Speaker 2 - 00:00 I was on Wolfe island, which is a little island that you take a ferry to from Kingston. And I was 12, turning 13 at the time. And my vocal coach at the time, Michael George, who said that quote that you asked about earlier, he sent us an email or a text saying, cliff Fabbree, who was Avril Lavigne's manager, wants to meet you, Alexa. Are you interested? And so I was like, oh, my gosh, yes, of course. Of course I am. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 00:27 Okay. Speaker 2 - 00:29 So we came home on the ferry the next day, and I had a meeting with Cliff Fabry. And before I went into the meeting, my vocal coach just said to me, he said, you know what? I have these meetings all the time with Cliff, and he almost always says no to the artist, but he's just interested in hearing your voice, but he'll probably tell you no and you'll never hear again. I was like, oh, okay. Sounds good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 00:51 That's a good pep talk. Speaker 2 - 00:52 Yeah. But I went into the meeting, and I sang Stuck Like Glue from Sugar Land, which is a song I still put in my set and tell the story about every time. But I just stood there in front of him, and my nerves just went away, which was so weird. And I just looked at him right in the eyes, and I sang the entire song. And right after, he's like, okay, do you want to go to Los angeles? Me in 30 days? I was like, okay. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 01:17 From Georgian Hood Media, this is the talent next door, a show about singers, songwriters, producers, and the stories behind the music they create. I'm if and Mikey Fatah. And on the show today, Alexis Goldie's talent is so undeniable and her stars so bright that at the age of 13, a successful audition with Cliff Fabri, Avril Lavigne's frst manager, takes her from Wolf island all the way to Los Angeles, where she gets to meet and work with industry heavyweights like record producer Matthew Wilder. With a big old voice and an equally big personality, Alexa is a delight to chat with. Our conversation reaches into the past to the start in Kingston, Ontario, where it all started for this fast rising pop star. Here's our conversation. Alexa, thank you for coming on the show today. Very, very excited to have you here. Speaker 2 - 02:16 Thank you. I'm so excited to be here. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:19 Okay, so the frst thing I really want to ask you is about this little phrase on your website, in your about page, actually, and it's from the Profle magazine, and it's quoted to say, alexa has something most singers lack. So my question to you right now is, what do you think that Is. Speaker 2 - 02:39 Well, that's funny, because that quote was such a long time ago. I don't know if there's a date on it, but Michael George said it in Profle magazine, and back then, it was all about my songwriting. And I still do believe that it is about my songwriting. Since day one, I've always written sad, heartbreak songs, and people are always like, come on, write something happy. But for me, those are the songs that I connected to when I was going through things. And so for me, it's. I've never said to someone, I'm going to write a happy song because you want me to or because I'm supposed to. So I think he was referring. There is that even at a young age, like 13 years old, I wasn't necessarily doing everything that everyone wanted me to do, and I just stuck to myself. Speaker 2 - 03:24 So I think that makes me different in some type of way. So I think it still upholds today because I only have one upbeat song on my EP that's coming out, but everything else is just raw and. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 03:37 Yeah. Yeah. I've been listening to your stuff all day and trying to prepare, like, really since the frst time we talked, I've been listening to your material. And there's a lot of. Should I say, heavy stuff in there, which I'm gonna get to a lot later. But I just. I want you to tell me about your growing up. You grew up in Kingston, I suppose? Speaker 2 - 03:58 Yep. Yep. Born and raised in Kingston. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:01 How was it growing up? What was your childhood like? Speaker 2 - 04:04 I think pretty normal. I mean, until the age of 13. But when I. I remember asking my mom, I think I was probably 7 or 8, and I asked her if I could get a guitar for Christmas. And I said, I don't care if it's a good one or a bad one. I just really want a guitar. So I think from that age on, when she bought me the guitar, she bought me the cheapest one she could because she didn't think I'd continue on with music. She thought I was going to be a doctor. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:28 Well, look who's laughing now. Speaker 2 - 04:30 That didn't happen. And so I think ever since then, my whole music was just around or. Sorry. My whole childhood was just surrounded around my music. And so this little store called Renaissance was the music store. And I think I spent seven days a week there. Maybe they were closed on Sundays. And I. That was like the worst day ever for me because I couldn't go there. But that was my childhood. And performing. I was a lead singer for fve rock bands from that Renaissance music School. So it was just all about music and I had the best friends back then who supported it. And then at 13, I few out to Los Angeles, which is a long story, but an abnormal, but to me, normal childhood. