1) Where do you keep your paper
armies?
2) Is it weird to be from
Ithaca, because you’re from NY but not NYC? I’m worse off
though. I’m in CT now and we’re just a pit stop between Boston and
NYC.
3) You are part of the Bridgetown Records Family.
How many cassettes do you have to release on other labels before you can
start your own label and join the Cassettes
Illuminati?
4) You released a split
tape with Desert Hiatus, which other Bridgetown band would you really like to
split with? (Hint: Naming a Juniper Tree Songs band
gets you closer into the Cassettes Illuminati. Choosing Vehicle
Blues disqualifies you)
5) Your cassette on
Bridgetown is called “Tell Me To Give Up”. Since releasing it, do
you find a lot of people yelling “Give up!!” at you? I feel like
if I saw you on the street I’d cross traffic to tell
you.
6) Do you agree that cassettes are the premium form of
musical listening enjoyment?
7) Would you ever form a
Bridgetown type of tour that would play the east coast, of course skipping
Connecticut because that’s what good tours always do?
8) Final thoughts, shout outs, rock paper scissors tips,
etc…??
1) I actually don't own any paper
armies. I used to play miniatures (LOTR) back in the day; that might be the
closest thing I have hiding away somewhere.
2) I don't really think about it too
much. There may be less going on than in a place like NYC, but there still are
a lot of great musicians around, and there are some great bands that come
through the area. In a smaller town I feel like I can get away from everything
much easier, which I find very soothing. I need to be able to get away from
people in order to make music comfortably.
3) I imagine you would just need to release one to start the label!
That's all it takes I think. It's just a matter of finding people who will
listen.
4) Kevin (of Desert of Hiatus) is
actually the one that first introduced me to Bridgetown Records and is in a way
probably the reason that Tell Me to Give Up got released the way it did
(thanks). There are so many great artists that Bridgetown supports, but I think
it would be great to do a split with Brahms. I really enjoy the minimal aspect
of his compositions and I think our music would fit well together on a split.
He just released a new tape with the last Bridgetown batch called
shimmer//suffocate that you should definitely listen to. It's incredible.
5) I haven't, though if someone did I'd be grateful. I've been secretly
waiting for it to happen. Or maybe not so secretly.
6) I love cassettes. When I listen to a
cassette I feel the need to listen to it all the way through, which I guess
happens with vinyl as well but to a lesser extent for some reason. Creatively
this is so much more inspiring than listening to individual songs on an iPod or
computer. The fact that you can't listen to specific songs as easily makes you
appreciate the work as a whole, which to me is very important.
7) Something I would really like to do
at this point is go on tour. I don't get out of the house much. Playing live
is something that I like doing though it can be immensely stressful for me.
Most of my songs aren't written to be performed exactly, so reworking them into
something I really like that can be performed is challenging and difficult. In
the end it is very satisfying to hear music I've made played incredibly loud for
others to hear. I hope they feel the same way.
8) It may take awhile, but new music is
on the way. I hope it comes sooner rather than later. Whatever happens, thanks
for listening, and for your support.
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