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Any particular significance in the name? Mikky Ekko: I love writing into characters. It helps me to have a filter or a buffer of sorts.

I see it as the exploration of who I am and where I'm going. I chose the name "Mikky Ekko" because of the way it felt the first time I said it out loud, but it still clicks with me emotionally and that's what's important. What’s it like being a “professional music artist” in 2. Did you aspire to this when you were younger, and if so how does the reality compare to how you imagined it? Season 24 Episode 4 Amazing Race more. We live in a time where anything is possible musically. If you can imagine it, you can do it.

When I was young, I always thought my dreams would find me; that I could rely on talent to get by. As I got older, I realized every bit of work you do on your own matters. Every extra hour you play, sing, or write is the difference in living the dream versus believing in your dreams. First you put your mind to it, then put your body to it and repeat. I realized it wasn't about a race to the end, it's about creating the journey.

What is the Nashville scene like for a non- Country artist such as yourself? The Nashville scene has played a huge role in my growth as an artist and a person. In a city known for Country music, it's developing in a way you can hear music from all sides of the spectrum. It's awesome to see a city with such rich heritage grow in new ways.

One constant I love about coming home, though, is that everybody still feels like family. I love that feeling.

You’ve worked with some phenomenally talented people, including top producers, songwriters, and singers – which of these aspects of music do you think is the most difficult, and who is the most underrated or overlooked talent you’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with? Like many producers, I'm primarily self taught. I think I've done the most learning/growing in this area over the last year.

Producing is probably my favorite part of being in the studio, but sometimes it can be hard to see the forrest through the trees. That's when you learn to lean on other producers. It's ok to ask for clarity if your vision's a little blurry. The producer, Blood Diamonds, has definitely become a secret weapon for a few artists I love (including me). Mad respect. We are using one of your songs on Grey’s Anatomy and you’ve also had songs used in other TV shows & movies. What’s it like seeing your music used in that way? Do you ever write music thinking, this would be fantastic in a montage or something like that? I always love seeing other people's interpretation of the music.

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I love it when I hear my song in a show and think "whoa, I never thought about it like that before.." As far as writing goes, it's always important for me to picture what I'm hearing. I try not to daydream too much though, otherwise I'll forget what I'm trying to say. Haha. Will Rayna & Deacon ever find true happiness? I've been on the road a ton lately, but my wife does a great job of keeping me up to date. Basically, if there's not a happy ending for Rayna & Deacon, I don't want to see it! Get the new album Time by Mikky Ekko, available NOW on i.

Tunes! Mikky Ekko Bio. One night last November, Mikky Ekko was sitting on the riverbank near the London home of one of his songwriting collaborators, Fraser T. Smith. The two were drinking tequila and playing around with some chords when the lyrics to a special song began pouring out: “Time,” which is now the title track to Ekko’s upcoming debut album.

There's an honesty and a simplicity to it that I’m really proud of,” Ekko says of the ballad, which features just acoustic guitar, strings, and Ekko’s soaring vocal. I was trying to find a way to say, ‘No matter what happens I'll be there for you, even if you only want me for tonight.’” The song is especially significant to Ekko, coming as it does after the multi- platinum success of “Stay,” a stark piano ballad he had co- written during a particularly vulnerable time in his life. Stay’ is beautiful, but I didn't know what was happening when I wrote it,” he says. It happened through me.

I was just a vessel for it. But ‘Time’ I manifested into being.” Of course “Stay” was recorded by Rihanna (featuring and co- produced by Ekko) and went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2. It sold over ten million tracks worldwide, peaked at No.

Billboard Hot 1. 00 and No. Pop Songs chart, and earned Ekko a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Duo/Collaboration. He also delivered a memorable live performance of the song with Rihanna at the 2.

Grammy Awards. At the time of the Grammys, the Nashville- based Ekko had one independently released EP and a handful of left- of- center singles under his belt, including “Pull Me Down,” written and produced with elusive sonic collagist and hip- hop producer Clams Casino (A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd), which earned him attention from tastemaker media like Spin, Pitchfork, and the U. K.’s Dazed and Confused. Prior to that, in 2.