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:09 Yeah. Again, I really would love to delve into that trip you made down to Los Angeles, but I want to just back up a little bit about your leading fve bands and all that. How did you think that contributed to all that you are right now? That must have been a lot of time playing music and just honing your craft, I suppose. Speaker 2 - 05:34 Yeah. I mean, back then, obviously I didn't want to be rock. I wanted to be pop or country. But rock was the only thing that they could get all the guys to come and play the drums or the guitars for. So us girl lead singers were like, okay, we'll deal with it. But from the age I started that, I think I did it for three years. So from 10 to 13 years old, the thing that I learned is that there was some, there's meanness and there was what they used to call stick stage moms, I don't know if they still call that. But there's just. I learned about the industry that it is not like I was the only singer in Kingston. Speaker 2 - 06:09 For me, I think when I frst went into it, I was like, oh, I'm the only 13 year or 10 year old singer who sings in bands and oh, people are going to come out to the shows. I think it just taught me that, you know, there's hundreds of thousands of people wanting the same dream that I have. That would be the number one thing. And then also taught me that when we would have performances, even at a young age, like sometimes hardly anyone showed up. So I think it just taught me to work for what I wanted. That's what it is. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 06:37 Yeah, but how did you. How I know you had a passion for all of this and it's, it becomes apparent later on in your story. But how did you build that tenacity to keep going on and just working in your craft? Because, you know, in my experience, you know, everything looks glamorous from the outside until you see people actually, you know, stay up all night to, you know, to lay the vocals to a track and, you know, they have to do it for long periods of time while people are sleeping and all of that. But how did you learn, I know later on you know, you got to learn in piano and guitar and ukulele, but how did you persist when possibly all the kids were, you know, going around and playing and having fun. How did you persist? Speaker 2 - 07:22 Well, my parents have always kept me grounded, so, I mean, they were for sure people who, if I didn't want to do something anymore, they wouldn't tell me I had to. But they also tried to push me to continue with things. So if I had a bad show and they videotaped it and I looked back and I was kind of frustrated with it instead of wanting to quit, I think that I'm kind of a perfectionist in a way that I wanted to work on that stage presence. Like, I looked super awkward at that part, or, oh, I didn't hit my falsetto. I mean, I just kept wanting to get better and better, and I think that's what made me different back then. But at the same time, it, like, kept me on the journey because I could have easily quit. Speaker 2 - 07:58 Just, like, how I quit volleyball and all these other sports that I tried, you know? But I think it was just something that made me happy overall, so I kept with it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 08:07 Awesome. Okay, so now I just. I need to go with you to Los Angeles right now. I want you, because that's like. I think it's the trip of a lifetime, especially when you are going out there to chase your dream and it's actually happening. But just tell me how that came about and what you felt and, like, could you imagine all of that happening to you at the time and what it meant to you, just going off on that journey to chase your dream? Speaker 2 - 08:36 Yeah. I was on Wolfe island, which is a little island that you take a ferry to from Kingston. And I was 12, turning 13 at the time. And my vocal coach at the time, Michael George, who said that quote that you asked about earlier, he sent us an email or a text saying, cliff Fabry, who was Avril Lavigne's manager, wants to meet you. Alexa, are you interested? And so I was like, oh, my gosh, of course I am. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 09:04 Okay. Speaker 2 - 09:06 So we came home on the ferry the next day, and I had a meeting with Cliff Fabbri. And before I went into the meeting, my vocal coach just said to me, he said, you know what? I have these meetings all the time with Cliff, and he almost always says no to the artist, but he's just interested in hearing your voice, but he'll probably tell you no and you'll never hear again. I was like, oh, okay. Sounds good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 09:28 That's a good pep talk. Speaker 2 - 09:29 Yeah. But I went into the meeting, and I sang Stuck Like Glue from Sugar Land, which is a song I still put in my set and tell the story about every time. But I just stood there in front of him, and my nerves just went away, which was so weird. And I just looked at him right in the eyes, and I sang the entire song. And right after, he's like, okay, do you want to go to Los Angeles with me in 30 days? I was like, okay. