Village Squire, 1979-11, Page 29they played the bar circuit; now they
perform at country clubs. dining lounges.
eddings and private parties. '
Recording her songs became an
important personal goal for Gloria, a:d the
Mercy Brothers' Studio in Elmira was
highly recommended. The studio manager
talked with her at length before the project
began. Recording is a costly venture. and
he wanted the artist to understand the
situation and to be certain she w;inted to do
it. Gloria was certain and oas never
regretted her decision.
The single and album were produced by
Danny Coughlan of the Tree House TV
show in Kitchener and arranged by Rob
Assclstine of the Mercey Brothers' Studio.
Processional musicians played; some from
Grand Old Country. a nationally televised
program. On the album. two of the Mercy
Brothers played and two of the Tee Keys
provided background vocals. •
Gloria talks enthusiastically about the
cooperation of Danny, Rob and the
musicians. "They demand a great deal of
themselves.— she explains. "They want to
do a good job every time. It's a good
feeling to take your material in and know
the... will work so hard to help you produce
a quality sound."
The album contains six of Gloria's
compositions - 1 Like Country, Don't Say
You Love Me. Darling Won't You Say. You
Mean So Much To Me. Sweet Heavenly
Music and Kim's Song. The other four
songs are Barbara Steisand's The Way We
Were; Olivia Newton -John's If You Love
Me. Let Me Know; Anne Murray's You
Needed Me; and Marie Bottrell's Lovin'
You.
Gloria loves to sing Streisand ballads.
but she points out that one artist should not
copy another. Every performer has her own
style. and Gloria's style is evident whether
she is performing one of her own
compositions or a Streisand classic or an
Olivia Newton -John hit. Most of Gloria's
music is classified as pop country.
She has been writing songs for years.
"They just come to me," she says,
"usually when I'm alone; if there are
people around, 1 find it more difficult to
write."
"1 think the songs must be coming from
God," she continues. "1 don't know where
else they could be coming from since 1 have
no training, just a little theory that I
learned in school."
Her songs are written about people.
emotions and situations. For example, she
wrote Kim's Song for a young friend of
hers from Listowel, seven-year-old Kini
Lowry who is blind.
When an artist records .Inde: a
recording company label, she receives help
with promotion and distribution of her
record. As yet, Gloria has not signed with a
recording company. She recorded under
her jwn label, Seasons' Records, and did
the promotional work for the single herself.
She went to radio stations asking them to
play the record. She admits it was a
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