The New Citizen Kane: “I don't think I ever decided to become a songwriter—it's simply how I've always processed the world”
The New Citizen Kane: “I don't think I ever decided to become a songwriter—it's simply how I've always processed the world”
Richard Green: “One of my strongest hopes is to be able to ‘give something’ to someone with my music and my stories”
Richard Green: “One of my strongest hopes is to be able to ‘give something’ to someone with my music and my stories”
C'batch: “What I'd like to see today is a music industry that's more willing to embrace originality instead of simply following established trends”
C'batch: “What I'd like to see today is a music industry that's more willing to embrace originality instead of simply following established trends”
Roy Souaid of John Lebanon: “I do not think you ever fully get used to the idea that something you make in a very personal space ends up reaching people you will probably never meet”
Roy Souaid of John Lebanon: “I do not think you ever fully get used to the idea that something you make in a very personal space ends up reaching people you will probably never meet”
Finlay Birch: “If someone tells me a song helped them through something or became part of their life in some way, that means far more to me than any statistic”
Finlay Birch: “If someone tells me a song helped them through something or became part of their life in some way, that means far more to me than any statistic”
Miss Ashley Jean: “Being able to create with my own hands, record it, and collaborate with people I deeply respect and admire—yeah, what a treasure for me”
Miss Ashley Jean: “Being able to create with my own hands, record it, and collaborate with people I deeply respect and admire—yeah, what a treasure for me”
Lucian Fhor of The Whispering: “We have no interest in the changing music trends. A wise sage once told me, “If you don’t feel it, nobody will”
Lucian Fhor of The Whispering: “We have no interest in the changing music trends. A wise sage once told me, “If you don’t feel it, nobody will”
Makhyli: “My nugget of wisdom is to create every day. No water can come from a faucet that’s never turned on”
Makhyli: “My nugget of wisdom is to create every day. No water can come from a faucet that’s never turned on”
V.E.N!: “It doesn't make sense for me to create or produce against my own taste. Plus, I don't think I could pull it off”
V.E.N!: “It doesn't make sense for me to create or produce against my own taste. Plus, I don't think I could pull it off”
Haïfa Melliti: “Everything becomes music…when you are listening deeply”
Haïfa Melliti: “Everything becomes music…when you are listening deeply”
Garbage Garden: “The songs I’ve released so far aren't products of sudden inspiration; they are "dormant content" I’ve kept buried in my heart for a very long time, finally finding their way out”
Garbage Garden: “The songs I’ve released so far aren't products of sudden inspiration; they are "dormant content" I’ve kept buried in my heart for a very long time, finally finding their way out”
Indolore: “Beyond being a passion, music has become a language that allows me to say what I dare not express otherwise”
Indolore: “Beyond being a passion, music has become a language that allows me to say what I dare not express otherwise”
Lilia Asha: “I think David Bowie’s Hunky Dory is the best album of all time”
Lilia Asha: “I think David Bowie’s Hunky Dory is the best album of all time”
Mahto Addison-Browder: “I don’t care about industry trends. I’m going to make stuff that I like. Chances are someone else will like it too”
Mahto Addison-Browder: “I don’t care about industry trends. I’m going to make stuff that I like. Chances are someone else will like it too”
Tom Minor: “You can’t really lie with music - or at least we tend to instantly recognise fake when we hear it, don’t we?”
Tom Minor: “You can’t really lie with music - or at least we tend to instantly recognise fake when we hear it, don’t we?”
Aria: “I've toyed around with many different meanings for ‘being successful in music’, and I've realized that the sole ability to make people feel something from my music is success to me”
Aria: “I've toyed around with many different meanings for ‘being successful in music’, and I've realized that the sole ability to make people feel something from my music is success to me”
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”