DownTown Mystic: “You get used to hearing songs a certain way, then they get released, and people react to them differently. You start to see and hear them in a different light, which is very cool”
DownTown Mystic: “You get used to hearing songs a certain way, then they get released, and people react to them differently. You start to see and hear them in a different light, which is very cool”
Fringe Frontier: “We'd prefer to be underproduced than overproduced, lean into imperfections, and draw from several different genres”
Fringe Frontier: “We'd prefer to be underproduced than overproduced, lean into imperfections, and draw from several different genres”
Pablo Parada: “I don’t want my music to make people sad, but rather allow them to identify with their sadness, so that they feel less alone in it”
Pablo Parada: “I don’t want my music to make people sad, but rather allow them to identify with their sadness, so that they feel less alone in it”
Eternal Tone: “Artists like Dizzy Wright, Brother Ali, and Satsang truly changed the trajectory of my music from hip-hop to genre-bending, purpose-driven music meant to heal, guide, and assist”
Eternal Tone: “Artists like Dizzy Wright, Brother Ali, and Satsang truly changed the trajectory of my music from hip-hop to genre-bending, purpose-driven music meant to heal, guide, and assist”
Tom Radar of Hellkern Warriors: “Our priority is creating music that resonates with us first — everything else follows from that”
Tom Radar of Hellkern Warriors: “Our priority is creating music that resonates with us first — everything else follows from that”
Jessi Robertson: “I want to make music that is true to me and expresses how I feel about the world, so I don’t bother following trends. They always pass”
Jessi Robertson: “I want to make music that is true to me and expresses how I feel about the world, so I don’t bother following trends. They always pass”
Mercy Kelly: “The music is flowing more naturally than ever before”
Mercy Kelly: “The music is flowing more naturally than ever before”
Clare Easdown: “Our lives would be utterly devoid of meaning without music. It is our one outlet for expression, creativity, anger and every emotion in between”
Clare Easdown: “Our lives would be utterly devoid of meaning without music. It is our one outlet for expression, creativity, anger and every emotion in between”
Antoin Gibson: “Music should be dangerous, emotional, and unfiltered — not just another product on the conveyor belt”
Antoin Gibson: “Music should be dangerous, emotional, and unfiltered — not just another product on the conveyor belt”
Cupid Spell: “We have always enjoyed Angelo Daniel Badalamenti and Julee Cruise's work, especially in David Lynch's world”
Cupid Spell: “We have always enjoyed Angelo Daniel Badalamenti and Julee Cruise's work, especially in David Lynch's world”
Exzenya: “Society often pushes people into silence about the things they’re ashamed of or afraid to admit, but music breaks that barrier”
Exzenya: “Society often pushes people into silence about the things they’re ashamed of or afraid to admit, but music breaks that barrier”
Hey Look Listen: “I'm all over the map with what I listen to, but this year has been a lot of Courtney Barnett and Jesse Welles”
Hey Look Listen: “I'm all over the map with what I listen to, but this year has been a lot of Courtney Barnett and Jesse Welles”
Nom De Plume: “Success for us is people listening to our music and enjoying it. That’s it”
Nom De Plume: “Success for us is people listening to our music and enjoying it. That’s it”
JB Elwood: “Music is an escape for listeners, and it brings us all together regardless of background or where we live”
JB Elwood: “Music is an escape for listeners, and it brings us all together regardless of background or where we live”
Pisgah: “The beauty of being an independent artist who's not known is that right now I can make what I want, and I don't have to answer to anyone for it”
Pisgah: “The beauty of being an independent artist who's not known is that right now I can make what I want, and I don't have to answer to anyone for it”
Daze of Laur: “When I write music, I'm going into a place that's deeply personal, trying to channel directly from my soul and heart, without worrying about who's going to receive it”
Daze of Laur: “When I write music, I'm going into a place that's deeply personal, trying to channel directly from my soul and heart, without worrying about who's going to receive it”
David Lockeretz of Sons of the Mellow Mafia: “One thing that I come back to is the idea that art (including music) should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”
David Lockeretz of Sons of the Mellow Mafia: “One thing that I come back to is the idea that art (including music) should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”
The Easter Parade: “I think my love of songwriting came from listening to great songwriters such as Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, Tom Waits, and Randy Newman”
The Easter Parade: “I think my love of songwriting came from listening to great songwriters such as Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, Tom Waits, and Randy Newman”
Solum: “My musical truth is to be completely free in what I make and unbound by any genre”
Solum: “My musical truth is to be completely free in what I make and unbound by any genre”
Mercy Kelly: “We definitely draw a lot of inspiration from the gothic romanticism of bands like The Cure, but also from the hopeful, anthemic energy of U2, especially their Joshua Tree period”
Mercy Kelly: “We definitely draw a lot of inspiration from the gothic romanticism of bands like The Cure, but also from the hopeful, anthemic energy of U2, especially their Joshua Tree period”