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April 8, 2009
Interview with Stephanie
Schneiderman:
1.
You've been a solo artist and a member of several bands. Is there
one mode you like better than the other?
I get different things from each. There's
certainly a freedom when you're solo, you're not glued to any
arrangement in relation to anyone else. But you also have no one
else to feed off of for vibe or energy. I really love the new
sound. I just released a new CD produced by electronic producer,
Keith Schreiner. So the tracks are full of textures from his world
of trip-hop but still wrap around my songs in a really soulful
way.
2. Is your set list all original
songs?
Mostly, we do a Tom Waits cover and we
cover one song from a local artist named Pete Krebs. The rest are
original.
3. The new CD is described in
part as "trip-hop". What is that?
Still trying to figure that out as well.
It's a broad term that's probably overused. But as it applies to
the new CD, I'd describe it as ambient, electronic, w/ down-tempo
grooves that are soulful, dark and sexy.
4. Who's currently on your iPod?
Annie Lennox's Dark Road,
Bon Iver, Jose Gonzales
5. What's the songwriting process
for you - is it words first or music first?
It happens both ways, actually. Sometimes
I get a melody first and I use words that I'm writing (or have
already written) to wrap around that melody. The best cast
scenario is when the song writes itself and I just have to get out
of the way and follow it.
6. Is music your full-time thing?
What advice do you have for someone who wants it to be?
Yes it's full time. I think you have to be
versatile to make it as a full time musician. But I think that
goes for any industry these days.
Especially with music, until
you have enough momentum built to attract the right team (of
management, publicist, lawyer, booking agent), you have to be
willing to do it all, manage it all. It can get overwhelming and
it's hard to keep the balance of keeping the poet alive enough to
write music, but also keep the business side going... It's a
constant trade b/w halves of the brain.
Stephanie Scheiderman will
be at the CEBU Lounge on Friday, April 10.
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