You’ve transitioned from classical piano to digital music. What impressed you to make this daring shift, and the way has your classical coaching influenced your strategy to digital manufacturing?
I’ve at all times been fascinated with digital music since you could be your personal band with the usage of know-how. As a classical pianist I’m alone when performing so I’m used to proudly owning the stage. With digital music I wrote, organized, programmed, produced, performed and sang all of the songs, which is uncommon these days. By default, I’ve achieved every thing by myself with out anybody’s enter. I’m a disciplined individual as effectively. You need to maintain that in thoughts when enjoying Bach or Mozart as a result of the written music is correct in entrance of you. You respectfully play what the composer(s) meant. I then, utilized that mindset into writing and finishing the compositions on the “Anyplace EP” and the full-length debut album.
Your new EP, Anyplace, showcases a synth-heavy pop type. Are you able to inform us extra concerning the classic synths you used and the way they formed the sound of this mission?
To be fairly trustworthy, I used a keyboard module and my laptop computer. Storage Band has a great deal of sounds and I selected those that suited the general vibe of the songs. Fortunately, the sounds had been classic sounding sufficient that I used to be capable of choose different sounds that complemented the preliminary alternative(s). I attended a summer season live performance this previous 12 months and Thomas Dolby, alone on stage, used his laptop computer and Storage Band. He projected the sequence onto the display screen behind him and it was an added visible bonus to his efficiency. Good to know that what he completed is what I’m doing.
Existential lyrics appear to play a big function in your music. What themes or concepts do you discover within the tracks on Anyplace?
The songs on the “Anyplace EP” cope with being remoted, which is mainly the theme of the debut album. It’s a way of being alone whenever you don’t wish to be. You attempt to join with good intentions however generally it simply doesn’t occur, so you’re feeling misplaced. The exception is the EP’s title monitor. It’s about touring (particularly with somebody whom you like) and experiencing one thing new and thrilling. I contemplate myself an skilled traveler as I’m fortunate to have visited fifty-three totally different nations. I purposely wrote the tune to sound upbeat and optimistic as a result of, for me, touring lifts me out of my odd and predictable environment.
As a solo artist who writes, produces, and performs all of your music, what challenges and rewards include carrying so many hats?
The challenges for me as a self-contained artist is that I need to make all the choices. That takes loads of time and power. I’m involved there could also be sure regrets after a call is made when every thing is recorded (i.e., keyboard sounds, a line from a lyric, modifying and mixing, and so on.). The reward can be that each facet of the music got here from me, and I’m more than pleased to tag my title onto the work afterwards. One other reward can be for the world to hopefully take me critically as a musician as, I imagine, I’m able to producing music by myself phrases.
With the EP Anyplace serving as a teaser to your full album, what can followers count on from the remainder of the album that isn’t on this preview?
Followers might count on that the opposite songs are catchy, melodic, moody, atmospheric and lyrically trustworthy. The aim for writing and recording the debut album is for me to lastly categorical myself. The listeners might hopefully personalize the songs and apply them to their very own lives to create a significant connection. Additionally, the listeners might count on songs that function acoustic and digital guitars since I’m additionally a guitarist. I want to not be pigeon-holed as a keyboard musician.
What’s your favourite venue to carry out at?
I’d like to carry out at dance golf equipment, particularly originally. It will be nice to be a gap act or co-headline with sure bands that I like and respect like Erasure, Pet Store Boys or Empire of the Solar. Hopefully the venues would broaden sooner or later.
Do you’ve got a particular course of or ritual when creating new music?
Melodies would generally seem in desires and would loop time and again. I’d get up, take my telephone and document me buzzing the melody so I don’t overlook it. I’d later compose the bass line and add different musical components till a complete tune is created. I then add the lyrics afterwards. Different occasions, I sit on the piano and simply begin enjoying or strum the guitar to create chord progressions in no particular order.
In case you might collaborate with any artist, alive or useless, who would it not be?
I’d like to collaborate with Emma Anderson or Miki Berenyi from Lush. I like that band since their tune “De-luxe” impressed me to study to play the guitar. This was throughout my classical piano period. Emma and I briefly corresponded on Fb, and I noticed Miki’s new band, Miki Berenyi Trio this summer season. She was truly six toes away from me on stage and I knew all of the Lush songs they carried out. For somebody not with us anymore, it will have been nice to work with Burt Bacharach since he wrote extremely robust melodies within the following songs: “Stroll on By” and “All the time One thing There To Remind Me” (coated by the digital band Bare Eyes).
What’s the largest problem you discover in in the present day’s music trade?
The largest problem in in the present day’s music trade is to mainly stand out and be seen. I imagine my “model” is that I’ve achieved every thing musically doable to create one thing by myself. With some artists in the present day, they work with songwriters and producers which is ok. I occur to meet each these roles myself. In the course of the recording periods for the debut the one folks within the studio had been my engineer and me. I say much less is extra, however I imagine that working with different folks sooner or later can be a optimistic studying expertise.
