Define your genre in five words or less:
Abstract synth pop.
What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?
Bands have to do everything they can to succeed these days – there are so many people making music now and the technology exists so that pretty much anyone can record so the challenge is to make yourself heard amongst all the noise. That means not only making great music but also finding other ways to make yourself seen – personally I feel a lot a pressure to stay active on social media and bands now often find ourselves doing things like graphic design and promotion and publicity to keep things afloat.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
As indulgent as it may sound what makes me happiest about what i’m doing is the absolute freedom I have given myself to make whatever sound I want! I removed all boundaries and just went for whatever came into my head – the feeling of not being inhibited or restricted is awesome.
And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing?
Having to work numerous jobs to fund my music is pretty tough. Finding the time to feel creative when you’re exhausted and drained from working and trying to pay the bills is hard. Some days I wish I had a clone to go and do all the crappy work so I could have the time to think and let my ideas come to the surface. When your mind is cluttered with menial things it can be hard to find inspiration.
If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?
LCD Soundsystem! Get back together and take me with you!
When are you doing your thing next?
The next time I’m doing my thing is Thursday August 30 at The Workers Club. It’s also the first time I’ll be doing my thing live and I am excited but also petrified – it will be my debut playing keyboards live – up until now I’ve kept that behind closed doors where I can make mistakes in private. Eeeeek! Luckily I have two amazing musicians on stage with me to carry me forward. We are all pretty pumped for the gigs and hoping it will be a pretty dynamic show.
