
Sweetcreem Interview
Q: When did you first start experimenting with production and writing songs?
A: I started playing a lil Casio keyboard and making up songs at my grandmother's house when I'd visit when I was 9 years old. Around the same time, I got heavily into punk music and started playing drums. I went through a lot of different bands in middle school and high school, and experimented a bit with production on my own. When I finished high school I ended up homeless and running off to hitchhike around the country and make songs with just myself and a mandolin, singing for my supper and such. The thing that frustrated me then was that I couldn't play multiple instruments (or carry them), so three years later when I started renting and had actual rooms to keep things in, production full time was the next logical step. It's the best way for me to make the most sounds, and the most unique sounds, on my own.
Q: evrybdy know is your first release. Can you talk about the creative process?
A: Every song on the album was sort of born differently. Sometimes I'd just sit for hours trying to come up with cool sounds, and eventually pick one to start building on. Sometimes I'd write lyrics and build the song around what I heard in my head. Most of the time, I'd come up with some cool beat, and then get a verse of lyrics in my head that tells me how to dissect the beat and where I want it to go next. The songs would unfold naturally from there. A big difference between this release and stuff I've done before is the focus I had on each song driving emotion, as opposed to thinking a lot about the "math" of it.
Q: Are there any specific themes and concepts you explore on evrybdy know?
A: Not on purpose. I think that evrybdy know is sort of a result of something inside me that came from a really incredibly difficult time and a gulp of air on the other side. Like a metaphysical shit. It's a lot of feeling, and not so much thought. Concepts that those feelings touch on are just human realities that lots of music touches on. Most importantly, I think the thread that ties the release together is this bottomless void that everyone feels inside themselves, as a result of or partner to any of those more specific things. It's not necessarily bad, but it's necessarily there, and it certainly colors the whole album.
Q: When did you first start experimenting with production and writing songs?
A: I started playing a lil Casio keyboard and making up songs at my grandmother's house when I'd visit when I was 9 years old. Around the same time, I got heavily into punk music and started playing drums. I went through a lot of different bands in middle school and high school, and experimented a bit with production on my own. When I finished high school I ended up homeless and running off to hitchhike around the country and make songs with just myself and a mandolin, singing for my supper and such. The thing that frustrated me then was that I couldn't play multiple instruments (or carry them), so three years later when I started renting and had actual rooms to keep things in, production full time was the next logical step. It's the best way for me to make the most sounds, and the most unique sounds, on my own.
Q: evrybdy know is your first release. Can you talk about the creative process?
A: Every song on the album was sort of born differently. Sometimes I'd just sit for hours trying to come up with cool sounds, and eventually pick one to start building on. Sometimes I'd write lyrics and build the song around what I heard in my head. Most of the time, I'd come up with some cool beat, and then get a verse of lyrics in my head that tells me how to dissect the beat and where I want it to go next. The songs would unfold naturally from there. A big difference between this release and stuff I've done before is the focus I had on each song driving emotion, as opposed to thinking a lot about the "math" of it.
Q: Are there any specific themes and concepts you explore on evrybdy know?
A: Not on purpose. I think that evrybdy know is sort of a result of something inside me that came from a really incredibly difficult time and a gulp of air on the other side. Like a metaphysical shit. It's a lot of feeling, and not so much thought. Concepts that those feelings touch on are just human realities that lots of music touches on. Most importantly, I think the thread that ties the release together is this bottomless void that everyone feels inside themselves, as a result of or partner to any of those more specific things. It's not necessarily bad, but it's necessarily there, and it certainly colors the whole album.
Q: How do you approach sound design? Are there certain types of filters, LFO’s, etc that you utilize in order to achieve specific sound?
A: My tendency in the past with production is to be really calculated and specific in the way I construct sounds. This album was not like that, and while there are definitely some recurring things I use (cutting high ends, reverb, almost too low bass waving in the background) I didn't really plan it - that's just what came out.
Q: How do you plan on transitioning to a live show?
A: I'm putting together a live show that will fully engage as many senses as possible from my audience. There'll be visuals, there'll be dancing, yelling, and jokes. I'm probably going to shoot flowers at you. I wish I could feed you but there's allergies and laws.
Q: What else can we expect from this project?
A: A lot! I never know exactly what's gonna happen but I am throwing around comics, coloring books, clothes, cartoons, and more. More specifically and immediately you can be expecting some single drops, a video, some cool weirdo merch, and live shows!
A: My tendency in the past with production is to be really calculated and specific in the way I construct sounds. This album was not like that, and while there are definitely some recurring things I use (cutting high ends, reverb, almost too low bass waving in the background) I didn't really plan it - that's just what came out.
Q: How do you plan on transitioning to a live show?
A: I'm putting together a live show that will fully engage as many senses as possible from my audience. There'll be visuals, there'll be dancing, yelling, and jokes. I'm probably going to shoot flowers at you. I wish I could feed you but there's allergies and laws.
Q: What else can we expect from this project?
A: A lot! I never know exactly what's gonna happen but I am throwing around comics, coloring books, clothes, cartoons, and more. More specifically and immediately you can be expecting some single drops, a video, some cool weirdo merch, and live shows!