{"id":17573,"date":"2017-03-30T19:39:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:16:34","slug":"jaci-velasquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/jaci-velasquez\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaci Velasquez | GigSalad Greenroom Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated entry-meta\">Last updated on April 13, 2017<\/p><br><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/315313016&amp;color=00aabb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On March 31st, Jaci Velasquez released her first English record in 5 years (and her first Spanish record in 14 years!) Although she hasn&#8217;t been as active on the music scene in recent years, Jaci has hardly taken a day off. Prior to the release of her latest album,\u00a0<em>Trust<\/em>, Jaci has been busy co-hosting the &#8220;Family Friendly Morning Show&#8221; with Doug Griffin which airs on over 100 radio stations nationwide, advocating for autism awareness on behalf of her son Zealand, and she even tried her hand at farming.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17577\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17577\" data-attachment-id=\"17577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/jaci-velasquez\/jaci-velasquez-trust-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Jaci-Velasquez-Trust-cover-e1490919188503.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479234369&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jaci Velasquez -Trust cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jaci Velasquez&amp;#8217;s latest album, Trust&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Jaci-Velasquez-Trust-cover-e1490919188503.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-17577 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Jaci-Velasquez-Trust-cover.jpg?resize=390%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jaci Velasquez -Trust cover\" width=\"390\" height=\"390\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaci Velasquez&#8217;s latest album, <em>Trust<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since Jaci and I both have some experience on air, I thought a little bit of friendly competition would be fitting for this episode, so we decided to compete in an interview-off. 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