Being open to new collaborations with Jeremy Voltz

Burned-out mathematician turned indie-soul artist, Jeremy Voltz’s music is inspired by thinking deeply about the people in his life and what he’d love to have the courage to say to them. Reminiscent of Jeff Buckley, Hozier, and Stevie Wonder, he has a voice that is powerful and haunting. As a vocalist, Voltz has toured the UK, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and across the US and Canada. His lyrics are universal and heartfelt, and his songs have been featured in film and television. His acoustic anthem “One Day at a Time” has garnered millions of worldwide listens and inspired a successful children’s book. His debut full-length album, Weekender, just won Album of the Year at the Ontario Folk Music Awards. Jeremy is releasing his second full length album throughout 2023, with the help of FACTOR.

Jeremy joined us to talk about his new collaboration with producer Oliver Charles, and their new song Miracles. Download the lyrics to follow along.

We talked about:

• Our songwriting challenge for 2023 to write in an unusual mode
• Being adept at various genres including folk, theatrical, and R&B
• Jeremy met his latest collaborator at Canda’s Music Incubator
• Having the bravery to take the gold from a song, and reject and rewrite the rest
• How a great collaboration means you get pushed outside of your comfort zone
• Being inspired by the writing of Max Martin
• The value of writing a short song
• “A song just needs to do one thing really well,” says Jeremy.