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 09:54 Wow. Speaker 2 - 09:55 So my dad and I went. We spent 30 days down there. The day that we got there, I worked with Matthew Wilder, who is a pop producer for Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, you name it. Yeah. And so it was so funny because I had never been to Los Angeles before. I had never worked with these big producers, big writers before. But when we got into the studio, Matthew Alder was such a crazy guy, an awesome, crazy guy, but he was wearing these jean shorts and big, tall Uggs, and in the middle of a vocal session, he'd be like, okay, let's do some yoga. I was like, oh, interesting. So I just learned so many things about different people when I was down there. I was there for 30 days, and I was in the studio for 29 of those 30 days. So. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:38 Wow. Speaker 2 - 10:39 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:39 And was it just like writing music all the time? Were you meeting people? Like, what was it like? Was it cars pick you up? How did that make out? Speaker 2 - 10:51 It was not writing at that time. My managers wanted to focus on me covering songs that other people had written and doing demos for other singers. So I hadn't actually had the experience to write on that frst trip. That came the next trip, but it was not people picking us up in cars. And glamorous, that's for sure. Not true. I was lucky enough that my great uncle, he lives in California, so were able to stay with him. So he'd pick us up. And he had a pretty cool sports car, so I thought it was kind of glamorous. But, yeah. Yes, I know it was. It was a weird experience. But I ended up going there, I think, 16 trips throughout three years. So I got pretty used to it. Pretty used to the lifestyle. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 11:34 I love their stories. Right. When. When someone. When opportunity meets, you know, someone who is prepared and all of that, I think it's just beautiful to hear those stories when they happen. Okay, so Los Angeles, what happens and how did you fnd your way back toronto? Speaker 2 - 11:54 So we didn't move down there permanently, but my dad and I, or my mom and I would go down. And I was still in school, but lucky enough, the school that I went to, they did let me do some homeschooling, so I was able to go down there. For 16 trips. And I ended up being able to write with people and meeting all these different producers and writers. And I just think when you're down there, you meet so many people and you could just continue growing your relationships. But I started working with Jens Gad, who was the producer on my Held against uep, which is on Spotify. And those are the really heart wrenching songs. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 12:29 Yeah, I listened to all of them. They're really heart wrenching. But let's go on, we'll talk about them in a bit. Speaker 2 - 12:35 Yeah, and so he had the cutest little house on Catalina island. And it's a little island off of Long beach in California. And when were there, it was just my dad and I was 16 at the time and I got. I was writing a song with Jens when I got a text from my boyfriend at the time saying that he wanted to break up. And so for me at that time, now looking back and like, I should have just wrote a song, I probably could have got a really good one. But at the time it was earth shattering to me and the end of the world. So my dad and I ended up fying home early, which pissed some people off and I ended up being shelved. So I have a song coming out about that. Speaker 2 - 13:17 But just like being in the music industry, you always have to be involved no matter what's going on in your back of your head. And I didn't know that at the time and that was a learning curve for me. So I ended up being shelved and then I decided to go independent. And that's when I kind of moved back toronto and didn't do music for about a year because I didn't. I lost it for a bit. I didn't know what to do. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:38 Yeah, but I'm sorry to hear about that, but what a time to pick your boyfriend that is. Speaker 2 - 13:46 Yeah, right. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:47 Yeah. Speaker 2 - 13:50 My dad thought the same thing. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:52 Okay. We wouldn't spend much time on him, whoever he is. Okay, we'll move on. Did everything just evolve for you as an artist? Like, you know, when. When the opportunity came at 12, turning 13 and going to Los Angeles or, you know, was that decisive moment where you knew that, okay, I could do this on a professional level and this is what I'm going to devote my time and my skill and my talent to? Speaker 2 - 14:23 No, I don't think there was ever a particular moment. I think it's just always been something I've come to if I'm going through a hard time or if I'm going through A great time. I always want to write about it or perform or show people what I've learned on my new instrument. I don't think there's ever been a particular time. