Formula Indie Sessions : Interview with XERXEESE
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
I was singing along with Pete Townsend “Who are you? Who Who… when I was 2…
How did your passion for creating music begin?
I got a Guitar from my parents when I was 13. I began playing the A chord and the E chord and it sounded likw rock to me…
What’s the story behind your current music project?
I lost my ability to play guitar fast, and I am old dying of Diabetes. Getting to recording is impossible because I can’t afford Ableton.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
It is space music made with the name of the constellations that were in the north star at 4am according to star chart zodiac perfections…
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
In 2005 My friend who worked for Neil Young and Green Day gave me pro-tools for the first time and taught me not to over distort Guitar with clipping.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Protools, Acid, Fruity loops, Sound Forge,,Noteworthy Composer, for electronic note for note writing…Schecter guitars, Ibanaz Acoustics, Ibanez Electric, my holographic double sided string pickups with a Bass string instead of six string lower E string, Tascam, Izotope mastering.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Frre Key Choir, Dove Ellis, Mon Rovîa, and Krooked Kings, alongside rising bands The Pill…
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
They played part of my song, at tomorrowland 2015 while spinning Panta Ray from Tiesto and ark Sixma by Armin Van Burran…
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Music is your soul, when you add god to your composing it grows better with more well rounded vocals…sing in a choir if you really want to learn to sing. Space is a beautiful place with heavens you have never seen…. There are 200 Earth sized moons around Jupiter and Saturn, There is lots of new food and medicines even just from the extraterrestrial dirt… admit it we might have neighbors who Don’t go faster than light to get here…
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
When being a recording artist, American Copyrights are not respected by criminal title 17 506s committed by large music streamers. They owe me at least $300,000.also when recording all notes have to Start at perfect, And continued perfect, guitar parts should always be played twice and one for left speaker and one for right speakers… don’t do it for the money. <music made me a poor old man, I am 50 and dying from diabetes, I will never see success in my life time.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
I heart radio
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
Armin Van Burren, just how much I could learn from him is amazing. I see him as the angel of EDM because David Guetta made a piece called “Put your F%^&(*& Hands Up”,,, and Armin went through the trouble to publish a great version of it…
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
Reverbnation for now, Spotify, Apple iTunes, Amazon…
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey? I can only spin my recordings and sing, because I lost my left hand guitar skill to carpel tunnel syndrome… I sing all the time when I am around the house…doing house chores and singing is my new way of life, which won’t last long from Diabetes.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
It was always for my fans free work for 30 years,,, my music is not licensed except for creative commons and can be used by anyone to generate money for them to keep….
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