WAO: Having lived in the Western and Eastern hemisphere, where do you think you matured as a songwriter?
I haven’t really thought of that. While growing up, I got to experience a lot of different cultures throughout the world so I would just say I am the mixture of those cultures.
WAO: Where do your songs start? Is it always born from your mind, or do the musicians you play with play a role in the writing process?
I either walk or drive around places and try to bump into new situations to get the ingredients to write a song about first, start writing lyrics, and then think of the sound which might suit well with the words, make a different version of the songs at least 5 of them. decide where to go. and send it over to studio for mix session.
The next part is the hardest part among the entire process because this is the part where I have to decide who I am going to work with to visualise my music. I don’t want my music to be misguided by the visual or be talking about different things so I have to find the right person to work with. I intend to keep on working with new creators rather than working with one person holding position which makes it harder to move on because it usually takes forever to find a new guy in the scene.
WAO: Analogue or digital?
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“75% analog and a little touch of digital”
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WAO: Where do you find yourself most comfortable? On stage or in the studio and why?
Studio. I wish I had my personal studio setup for every place I visit, because music is literally everything for me. Trust me I’ve been through all the so-called “good stuffs” that people agree on but none of those matched my preference, but music. Playing instruments, recording them, laying down vocals on top. Irreplaceable.
WAO: You use the line ‘i was young’ in a lot of your songs. Is that because you feel like you have now matured as an artist? What do you feel like has changed since you debuted?
it is because my youth was just BEAUTIFUL, don’t want to go back tho, not willing to re do all the life process all over again. I used that phrase often because it was THAT memorable. But the things I am going to drop from 2019, is going to be a huge turning point for myself as a musician, as a person. Now I just have so much more things to talk about in my music.
WAO: Has fashion always played an important role in your creative life? Do you feel like you are able to express yourself through the clothes you wear?
Of course. And what I love about the fashion industry is that they are keep changing and there are so much more left to experience yet, I want to enjoy what the modern society can offer me as long as it’s keep changing.