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 14:38 You know, I talked to quite a bit of people and, you know, there's one of those aha moments like, okay, you know, nothing else would do. Nothing else will do. I could be an astronaut or I could go to the moon, but, you know, nothing else would do but my music. So I always try and, you know, ask folks about if they had such deciding moment, but. Fair enough. Speaker 2 - 15:01 Yeah. No, now that you say that, I think. I think that when it was all handed to me, I was like, oh, this is always going to be there. It's always something that's just going to be handed to me. So I actually never really tried. I'd wait for people to message me wanting to write and everything. So I think it is. When I went home and I was shelved and I decided to leave the music, and when I sat down and I wasn't doing music for a bit, I think that was a changing factor for me because I noticed that I was so unhappy. And I remember my parents saying to me, like, alexa, we got to get you out of this slump. And once I went back to music, I just. Speaker 2 - 15:35 I just knew that there was nothing else because in that downtime, I tried a bunch of new things. I tried different activities and different sports and different, like, just hobbies, and nothing suited me. So. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 15:48 Yeah, yeah, I know that. Yeah, I know for a lot of musicians or artists, let's say, you know, it's just second nature. Right. Nothing else. Nothing else really would do. Yeah. What. So now you've made music for, let's say, you know, since 2013 or thereabout. What is it about music that you like? What would you defne music to be? Like, what does it do for you? Speaker 2 - 16:17 Therapeutic. If I had to say one word, it'd be therapeutic. Yeah. I think if you watch any interviews that I've done in the past, from any age, it's always been therapeutic. Before I started writing, I would always pick out songs like Jen Bostic and Deanna Carter and all those artists. I would just listen to those songs to get me through whatever I was going through. But as soon as I started writing, that's when it really got therapeutic, because you can literally take all of your emotions and just put it into words or into music. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:51 What kind of feedback have you gotten from people? Like, do you think people fnd that in your music as well? Speaker 2 - 16:55 I mean, I hope so when I was, I think just a few years ago, I was performing some of my country stuff, and I had two girls come up to me at the end of the concert, and they just started crying, saying that this one particular song that I wrote, which is hostage, that it just spoke to them so much, and it helped them through their breakup, and they'd been listening to it for months, and I was like, oh, you've actually heard my song before. So I don't think it reaches a map like a huge number of people. Not yet, but it will hopefully someday. I think I just haven't found my listeners yet. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 17:30 Absolutely, Absolutely. I was having a similar conversation about just the story of the parable of the seed Sower. I don't know if you know it, but essentially it's about a character who, you know, keeps on planting and planting, and eventually they fnd ground, you know, which essentially is, you know, so it wasn't necessarily that the seed was bad. It was just that the ground that, you know, they were sowing on, it wasn't. It wasn't fertile ground until they found fertile ground, and then they had 100% increase in whatever they're doing. So that's a good way to put what you've just said about fnding your audience. Speaker 2 - 18:11 Yeah, I like that. I'm gonna use that. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 18:15 Okay. So one of the things I noticed the other day when you were playing for us was just your. Your energy and your. Again, this is the stuff about you that, you know, I got feedback from people about, and I noticed it myself. But you were just. I know you were playing to just a phone, but it was almost as though you were on stage at, you know, the Rogers center, and you were just, you know, killing it for, you know, thousands of people. But where does that energy and just, you know, just presence, stage performance, where does it come from? Speaker 2 - 18:55 Well, when I started being on stage, I was very awkward, so I don't think it came from anywhere. I think it was a lot of practice. I had the best vocal coach who told me, set up a camera, and when that doesn't work and you can't refect from that, get a mirror. So I always practice with a mirror and a camera. I currently teach music to a bunch of vocal students, and I always suggest that to them, it's the best way to just fgure out what looks so awkward and the things that you like that you're doing. But now it just comes naturally, because I know that if I make a weird movement, I'm like, whatever. Who's Gonna remember that, right? I