Interview time!
@brmerryweather
Now that it has been a month and a bit since the release of your 3rd record, The Horror, is there any closer insight as to what you're up to now/next?
A: I have definitely been doing a lot of thinking about it, and you know pondering the ideas that I have in my head and the huge things I have planned, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to rush into a new record right away. But I have definitely gained more insight as to what I'm doing in the past 2 weeks, and it's coming along very strong so far and I can't wait to tell you guys about it!
If you were to classify each record you have completed as a stage in your life, what would you classify them as and what about them makes it that way?
A: Well with TFOM, it was pretty much just a bam right into making music with me and an acoustic guitar and it definitely taught me a lot in every aspect and it was a self-decision making process that lasted 4.5 months and by the end I had learned so much. Then with DNW, I started it so quickly after the completion of my first record so it wasn't a hard decision but I knew it was the next step because I was definitely doing something different that time around and putting hard honesty in it, and it was a strong core record that came out so quickly with me out working that I had no idea that it would come together so fast. With The Horror, this was definitely the most highly anticipated record that some people were so hyped about, it was crazy! It kept me motivated, but it was a really awful painful experience making it that I almost gave up on the record only a few songs in because of what I was going through. But luckily that challenged me and made amazing songs and in the end a really badass record that came out with a release party up in Mississauga with a good 15 people I loved and it was such a great way to end it.
Are you scared of a new beginning, even if this is a new record?
A: I am honestly terrified. It might not make sense to people, but no matter how much they enjoyed The Horror, the completion also really scared me of what comes next because in all honesty I never want to feel the way I did during the making of The Horror anytime soon. It has improved as I'm not depressed, but I am still upset and not over that.
Why does that scare you so much?
A: Because one day I almost gave up on my dream. One day, you know, I thought music and life had failed me. That's a dark place I have to be in to feel that way, because music is every part of my life. You know, it's really all I am. The Horror almost ended things for me, so right now I only want things to improve and I want to feel that worth of life that I did when I wrote the song Forget. I want to feel that happy again.
I think we're all curious. Will you ever stop making music and living your dream?
A: I promise I will never stop. Music saved me, it didn't betray me. So no, I wont ever give up on music. Because it never gave up on me.
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