I was finally being heard.
And it just was like magic coming together because I'm like, I there's so much that I'm learning, not only just from her, but being in Nashville and being around that sound, there was just so many lessons to be learned and I feel like I took them all in and took it and really honed in on that.
And it was just, I don't know, there's not a way to describe it, but it's like magic to like see us all and go from just an idea to like a finished one. It is the coolest process I've ever seen.
Rae Leigh: Oh, there's no, no highlight it. I reckon. I mean, I think it's better than champagne. You know, that feeling of just, just writing something and creating something new that you connect to that you love. I, I get so excited. I get like, I'm obsessed with new songs and I can't get them out of my head for a few days.
And that's when I know it's like, it's going to be one that I perform or record at some point, you know, like it's just.
Presley Tennant: Oh yeah.
Rae Leigh: Yeah, that feeling anyway. Tell me that feeling. You get it. And it's nice to talk to other people that, that get that. Tell me about like, with all the experience you've had and you started so young in the industry.
Tell me, what would you say your best advice is that you've been told that you you've just kind of latched on to throughout your.
Presley Tennant: I feel like, I mean, it's kind of the premise of what we've been saying before, but. I mean when I was on the voice. And that was kind of like the pinpoint moment of when I knew that I needed to be myself and needed to find who I am, because it was at 16. I also thought I already know. I feel like every teenager thinks that,
Rae Leigh: yeah,
Presley Tennant: Up until, you know, we always think that we know best type of thing. And then you're like grow up a couple of years ago. Like I definitely didn't know best. And we're probably
Rae Leigh: keeps happening by the way.
Presley Tennant: more years.
Rae Leigh: Yeah. Yeah.
Presley Tennant: so I was on the voice and it was during one of my rehearsal sessions with Kelly Clarkson and, and she was like, you, I was doing a song, it was called nothing breaks, like a heart.
If you've heard of that by Miley Cyrus. And it's more like a, like a Dolly Parton's synth pop kind of thing.
Rae Leigh: Okay.
Presley Tennant: don't know how else to describe it, but at that time it was like, that was a little much for me. I love to, I love to sing and I love to belt and soar out notes. And so we kind of made it a, like, we were, we made a really different and she told me, and she was like, you're the one who's performing this.
You need to be okay with what you're performing and you need to love what you're performing and you just need to be your most authentic self. Because you're the person that you have to go home with that night and say, unusual, look in the mirror and say like, I like you. I like what you do. I'm proud of myself, I think.
And so not always stuck with me and I really took that to heart. And I don't know, that's just kind of, I've always lived my live my life since that moment with that thought process. And I'm, I'm very, very proud of the accolades that I
have accomplished
Rae Leigh: Yeah, thank you, Kelly clocks. And I think that's great
Presley Tennant: Oh yeah.
Rae Leigh: and you you've done so much. And I think it's just, it sounds like you have a very open, willingness to try things and. You know, you've obviously done really well. If you could go back and talk to yourself, maybe like at a pinnacle point, when you were choosing what you were going to do, is there some advice that you would give that, you know, other young girls
might be thinking that you feel like would be helpful?
Presley Tennant: I would say don't be afraid to try things and don't be afraid to start over. It might be scary and you feel like you're completely starting fresh, but in reality, you really aren't because of all of the things that you learned amongst that journey.
Rae Leigh: Yeah.
Presley Tennant: And so you're a lot further along than you think you're going to be.
Rae Leigh: Yes, that's so true. Nothing's ever wasted time. It's just a lesson learned if we choose to learn that lesson. And I have a theory that if we the universe is always trying to teach us things, and if we choose not to learn the lesson, it's going to try and teach it to us again some other way. So
Presley Tennant: Well, might as well learn it the first time.
Rae Leigh: Yeah. Try and learn it the first time he can. Cause it's that lesson is going to keep coming and biting you. Tell me about gamble and your music at the moment and what you're doing. what
what's your goals for this year?
Presley Tennant: So my goal for this year, I mean, I write all the time, so you can expect a lot of new music coming out very soon. I, I just released a song called gamble on you, and I'm very excited for everyone to hear that, that one's like my little baby and. the music videos to come out very soon on April 20th.
And I'm so excited for people to see that one. I'm going to say like this one's like my little baby from like start to finish the entire project. It was just like a, like a little, I don't know, it was like my one little child of a song that I get to see grow up, if that makes sense.
Rae Leigh: Are they.
Presley Tennant: oh yeah. But some of them are more of my favorites than others. Let's just put it.
Rae Leigh: Yeah, me too. Me too. How some, some of them get rebellious and they don't do what I want them to do. Tell me about this one though. What is it about this song That means so much to you,
Presley Tennant: I feel like this song to me. It's, I mean, the writing process for it was even a little different than I usually do. I mean, I write all the time, but I don't expect them to go anywhere. Just cause it's me trying to get like thoughts out or just putting things together because I have an idea. And every once in a while, I actually really liked those ideas and I wasn't expecting this one, but I, I was really trying to make this one that I really love.
And so I was in Nashville and I was going into a tracking session a few days. had my four songs picked out and I was like, you know, I am not in love with one of these songs. And so I try to writing a new song that maybe I'd like a little bit better and if not, then I just go along with the ones that I have already.
