OMC: Did it turn out as you'd hoped?

JM: It did turn out as well as I'd hoped it would, though it did not turn out sounding the way I'd imagined it. I'd originally thought of a much more organic, minimal instrumentation for the entire album, and there are certainly a few tracks that stuck to that vision. But to be honest, a lot of the album would have been pretty boring if it were just guitar and vocals, and Mike was enthusiastic about adding whatever instruments and ideas came to mind as we worked through a piece. There are places where we used sitar, dulcimer, organ and guitar, for example, and the combined effect made for a much fuller, richer sound than I would have thought to create.

OMC: It's an unfair question, I know, but I'll ask anyway: what's your favorite tune on the record and why?

JM: Yeah, that's pretty unfair, but I'll humor you. Although my favorite tune to listen to is track one, "Movin' On," my favorite tune on the album is the one that means the most to me personally, and that's track 12, "All She Really Wants." It's not the most fun, crowd-pleasing tune, and it's not the most rich in sound, but I wrote that tune from a very vulnerable place and I still think that, of all the songs I've written, it's the most clear expression of what I needed to say at that time. I actually don't give the back-story behind most of my songs at shows, but I always introduce that one with its story.

OMC: What's the next step? Will you shop the record or tour in support of it?

JM: The next step is definitely just trying to get my name and my music out there in every way I can. I'm doing shows in the area for now, hoping to set up a tour as soon as I can afford enough gas to leave the state. I'd also really like to put together my band, which is something I've been looking forward to almost as long as I've been dreaming of having this CD done. I feel that my acoustic set really fits certain venues and situations well, but once I have a band, I'll be able to stretch beyond that and play a wider variety of tunes live.

Moffitt's Web site is julielle.com.

Moffitt plays a CD release party, Friday, March 11 at McAuliffe's Pub in Racine. A Milwaukee release party is tentatively slated for Saturday, March 19 at a venue yet to be announced.