Laura Cox is a French guitarist, singer and songwriter. She started out on YouTube and has amassed over 500,000 subscribers and millions of views with her solos, cover songs and originals. She has released 2 albums with her solo band and a third one (Head Above Water) will be out soon. We discuss the new album & single plus her YouTube channel, how to write songs, new bands she digs & more! 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - YouTube Channel 01:57 - Living in France 04:25 - French People 05:22 - Drawing Out Emotion In Music 06:35 - YouTube Channel Comments 10:35 - Musical Influences 12:44 - Playing Guitar to Starting Band 19:14 - Learning to Write Songs 20:27 - Hard Blues Shot 22:15 - Rock Scene in France 25:40 - Sheryl Crow 27:40 - Current Bands Laura Likes 29:50 - New Single "One Big Mess" 31:10 - Recording at the ICP Studios & Royal Blood34:13 - Mastering By Ted Jensen 35:02 - Favorite Gear 37:31 - Original vs. Covers 39:36 - U.N. Women 40:30 - Outro Laura Cox website:https://www.lauracoxmusic.com/UN Women website:https://www.unwomen.org/enChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!