Let it be stated for the record that no other band should dare entertain the notion of competing with us; on stage we’re going to be very hard to touch.
Interviews
It’s a song about my life growing up & it mostly reflects on a motivational point of view. Getting out of that hole. Grinding towards something better.
It’s a dedicatory album for people that are important to me. I composed it & will release it this year because you never know when it’s your last day.
“There is a concept, it’s about bad decisions people make, it’s about lies, secrets, the cold silence & the comforting noise that surrounds us.”
Opportunities for independent artists have never been greater. I have full control over my career. My global reach is unprecedented.
The thing about being a musician is that there’s a unique way to communicate my mood to my band mates through colors & chords, like a special language.
My earlier albums each had a story or theme. A river, a planet, a person, someone who inspired me. Four was total improvisation, a stream of consciousness.
The world has little to do with matters of the heart. It’s nothing but circumstance, and circumstance is a catalyst for choice. We always have a choice.
The Jazz genre encompasses a wide array of music. Our’s is a mixture of weird soul, jazz & funk. We like to introduce ourselves as a gangster funk band.
Ricky Fitts had this attitude we all wanted to emulate. This idea of quitting a job on the spot to go pursue the passion of art was really important to us.
If you have loads of technology, it shows commitment. Electronic music has replaced guitar music in the sense of being accessible.
My structure is simple; well placed instruments with well placed vocals. I use the Kiss Method in song writing – Keep It Simple, Stupid.