Who inspired you to create music ?

Responders 

BlaziQue
Lucy, Racquel and Me
Cathal J
One Guild
Lachie A'rden
Living Waters
Neutral on Paul
Danielle Hollobaugh
Jemas Collective
Yarku
Agustin Tagliabue
The Zooeys

Jasmine

Answers

It came from within. Been recording my compositions since I was a kid.

Local argentina rock bands fron the 80' 90's at first, then rock and blues guitar players like SRV Hendrix Satriani. Also clasical guitar music

Bruce Springsteen/ Dermot Kennedy

I entered a showcase when I was 13, and there I met my vocal coach who encouraged me to start writing.

My mom is a very musical person, she has also made her own songs and was always playing the piano at home so I looked up to her and wanted to get into music myself.

Pink Floyd, Genesis, Lionel Ritchie, Queen, David Bowie, Tina Turner, ELO
Other musicians. I listen to a lot of other artists, and writing songs as good is my motivation.

My father and The smashing Pumpkins

One music producer from my city

Beatles, Zeppelin, Dire Straits

Jimmy, moody savant in the classic 90s film “THAT THING YOU DO”

Music came to me at a difficult time in my life health wise and provided me with focus, positivity and 

happiness. My music is a.refection of this, very uplifting, feel good vibes.

Several people, but mostly the Holy Spirit!

Ben Folds, 90’s indie rock bands, a really cool Uncle

I was inspired by a lot of people. My parents and friends played a roll in encouraging me to make music in the beginning. A few friends of mine also make music so over the years we have sort of grown with and learned from each other. I had a lot of hip hop influences over the years that sort of kept me into making music in my teens. I always really liked movie and anime soundtracks. For example to this day I still listen to music from Gladiator, Kingdom Of Heaven, Hero, the Matrix, Dragonballz, Naruto and Bleach. As I got older the epic music genre sort of came into existence and caught my attention so I decided this was the main genre for me.

Do you sing in the shower?? If so, what ??

Interview responders and answers

Living Waters
The Zooeys
Danielle Hollobaugh
BlaziQue
Neutral on Paul
Lachie A'rden
Jasmine
Yarku
Lucy, Racquel and Me
Whitman Rinaldo
One Guild
Jemas Collective
Cathal J
Agustin Tagliabue

Yes. Beatles.

No showers are cry time

I don't actually sing in the shower often. When I do, it's humming a melody I came up with it in hopes that it'll stick in my head long enough for me to voice memo it when I get out.

Probably something by YES.. or whatever I was listening to last.. OR... something new I'm thinking up. 

The Shower is my most THINK TANK room in the house!

Yes. Pavement. Range Life, Stereo.

Yes, Seudehead by Morrissey

Not really, I only sing when listening to music but then its everything!

Any Adele songs

I’m figuring out new songs in the shower :))

It happens. Cat Stevens Father and son,

Freddie Mercury tunes

What is your creative process like ?? here are some responses

Here are some of the responses to the Interview and their answers 

Lachie A'rden
BlaziQue
The Zooeys
Yarku
Whitman Rinaldo
Jemas Collective
One Guild
Neutral on Paul
Living Waters
Jasmine
Danielle Hollobaugh
Lucy, Racquel and Me



What is your creative process like?

I sort of plan out and think about what type of music I want to release in my head overtime before I make anything. What genres, instruments, and vibes do I want the project to have. After that, my creative process is different depending on what genre I am going to make. If I am collaborating with another musician then the process will be different as well depending on the scope of out collaboration. I find the best time to make music is when you're in the mood to make music. Making music for me requires a certain mind state to make something to my full abilities. So, once I feel it is the right time to create I get started. I use a vast array of virtual instruments and just make what I can hear in my head at first. Sometimes I start out with drums, sometimes I start with the lead instrument. After I have a concept recorded, I build around it with other instruments that I think fit well. During this part of the process I may save the track and leave it unfinished for a while and continue to revisit it. I make minor changes and additions and to make sure I still like it when I hear it in different mind states. This part of the process sort of helps me make sure nothing is off or standing out in a bad way about the track. Once a track is finished I do some mixing and mastering. Then I listen to it on all the different speakers I have available to me to see how it sounds. Sometimes I need to go back and make adjustments if it doesn't sound right in headphones or in the car for example. At this point if its meant to have a singer or rapper I write lyrics to it. After that I preform the lyrics myself or if I need someone to preform them I reach out to some one I think can do it justice. Then more mixing and mastering.

A sea of ideas that never feel i have enough time to get to. I would love to just write music all day every day but then nothing would get finished. When I sit down for a creative session I might write 3-5 songs in a few hours, take the best ones and share with the vocalists I work with. Once I have a vocal i will rework the instrumental to fit with the vocalists vision to create the final piece.

