Anna Waronker: The Rockstar MILF – Episode 3

 

The Recap

Anna Waronker is a singer/songwriter, composer, producer, and the frontwoman for the band, That Dog. After working with That Dog, Anna continued to work on her solo career and founded the record company, “Five Foot Two Records.” She also composed and scored for various film and TV shows including Josie and the Pussycats, Dawson’s Creek, and Clueless (1996-1999). In addition, she has provided guest vocals for Say Anything, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Fun. Alongside her sister-in-law, Charlotte Caffey, Anna worked on Lovelace: A Rock Musical in 2008.

In this episode, we discuss Anna’s career in That Dog, her music videos, the evolution of her music genre, and experimenting with her music taste. Anna speaks about finding her own identity and working on her solo career as well as how it felt pushing herself outside her comfort zone while struggling with anxiety as a performer and dealing with panic attacks. She speaks of working with her sister-in-law on the rock opera dedicated to Linda Lovelace as well as the parallels between Linda and Anna. Anna reveals how it felt dealing with her son’s life-threatening disease and talks about compartmentalizing while being a parent, her parenting journey, and parenting out of the box.

Episode Highlights

  • 02:19 – Googling Anna and her music videos
  • 04:54 – Not being in the headspace to perform
  • 06:06 – How it felt experimenting with music
  • 07:29 – Anna on working on her solo career
  • 08:21 – Struggling with anxiety as a rockstar and pulling the plug on touring
  • 10:40 – The transition from performing to composing
  • 13:00 – Anna’s segue into musical theatre
  • 16:31 – Rock opera on Linda Lovelace and the true story about Linda
  • 20:31 – Linda wanting to be a mother and Anna wanting to be a mother
  • 24:00 – Anna on the process of giving birth and her birth plan
  • 25:04 – Getting a different night nurse than the one Anna hired and what it was like
  • 27:48 – Dealing with postpartum depression
  • 31:06 – Planning on parenting in a way that didn’t feel right to Anna
  • 32:09 – Anna’s son’s life-threatening disease and defining parenting
  • 36:07 – How it felt parenting her son outside the box
  • 37:16 – What’s Anna working on now
  • 38:18 – Working while Anna’s son was a toddler
  • 40:44 – Working without an income
  • 44:16 – Something Anna’s changed her mind about recently
  • 45:32 – How does Anna define success
  • 46:28 – What does Anna think of when she hears “MILF”
  • 48:06 – Lightning round of questions

Tweetable Quotes

Links Mentioned

“I WISH YOU WELL” Music Video

“Never Say Never” That Dog

Anna’s Facebook

That Dog Facebook Page

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