![]() Still, the foundation of Conway’s “The Secret”-style philosophy remains good old-fashioned elbow grease. “She said ‘My dad has a studio there and we can make a record for free,’” she says. That’s where she catalogued art prints by day and played in Pixies-inspired bands by night.Įventually, her drumming best friend Amy Wood - now a member of Conway’s band - convinced her to move to Los Angeles. “When I said I wanted to go to New York, too, she said ‘You should!’ So I did,” she says. Her mom insisted she see the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” So I just threw myself 500 percent into it, thinking ‘I’m off the cliff now! I’ll be damned if I go down apologizing!’”Ĭonway’s artistic mother raised her to seize the day. “And the monitor never came back on, and I literally couldn’t hear myself for 35 minutes. ![]() “And at that moment, I could have been like ‘You are f- kidding me!’” she laughingly recalls. Stepping into the spotlight to sing EP firecrackers like “Killer,” “Hustler” and “Take Me Back,” plus new material from her forthcoming album, Conway was again blindsided when her monitor blew out. “Then I get to Madison Square Garden, the biggest show of my life, and they said ‘Sorry, we can’t give you a soundcheck - it’s the first night of Ellie’s tour, and we’ve had technical problems with her stage rig.’” “So I’m like ‘OK, not a problem - find a stranger, teach him the songs in 48 hours, fine, I’ve got a bassist and, OK, I found the manager, too,’” she says.
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