Either from dreams.. or in the shower.. or sometimes just washing the dishes. An idea will come.. and I wait a few days to see if it stays with me or if it was just a fluke. If it survives a couple of days.. then I record a bassline and percussion and begin the journey. Other times.. my wife has a catalog of song lyrics she has written and sometimes we'll just pick one and I'll compose music to it.

Sometimes I just get a new melody in my head and come up with suitable lyrics to go with it. Usually I’ve already had the idea of the next song I wanna make, and when the melody hits me the lyrics come to me naturally.

Very often, it is "Inspired Song". Other times we will put pieces several have written together. The arrangement process has mostly been an 'everybody in' sort of thing.

Most of the time, Lucy send me some lyrics. I compose the music on a ukulele, send it to Racquel for her wished singing key then I record a quick demo

I often have music pop into my head; I'm definitely a composer first. Then I have to sit down and fit the lyrics in like a puzzle.

I try to start with a verbal hook and compose something both familiar and daring simultaneously.

I write lyrics and Melodies, I often come up with these then work with a musician

I’m producer, so i’m recording music instruments on my studio and mixing them

Stumble on a phrase or melody, find time to write a song before I lose it

Listen to CCR records and then play the songs that are on the record

Spontaneous and random

 

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 Tracy Colletto

My first in-person live gig I had tonight in a long time. My last was on March 15, and I kept asking the venue owner if we were still having it because this was the week (where I live) when suddenly almost all live shows were being cancelled. Tonight I was at a cafe, set up outside at a safe distance. Right now, where I am, musicians can perform at outdoor concerts, most at wineries and restaurants. We still do not have indoor concerts yet for probably another 6 months or so

Luna Keller 

I've been doing a house concert tour through Germany and Switzerland throughout the last month. Due to covid most of the concerts turned out to be garden concerts.


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I'm also releasing a new song on the 18th, "Let Me Go Now" the third single from my upcoming EP "Prophecies and Silver Linings"

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What first got you into music? Here is what some artists said

What first got you into music?

Here are some answers from 

Lachie A'rden
BlaziQue
The Zooeys
Yarku
Whitman Rinaldo
Jemas Collective
One Guild
Neutral on Paul
Living Waters
Jasmine
Danielle Hollobaugh
Lucy, Racquel and Me

My kidney transplant I.had in 2002 failed and I went onto dialysis in 2018. By early 2029 this had forced me out of my job (at the time working from home was not accepted) so when I finished up my last client I decided I'd do something I enjoyed (for fun) and booked a DJ course. One thing led to another, i started producing, found I not only loved it but was quite good and have been obsessed with music ever since. I had no previous musical background or training.

When i was 8 or 9 I played the saxophone for about a year. That was my first real focused experience with music. A few years later I got into hiphop music and movie soundtracks. A friend of mine introduced me to FL Studio and Mixcraft and I started to experiment making music.

My brother took guitar lessons and would show me what he learned every week. By the next week, he forgot it all and I had to teach him so he could be somewhat prepared at his lesson.

Singing is just something I've always loved to do, so when opportunities presented themselves to compete or perform I'd be there.

Being around family members from an early age that loved listening to and making music

I felt the need to express my feelings somehow so I started writing songs

Hearing The Beatles on the radio. Hooked for life.

I was born singing and hitting things in rhythm.

My ex girlfriend, she wrote songs and lyrics

My Dad playing guitar when I was a child

Classic 90s film “THAT THING YOU DO”

Praying and playing music together

My first band at 2013

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A NUI Maynooth student, Awesimon began by playing shows to college crowds which were the culmination of a journey that began as a child when he saved up for nearly a year in order to buy his first microphone. With ambitions to build a global audience and ultimately make music his solo career, his dedication to his craft is one of the most outstanding characteristics displayed by this up and coming artist.

Awesimon’s musical ability underlines the clear abundance of talent we have in the much-overlooked Irish Urban scene. We are extremely excited to be working with an Artist who possesses the talent and raw potential he has.

Radiate

Releasing his first EP ‘Antinode’ in April 2019, which was an emotional and raw offering which was reflective of his writing style and the message he wanted to tell. He began to accumulate listenership and fans both domestically and abroad. This confidence led to begin performing on stage for the first-time playing gigs across the country.

Awesimon is ready now to offer up his second EP ‘Radiate’ a much more complex and rich piece of work which was produced by the acclaimed producer F.O.B who has recently produced works for RTE’s Songs from an Empty room, Uppbeat & Aaron J but to name a few.

The EP as Awesimon describes is a “Summer EP that will hopefully bring respite to the year we have had, this is a project for sunny days in the park, garden or wherever you get to chill on hot sunny days, we have experienced so much darkness in the past few months that hopefully ‘Radiate’ will help people feel brighter in themselves and about our situation when they listen to it”