think when you're younger, you kind of go, oh, my gosh. Speaker 2 - 19:35 But if I do this or if I act crazy, everyone's gonna judge me. But even my brother will say, like, when we go to the grocery store, I'm just dancing. I'm just having fun. I just love having energy, and I love being the center of attention. Not afraid to say it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:51 Well, that's a good thing. Tell me. I want to learn about your music. Your ep, right now that's in Spotify, which I've listened to, like, a thousand times over. But I just want to get a sense about what it took to create what you did and the songs on there, the process of writing it, and you can tell us, you know, about, you know, projects that are coming up. Speaker 2 - 20:21 The Held against uep. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 20:23 Yes, the Held against uep. Speaker 2 - 20:25 So I was down in Los Angeles. That was only two and a half years ago that I was there. And that experience is different from my upcoming music because those songs, I just knew that I wanted upbeat songs on the ep. So I kind of forced myself at some point to have. We wrote sad songs, and then we made them upbeat because I was told that I had to release at least one upbeat song, even though I fought it. But I remember the coolest thing about that journey for me in writing that EP or even producing it, is that I was telling my producer. I was like, jen Bostic is just someone I've always wanted to write with. She's just someone I was always looked up to. And you probably don't know her, but she's a Christian singer from Nashville. Speaker 2 - 21:13 And, okay, the next day, just weirdly, she was in Los Angeles. So we called her up, and they surprised me with her in my writing session. And so it was like, literally a dream come true. I don't think I wrote a single word that day because I was just so astonished. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:28 I'm gonna check her up now that you mentioned her. I'll look her up. Speaker 2 - 21:31 Oh, she's amazing. Absolutely amazing. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:34 Okay. Speaker 2 - 21:35 But ever since then, I fy out to Nashville or I drive out to Nashville, and she's my number one writing buddy. She always lets me stay at her house. She's just the kindest person ever. So for me, I just. I gained that major relationship for that ep, and that whole EP is about that guy who dumped me in Catalina Island. And I enjoy those songs, but for me, they're just. They're popular, so I've moved on. My upcoming stuff is all country. I have one song that's upbeat, but it naturally came out of me. It was not forced. It wasn't originally a sad song. Pushed into like a fast upbeat one. And Jen is on two of the songs. And then my other girlfriend, Robin Ottolini, who has some crazy songs here in Ontario, going, they're catching on fre. They're good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:26 Nice. Speaker 2 - 22:27 She's the other co writer on them, so I'm excited. It's all girls. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:30 Awesome. Do you have a name for the EP just yet? Speaker 2 - 22:33 Yeah, it's called High Road. Yeah, the title track is. It's High Road and it's just about. I guess maybe I should keep this to myself. But it's about just taking the high road when you go through a breakup and not always letting that other person feel down about them breaking up and just taking the high road. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:50 You know, I think being able to get back to country and get back to what your heart once loved or what's. What, you know, you grew out from. So that brings me to my question. Does going independent, what are the upsides of going independent and doing stuff? Does it give you more creative control over your music? Speaker 2 - 23:11 Yes. I mean, before, it's not a negative situation, but I was forced into a lot of rights. Now I get to decide if I'm feeling it or not and who I'm writing with. Sometimes I was forced to do demos or asked to do things that I wasn't comfortable with. And when you're independent, you're able to kind of decide when you want to write and who you want to write with and what you want to write about. So that's for sure. An up. Some downs would be just. You have to create those connections for yourself. So it almost takes ten times as long. You're only one person. You don't have a team backing you anymore, right? Yes, it would for sure be that. But I mean, going independent, the best thing that's come out of it is that I've gone back to my roots. Speaker 2 - 23:57 I'm doing country, I'm writing myself own stuff again, and just feels good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:01 That's. That's bravo. Bravo. It takes. It takes a lot of courage and boldness and, you know, just a really deep belief in yourself to be able to make such moves. So I applaud you for that. Speaker 2 - 24:14 Thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:16 Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So what. What would you. This is one of my favorite questions to ask. So knowing all that you now know, you know, from 2013 up