Kip Moore released his debut Up All Night album in 2012. In the years since then, Moore has released more records and EPs, had over a dozen hit singles, and toured the world performing his music.
Moore has also seen the music industry undergo a pretty significant trend, one he, refreshingly, wants no part of.
“The music world has been going track heavy for the last several years,” Moore shares on social media. “There’s been moments where the temptation of the ease it provides with sound checks, to the security in a show always sounding perfect (even if we humans make a mistake), to the wall of sound hard to reach without, is like low-hanging fruit [you] can’t or refuse to pick.”
Still, Moore is content to choose the live experience over perfection. For the 46-year-old, that’s what makes concerts so enjoyable for him, and his fans.
“I love not knowing what my band mates are gonna go for on any given night,” Moore says. “There’s a freedom and primal energy that comes with it that reminds you of why you wanted to play music in the first place. I’ve always believed, even when a non musician fan can’t tell if it’s really live or not, there’s something in a real amp pushing air, hearing the fingers scratch the strings, and a band playing with each other and not just to the song, has the ability to get to an audiences core in a way I’m not sure the digital can.
“Maybe I’m completely wrong, and it’s just an individual preference,” he continues. “Maybe there’s a place for all the above. Maybe I just miss standing side stage and actually hearing a band rip together. Maybe I’m just getting old and miss when EVERYTHING and all my favorite artists felt raw. I watched [guitar player] Dave [Nassie] search for his sound in soundcheck yesterday, and it was beautiful to watch it come to life after he fought for the sound.”
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Kip Moore Releases New ‘Dyin’ On The Vine’ EP
Last month, Moore released his new two-song Dyin’ On The Vine EP. The project came only a few months after Moore’s Reason to Believe record.
“I’ve never wanted to feel confined when creating music,” Moore says of Dyin’ On The Vine. “I try to write and record music that represents where I’m at during that specific time in my life. I don’t think about genres, the current sonic landscape, or anything that could restrict where I’m being pulled. That leaves you open to criticism of abandoning what you were or what the public has known you to be.
“I’ve learned to be okay with that because I’d find no joy in making the same record over and over,” he continues. “I want to release music while I still feel a deep connection to it. Most artists are nine months or more removed from making music by the time it comes out. You can feel like a different person by then. I wrote and recorded both of these tracks recently and told myself I don’t care if I just dropped a whole record a few months ago. I want to release this now.”