She might only be sixteen, but Madison Cain is no rookie
at the music game. As the oldest daughter of Journey
keyboard player & famed songwriter, Jonathan Cain, she
grew up backstage listening to some of the most
influential musicians of our time as well as any artist
that played on either of the two country stations she
could pick up in scenic Northern California.
Originally from Novato, California, Madison grew up with
what she thought was a normal lifestyle: summers living
the gypsy life on the road with her Dadâ??s band, having
kids come up to her at her brotherâ??s baseball games
asking what it was like to live with a rock star and seeing
her Dadâ??s songs memorialized on one of her favorite TV
shows, Glee. She thought everyone's bedrooms used to
be studios with people like Huey Lewis, Michael Bolton,
John Waite and Steve Perry recording songs there.
By the time she was 13, she started to realize that the
musical magic that had taken place in her father's
recording studio (now her bedroom) must have seeped
through the sheetrock and into her veins. Madison had
been bitten by the music bug and knew she was ready to
embark on something bigger than her self. She soon
went into the studio and tracked five songs, quickly
feeling a connection to the soothing melodies and lyrics
of classic country music. After sheâ??d proven to her father
that this was more than a fleeting hobby, he called Kim
Tribble, a heavy hitting songwriter who invited them to
Nashville and agreed to sit down with Madison and
began showing her the musical process.
Madison spent a week in the Country music capitol
watching and learning as Kim and her father worked
with her and taught her how to write music and
biography
explained the technical aspects of putting a life story
into a three-minute song. By this point, she had fallen
in love with the way a musicianâ??s mind worked and felt
confident that Nashville was where she wanted to call
home.
The Cains moved to Nashville in 2009 to embark on a
new life immersed in an efficacious music scene and to
allow Madison to continue chasing her dream as a
thick-skinned teen ready to leave a mark on Country
music. With influences like Carrie Underwood, Kelly
Clarkson and Dolly Partonâ??s â??Joleneâ?? as her favorite
tune, Madison has found her place in the music world,
writing her own songs filled with heart and soul.
Since returning to Music City, Madison has dedicated
herself 100% to her craft. From graduating high school
early to working with a vocal teacher via Skype between
doing chores, Madison feels that everything is falling
perfectly into place.
She is a free spirit and a traditional teen who likes
jamming out to the radio with her sister and brother but
she also has an old soul and a love for all things vintage.
She enjoys collecting vintage clothes, riding horses,
scouring flea markets, antiques and the original Janis
Joplin show invites in her room are pretty cool, too. This
vintage side of her is what has shaped who she is as an
artist.
"I like Country music because it is an expression of me
and because the messages conveyed in songs are
meaningful and genuine stories,â?? she said. â??I love the
vintage feel that Country music elicits. It has clean and
biography
pure lyrics with gritty music that transcends current
trends.â??
She might be the daughter of one of the greatest
musicians ever known, but Madison has paved her way
through the music world with hard work, talent and the
intuition to always dream bigger.
