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don’t care; I’ll take a gold record over that any day.
You also have “Snake Charmer”, which is incredible and
revealing about the music business. It’s about how to stay
afloat when things go bad. The music business is full of
people that will swallow you up and spit you back out.
With the song in mind, what do you feel is the best advice
to keep your head up, and what are some tell-tale signs of
music industry Snake Charmers?
Well, I mean, they say you need to keep your head up and
keep on keeping on. You have to remember why you got
into this in the first place. I mean, I chased this train for the
longest time, to the point where it became more about the
hunt and not the kill. I mean, when I got the gig, I didn’t
know what the hell to do with it because for so long, it
had been about chasing and chasing. So, I would say, don’t
lose sight of the reason why you got into music in the first
place. You know, the suits are always going to be driven
by business, and that’s just another thing you’re going to
have to understand. There is always going to be that push
and that pull, and you can’t let it dominate you. You can’t
be assimilated into that. You have to remember why you
got into it. And you can channel that into inspiration for
your music. We wrote “Snake Charmer”, and there are other
songs also about that side of the music industry. That’s just
life. I think you need to be wary of fast-talking people, who
get all up in your face, talking real fast about what they can
do for you. I think, you need to be wary of that and don’t be
afraid to slow down the moment, speak your mind, and ask
a lot of questions. Don’t be overwhelmed by what people
can do for you. Ask lots of questions.
You have released a third new song titled “Hell To Pay”
a couple of weeks ago (January 8, 2016), which is about
“the futility of regret” and “battling depression.” With the
recent increase of depression screening in women (pre-
post partum), was the decision to put this song out there at
this time a thought out process, or simply serendipitous?
I would like to think that eOne had that in mind. I’d be all
for that. You know, we don’t channel a whole lot of positivity
on this record. We’re not out there waving the positivity
flag by any means, but if there was a song you could rally
behind, that’s a nice choice. Also, I think if it can help to
raise awareness and be relevant in a bigger issue, than I am
all for it. I would like to think that was their process.
Did you help write the lyrics on this one as well?
I did, I did.
Do you have a history of battling depression?
I mean, don’t we all? We are all broken to some degree. It’s
just the human condition. For sure that’s what I mean by
when I got the gig – I mean, I had a panic attack when I