until now, 2020, what would you tell a younger version of yourself about this journey and just about life in general, that the. Speaker 2 - 24:36 Music industry is A run. I can't remember the exact name, but it's like a run and stop industry. I think that I got so excited when people would tell me certain things would happening. For example, when I was not independent, people would always be saying, oh, by the way, we got this audition for a Nickelodeon movie. You're going to be in, get so excited. And I would be so excited and be telling everyone. And then all of a sudden it didn't happen. So it was always like, oh, it's happening, it's not happening. So I would for sure tell myself that it's a running stop industry and you have to prepare yourself that things that are promised you are not always going to happen. Because I think that tore me down for a bit. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:17 Wow. Okay. And about. And about life in general. About. What would you tell a younger version of yourself about Life? Speaker 2 - 25:26 Oh, that 2020 is going to be a crazy year. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:32 Okay, that's a. That's a unique answer. Okay. Speaker 2 - 25:35 Just kidding. That's probably not my real answer because I think it's important to have this year. It's going to be in the history books for sure. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:42 For sure. Absolutely. And I'm going to come back to you and talk about this year and you know. But yeah, but if. Okay, sorry, go ahead. Speaker 2 - 25:50 I think I would tell myself to be more outgoing. I think in life, I'm for sure an outgoing person when it comes to the close circle of people. I know. But I think that if I were more outgoing, I would probably have more connections in my music life, in my real life. So I would for sure say be more outgoing and open minded. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 26:10 What's your takeaway from the year so far? A lot has happened. Like I counted on my fngertip and it's almost like I'm just almost losing my mind about how much has happened. But the big, you know, big stuff is when everybody had to shut their doors and stay indoors for some 11 weeks or thereabout. What's your takeaway so far? Speaker 2 - 26:31 Well, I'll get to the pandemic, but frst I should say that I think that this is one of the most important years for us because of the Black Lives Matter movement with George Floyd. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 26:43 Okay. Speaker 2 - 26:44 I just. I'm amazed by everything going on. Unfortunately, in the small town that I live in, we haven't had any protests or anything, but we're doing a live prot. But I just think that's so important. But with the pandemic, I think from a music situation, it has taught us that we can do live things. And when we're away from certain fans or if we're unable to perform shows, that we're able to do it from home. I remember last year, I had three of my shows canceled in the winter just because of snowstorms. So now I know that if that happens again, I can do that from home. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 27:18 Mm. Speaker 2 - 27:18 Yeah, I think it's just taught us. I mean, it's so different. For example, when were doing that live stream the other day, you and I, or last week, it's so weird for me to look at my phone instead of an audience, but at the same time, it's. It's still gonna work. Or I've. I've learned that I can write with people online. I don't always have to drive to Nashville to write with people. I can do it online. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 27:40 Yeah. For real. Technology has just opened up a lot of possibilities for a whole lot of industries. And, yeah, you've mentioned a few things here. So the pandemic and what's going on in the world with regards to anti black racism and just trying to fght all of that, it's been a very interesting time. And like you said, 2020 is one for the books. Speaker 2 - 28:05 Yes, it is. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 28:06 But, yeah, I have been very thrilled by the support that has been shown with all of the stuff that's going on the news. So it's great to see a lot of communities come forth. The music community has done that in a very big way. So great for you to mention that. Speaker 2 - 28:30 Yeah, we have a long way to go, but I think it's a good start. The conversation's happening. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 28:36 Yes, it is. It is. Okay, say you had everything all fgured out, which we never do, because I really hope this year. I was having big plans for this year, but of course, all of it has fallen apart. But let's say you had the next fve years fgured out. And where. Where would you like to see all of this blossom into? Speaker 2 - 28:58 First of all, this year was going to be a big year for my band and I, because in the past years, I wanted to just get together with my band if I had a big show planned. But this year, my focus was to have my band ready for a bunch of shows, and we've been just constantly practicing. So within the next fve years, I would love to have just a secure band. That would be number one thing. Number two would be in next August and not this August. I'm moving Nashville. So I'm just looking forward to meeting more people. