When did you start writing songs?
What do you do for self-care?
What are you top 5 favorite bands/musicians?
How many pets do you have?
Who would you LOVE to collaborate with?
What is your guiltiest musical pleasure?
When did you start writing songs?
What do you do for self-care?
What are you top 5 favorite bands/musicians?
How many pets do you have?
Who would you LOVE to collaborate with?
What is your guiltiest musical pleasure?
SARAH
When did you start writing songs? I started writing songs when I joined my other band Hexapheen 10 years ago! Prior to that I had been in the classical music world and very much creatively blocked. So I started doing the uncomfortable work of changing that & Hexapheen arrived in my life at the right moment! Since then I've discovered that writing songs & composing music are my biggest passions in life and essential to my happiness & fulfillment--isn't it funny how that works out?
What do you do for self-care? I love to take walks on the country roads near my house, read books (mostly non-fiction, but I'll take a well-written fantasy novel any day!), take baths, snuggle my man & do yoga (BUT NOT HOT YOGA, I HATE THAT SH*T! ha ha).
What are you top 5 favorite bands/musicians? Arrrgh! It's so difficult to pick because my musical tastes are all over the place!! But if I focus on the artists that have had the most impact on me creatively, I would have to say: Nine Inch Nails, Blondie, Queen, David Bowie & the hundreds of film scores I have listened to obsessively!
How many pets do you have? I have 1 very weird, very un-fluffy dog named Mr. Fox!
Who would you LOVE to collaborate with? As far as big gigantic dreams go, I would looove to collaborate with Trent Reznor, because I deeply appreciate his blending of catchy hooks with industrial elements (and all that angst! ha ha).
In a totally different vein, I would love to collaborate with a local designer to help bring our characters to life on stage!
What is your guiltiest musical pleasure? Well my tastes are already all over the place, so it's easy to feel guilty about a lot of what I enjoy depending on who I'm hanging out with! But the one that makes people laugh the most across the board is probably Barry Manilow. That guy's a genius, if you can just get past the whole Barry Manilow thing.
URSA
When did you start writing songs? I pretty much started as a kid, when I was playing with my friends... but my first complete track, I was around 15 or 16 for an industrial project I had that was called Euphorik Frénésie.
What do you do for self-care? I love drinking tea, reading books, taking baths and spending time in nature.
What are you top 5 favorite bands/musicians? Shhh. That is a tough one. I'll go for the ones who influenced me the most : Massive Attack, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Radiohead and thenewno2.
How many pets do you have? I have two kitties, Litchi (Madame Lichette) and Kushka (Kushnies). They are very fluffy and they purr a lot.
Who would you LOVE to collaborate with? 3D from Massive Attack... His visual art is just as insanely amazing as his music AND he also takes a stance politically, about the environment and other social issues. I would also love working with John 5, because he seems to be genuinely so kind and fun to be around (and he is vegan).
What is your guiltiest musical pleasure? HA. Wow. I love blasting those late 90s/early 00s pop hits at work when I am bored. (Spice Girls/BSB/Britney/Shakira/Crazy Town...) is this guilty enough? (Well my boss really hates it anyway.)