Videos by American Songwriter
ARTIST: Mont Blanc
SONG: “Foreign Shores”
HOMETOWN:
Jon Marc – Raleigh, North Carolina
Jacob – Tulsa, Oklahoma
CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee
AMBITIONS: Score Films.
TURN-OFFS: DMV.
TURN-ONS: Mexican Food.
DREAM GIG: Auditorio de Tenerife with full Orchestra .
FAVORITE LYRIC:
Jon Marc:
Well, I looked me demons in the Eyes
laid bare my chest, said ‘Do your best to, destroy me.
You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times,
I must admit you kind of bore me.”
There’s a lot of things that can kill a man
there’s so many ways to die
Yes, and some already dead and walk beside me
There’s a lot of things I don’t understand
Why so many people lie
Well, it’s the hurt I hide that fuels the fire inside me…
Ray LaMontagne – “Empty”
Jacob:
I see an elevator, a moment I am above,
I look for you or someone who can still remind me of the tight grip
And the sun lick and the calm weight of all things summer
when it’s all here and it’s all new
and you’re not hungover
If you’ve still got some light in you then go before it’s gone
Burn your fire for no witness, it’s the only way it’s done
Fierce and light and young
Hit the ground and run…
Angel Olsen – “White Fire”
SONG I WISH I WROTE:
Jon Marc – “Jolene” by Ray LaMontagne
Jacob – “On the Nature of Daylight” by Max Richter
5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH:
Jon Marc – My Grandfather, Paul Newman, George Harrison, Sebastian Tellier, Sir Edmund Hillary
Jacob – Angel Olsen, Aziz Ansari, Josh Tillman, Louis CK, Anthony Bourdain
MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE:
Jon Marc – Ray LaMontagne at Carrboro Arts Center 2005.
Jacob – Conor Oberst.
I WROTE THIS SONG BECAUSE… It’s about how people change over time and their obsession over the past. Fear of the known and unknown.