And so, you know, like in like hotel rooms, they have like the TV and like the set channels and there's like the jewelry channel. And then there's like, like, like, and then there was like a poker tournament or something like that that was
Rae Leigh: Oh yeah.
Presley Tennant: So like I got stuck on that. And then I was texting this guy that I really liked and we'd been hanging out for awhile and I really liked him and I just didn't know how he felt.
And I was like, the light bulb went off in my head and I was like, thinking thing, I was like, this is an idea. And so, and it's just like, I don't know, in, in gambling and in relationships, or I guess talking to somebody. It's kind of like a gamble. You don't know where it's going to go. You're either going to win big and you're going to end up with the person and it's going to work out great.
Or your heart is just going to be on the floor and stepped on. And like,
Rae Leigh: Yeah,
Presley Tennant: dig their foot in a few times, that type of thing, and you lose it all. And so I was like, this is kind of how that feels right now. It's just the feeling of uncertainty and I don't know how it's going to be. And so I wrote this song.
Rae Leigh: this on.
Presley Tennant: And I wrote half the song and I sent it to my producer and he was like, this is cool. Come in tomorrow. We'll put it to piano. And then we can go back and write the song, finish the song. So we did that. I felt like it maybe took me 40 minutes or like the span of like two days. And I was like, this is, this is nice.
Like, it was just so easy and effortless and
Rae Leigh: love it.
Presley Tennant: And so I came back from Nashville and it was like maybe like a couple of weeks later. And I finally got the song back and I like started dating that guy that I wrote the song about. And I was like, Hey, don't think it's weird. I kind of wrote a song about you.
And he was like, really? And he was like so excited. And I was like, oh my God, this is, this is a better reaction than I was thinking I was going to get. And it worked out.
So we were still together. So I definitely one big on this one. Yup.
Rae Leigh: to say, are you still together?
Presley Tennant: Oh yes we are. So the gamble definitely paid off.
Rae Leigh: It's always a risk to data songwriter. I'm married, my husband, he has this. So every, all the songs were about him. Really? It's it's good though. It's you got to have relationship and you've got to live your life to be able to have something to write about.
So that's beautiful and I'm glad you're still together and that your, your, gamble paid off.
Presley Tennant: Oh yeah.
Rae Leigh: That's
Presley Tennant: I mean, so I shoot.
Rae Leigh: Let's let's hope that there's a sequel to it coming up, maybe something to do with rings or something. I don't know.
Presley Tennant: Oh, yeah.
Rae Leigh: All right, so So what, what's next for you? Have you got shows planned? I, mean, once the single comes out and the music videos out
Presley Tennant: So
Rae Leigh: the 20th,
Presley Tennant: I, just opened up for Blake shelton, bright young, and Carly Pearce a couple of weeks or
Rae Leigh: no way
Presley Tennant: the week before I was opening up for Tim McGraw. And Dustin Lynch and Morgan Evans and Craig Morgan. So those were all super exciting names to be playing on the same bill as them on the same day, right before them. So very, very fortunate for that. And then
Rae Leigh: Was that like a festival or something or?
Presley Tennant: it was like a one day festival. So there was only like, I mean, it wasn't
really one, I don't know if it's like a one day festival, let's just put it that way. It was just like they had one stage and a bunch of performers. And I think, well, there was five of us, I guess, on each of them or five or six.
So.
Rae Leigh: how did you come across? Like how did, how did that happen for you? Was that through the voice or?
Presley Tennant: I during the voice, I actually sing the national Anthem at a few of their events in the past, but I was pop at that time. So obviously they aren't going to put a pop artist on at a country festival. And so I was like, oh, okay. And then they did the, they did another couple shows down by me. And so they
invited me back out and I was like, you guys were awesome, man.
Rae Leigh: that's nice. That's that's really kind of them.
That's cool. Awesome. So if, if you could collaborate or even co-write with anyone in the world, dead or alive,
who would it be and why?
Presley Tennant: Oh, I would say, okay. I have two for nowadays songwriting wise, and that would be Chris Stapleton and Ashley McBride.
Rae Leigh: Yeah.
Presley Tennant: I love how
I love Ashley's like writing style and how you're able to relate. Visualize what you hear like you, like every time that I listen to one of her songs, I can just imagine exactly what's going on.
And that's something that I love and I really admire. And with Chris Stapleton, I feel like that man could just sing. He doesn't even have to like sing an actual lyrics. He just singing like an O and I'm like,
yep. I feel that me too, that type of thing. But so those would definitely be my, my nowadays collaborating. Inspiration.
Rae Leigh: Is there someone in history that you, you, love and adore and you, if you could, you would.
Presley Tennant: I would probably say I find Johnny Cash so interesting. So I would probably say him and I love how versatile he is and how I dunno. There's just so many different things that I could say about him. That he's just so interesting to me. And so that, that is one person that I love to collect.
Rae Leigh: Yeah. Cool. I love that. Well, Yeah, I, I think I've asked you most of my official questions there is. Is there anything else that we've missed, I'm going to put all of your links to your music and social so people can check you out and watch the new music video on the 20th and
follow you. Is there anything else you would like to share with people listening?
Presley Tennant: I don't think so. I think you asked about all of it.
Rae Leigh: Well, thank you so much for your time and for sharing, I'm looking forward to sharing and following your journey and checking out that new video and good luck with your relationship with.
Presley Tennant: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. And it was so great to talk to you.