Ekko was a virtual unknown whose obvious songwriting talent and otherworldly voice had earned him opportunities to spend time in London and Los Angeles working with several A- list songwriters and producers, including his “Stay” co- writer Justin Parker (Lana Del Rey, Sia), Fraser T. Smith (Adele, Sam Smith), Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and Jim Eliot (Ellie Goulding). Once “Stay” became a worldwide hit, things kicked into overdrive. Since then, Ekko has had his songs “Place For Us” and “We Remain” (which he wrote with Ryan Tedder for Christina Aguilera) appear on The Hunger Games soundtrack. He co- wrote and is featured on Chris Malinchak’s current single, the disco stormer “Stranger.” In August, Ekko was nominated for a 2. MTV Video Music Award with David Guetta for “Best Video with a Social Message” for the song “One Voice,” which the two recorded for the United Nations’ “The World Needs More” campaign. He is also highly in- demand as a collaborator and has been in the studio writing with and for Lil Wayne, Gwen Stefani, Zedd, Jessie Ware, Giorgio Moroder, Rudimental, Major Lazer, and Lupe Fiasco.“’Stay’ really informed the way I view myself as an artist and what I was capable of doing,” Ekko says.

Battlestar Galactica'': Going on strike”Battlestar Galactica”: Going on strike I’m of two minds about this episode. Avatar Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 19. The first mind is pleased that we’re back to the kind of clear- eyed, moral dilemma- based storytelling that Galactica used to do so well. The other mind is concerned that the show has, for the time being, abandoned the two over- arching story arcs: finding Earth and confronting the Cylons.

I like Chief Tyrol, always have. He’s a more solid character than Helo, which is why his ”I’m caught in the center of a class struggle” quandary works better here than in last week’s episode. And it also helps that Tyrol’s dilemma has two equal but opposing sides, and either can be seen as right.

Do the workers on the Tylium refining ship deserve to see their lives improved from the abject misery/borderline slavery existence they’re enduring? Absolutely. Do the baseline needs of the fleet — the capacity to jump to safety in the event of a Cylon attack — outweigh the desire for comfort? Damned skippy. Which side would Tyrol fall on?

Kind of a no- brainer, really. Not only was he a union organizer on New Caprica, but he’s a preacher’s kid. His heart bleeds for the people. My only real quarrel with BSG‘s newfound class awareness is that it’s so newfound. It feels like an aftermarket add- on, like fancy chrome- plated rims for your car, or extra memory for your computer. If classism was the epidemic that we’d been led to believe it was in the last couple of episodes, why hasn’t it ever reared its face before?

It feels like something the writers cooked up recently, as part of a lead- up to Baltar’s trial, and attempted to retcon it into the ongoing story. Hindsight is a beautiful thing, I know, but I just wish it didn’t look so much like a piece of the puzzle. I did, however, love Baltar this episode. From the abject humiliation of him standing alone is his cell with his pants around his ankles to his moving (or just manipulative?) description of a prepubescent boy’s quest to change his appearance and by doing do, his destiny, James Callis added some welcome new complexions to Gaius Baltar.

And is that book he’s writing really the work of a man who wants to bare his soul to the people, or of someone who wants to sow dissent? I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw the parallels between Baltar and a certain Marquis de Sade, who also smuggled pages of a forbidden book out of a cell. They both, it seems, are drawn to the mixture of pleasure and pain. And who doesn’t dig the moments of ceremonial cool, like when Seelix finally got her transfer out of the pit crew and into the pilot corps, and the deck gang all saluted her? That stuff is meant to feel good, and it does. But… where are the Cylons? Where is, as Joss Whedon so aptly named it, the Big Bad?

After all, a chase isn’t a chase unless you see both the prey and the hunter. Yes, it’s dramatic to watch people you’re invested in barely keep self- destruction at bay, but it’s more dramatic to play that against a relentless external threat. I miss that. I fear we’ve seen too much of the shark. I just hope we’re not revving up the speedboat and preparing to jump. The Trial of Baltar had better deliver. I’m just saying. What did you think?

Would Adama really have shot Cally? Why haven’t we seen a ton of Lee or Kara? I know we’re done with their romantic roundelay — thank the gods — but even before that they were so central to the show, and now they feel like day- players, lucky to get in a scene.) And do you think, as Baltar does, that we’ll ever see the Colonial fleet led by someone other than an Adama? Would you want it to be?