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 29:31 Wait, hold. Hold up. I'm sorry. You moving permanently? Speaker 2 - 29:36 Maybe not permanently, but for sure For a year or two. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 29:39 Wow. Okay. Speaker 2 - 29:41 Yeah. Yeah. I think it's hard. Really, really hard to make it in the music industry anywhere, but I think it's especially hard in Canada. So I'm going out to Nashville, where all the country singers are. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 29:53 We're gonna be losing another one. It's. America just swallows up everybody. That's. That's. I'm sorry I'm being biased here, but we always lose our best people to America. Speaker 2 - 30:05 Well, you know what? I'm not gonna move there forever. My family's here. I'll probably be back every three weeks. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 30:11 Sorry, I'm just being. I'm just. I'm just being a crybaby. But, yeah, we. Yeah, we. Yeah, we're gonna be rooting for you either way, so. Sorry. Go ahead. Speaker 2 - 30:21 I was listening to an interview not too long ago. Maren Morris, who's a country singer, one of my idols, she was just talking about how when she moved to Nashville, all she did was write with every single person she could. She tried to write with a new person every day. She tried to be in the studio just meeting new people. So that's my main goal for the next fve years. I mean, I don't want to be someone who says, oh, my goal in the next fve years is I want to be the next Carrie Underwood. That's not me. I just want to continue with my music career and hopefully be able to make it a career. You know, I feel like I'm still in the emerging stages. I want to make it a career. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 30:57 We're gonna keep rooting for you. The reason I've asked you back on this show, rather the reason I've asked you to come on here was because we just. We love your music. We love you as a person and your personality and all that. All that we see. So I. You know, I'd love for you to tell the audience now where they can fnd your music or where they can listen to you and where they can fnd your stuff. Speaker 2 - 31:22 So anywhere that you go, Instagram, Twitter, Spotify, Apple, music, anywhere, if you just look up Alexa Goldie, you'll fnd me. And My website is alexagoldie.com which has everything. It has. It has my story on. It has my music, my videos, my merchandise. It has all that stuff. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 31:40 Awesome. Awesome. Would that be a favorite song on the. Held against uep? Is there, like, a favorite. Yeah. Is there a favorite song of yours. Speaker 2 - 31:51 And that Held against uep, I think Anchor. I was actually playing it today. It's just a song. It's a. It Makes me feel at home. That song, because I wrote it during a really tough time where that's when I was going independent, and I just felt like those people that I used to work with were holding me down like anchor. So it's just a. So that was very therapeutic and still is today. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 32:16 Awesome. I couldn't possibly thank you enough, Alexa. You have been amazing. I think you have something really unique. I've had a lot of people perform at the open mic, and, you know, there have been very few artists who've come on who have gotten as much feedback as I had on your set. I think that tells me a lot. I think that. I think that the music you make is special. I think your writing ability is incredible. I think you have a strong voice. Regardless, I want you to know here at the talent next door, we're going to be rooting for you either way. Whether you're here in Nashville, wherever it is that you are, we're going to keep rooting for you and wishing you success all the way. Speaker 2 - 33:05 Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And I hope that we can do this again. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 33:09 Yeah. I would. Like I said before you move or before you go, I really would love to see your performance in person and just get to meet you in person, and that would be great. Speaker 2 - 33:22 Fingers crossed all of our numbers in Canada continue to go down. Then that can happen. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 33:26 Yes, yes. All right, Alexa, thank you so much for tonight. I will keep talking to you, but you've been an amazing guest. Thank you. Speaker 2 - 33:38 Thank you. And have a great night. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 33:40 No problem. Take care of yourself now. Speaker 2 - 33:42 You too. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 33:44 And that's our show Today. We are working hard to bring you brand new shows. Now, if you love today's episode, kindly share with a friend or better yet, search for us the talent next door on all major streaming platforms like and then subscribe. It will help us be seen and heard by a lot more people. Until our next show, it's bye for now.