Search - Jessa Anderson :: Not Myself Anymore

Jessa Anderson has a long list of things she loves: her adorable daughter Lorelei (whose name was inspired by a "Gilmore Girls" character), Nashville, songwriting, traveling, honest conversations and missions. Equally as much, she has a list of things she dislikes: playing sports, going anywhere without her family by her side, glossing over serious issues, bad days, and things out of her control. Her lists look a lot like yours and mine. The fact that she happens to be a brand-new artist on BEC Recordings is simply icing on the cake. Her second independent release fell into the hands of someone at BEC Recordings and soon evolved into her label debut, Not Myself Anymore. The label liked Jessa's sound so much, in fact, that aside from a few minor tweaks and repackaged artwork, she never had to re-record a single song, a tribute to Anderson's talent and her producers'--Brandon Perdue and Kevin Bruchert--attention to detail. The young mom is simply grateful for the opportunity to live out her dream and share her music on a larger scale. "I seriously almost had a nervous breakdown the night before we left to start doing concerts [full-time], because it was weird to picture myself doing what I wanted to do and being on the stage," shares Jessa, "and now it's up to me to say what I want to say and present [these] songs that are so personal to me." Drawing from an influential pool of strong female songwriters such as Sara Groves, Nichole Nordeman and Ginny Owens, Anderson's music reflects a constant wrestling with the unknown and the darkest parts of humanity right alongside the gritty, everyday things that make up the human life. "I always gravitated toward women who were writing their own music and just that honesty. That's what I like to listen to, and hopefully that's what I'm communicating when I'm writing songs, too," she shares.