It’s time for you to get familiar with Moriah Domby. She is such an amazing person that she gave me a mini vacation from the kitchen. Our featured recipe today is Moriah’s very own Eggnog Bread. Please look out for that amazing recipe and also enter our giveaway at the end of the interview. Let’s get to it! Here is our interview with Ms. Moriah Domby.
Tell us about your road to country music.
I grew up in a household where we listened to a lot of music, my dad plays guitar and my mom was in musical theater. I started writing little songs at the piano when I was tiny, and I’ve always wanted to pursue music. I was pretty shy to perform the songs I was writing in my bedroom in middle and high school, so singing in church choir is where I came out of my shell more and gained the confidence to sing in front of people. I’d write songs for church, and school assemblies. At 18, I went to MTSU in Murfreesboro, TN where I graduated with a Music Business degree. I ended up getting a job in music publishing, on the business side, which was a great experience. I finally quit to focus on writing and playing and (with a few odd jobs in between) I’ve been doing that ever since!
What Disney princess do you Identify the most with?
I have always loved Belle and would say I identify with her the most. A dreamer always lost in some story in my mind, always felt like I was meant to explore somewhere outside of my town, I can be brave and a little stubborn, and I try to see people as they really are. Funny enough, I played Belle and Snow White for a company here in Nashville for a couple years. We did parties and conventions and things like that, it was such a blast.
What is the best thing about your hometown?
I love the landscape, an hour to the beach and an hour to the mountains, it’s really beautiful. There’s a wild spirit out west too that sets it apart I think.
We are always developing recipes here at Southern Fellow; when writing music, what recipe do you use?
Inspiration is still always a part of my recipe, some days it drives the ship, some days I pull from an old feeling or situation to reignite it. Heart, intention and direction I think can be the best recipe.
What would you want country music to look like in the year 2100?
As odd as this sounds, I just hope it still has a clear identity. I love how collaborative music can be, blending different influences and styles to create something is awesome. But there is also a lot of power in being able to identify genres, if we mash things up so much that it all sounds the same, I think we lose a lot.