Tag: Incorrect Music

  • Ora Cogan on Why She’s the Luckiest Weirdo in the World

    Ora Cogan on Why She’s the Luckiest Weirdo in the World

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Often compared to the mystical Karen Dalton, Montreal’s Ora Cogan makes experimental folk music that draws from…

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  • Jaime Fennelly of Mind Over Mirrors on Approaching Art Practice as Environment

    Jaime Fennelly of Mind Over Mirrors on Approaching Art Practice as Environment

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Jaime Fennelly is the prolific composer, synthesist, and harmoniumist behind Chicago’s Mind Over Mirrors, a project which…

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  • Tennis on How There Are No Shortcuts to Writing Great, Personal Songs

    Tennis on How There Are No Shortcuts to Writing Great, Personal Songs

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley make up Denver, Colorado’s indie-pop duo, Tennis. The married couple had a prolific…

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  • Cale Hawkins on the Art of the Single, and the Wacky Joy of the Therevox

    Cale Hawkins on the Art of the Single, and the Wacky Joy of the Therevox

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. The multi-instrumentalist and composer Cale Hawkins has been steadily releasing a stream of unusual and elegant avant-pop…

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  • Son Lux on Composing for Contrast at the Forefront

    Son Lux on Composing for Contrast at the Forefront

    Son Lux is a trio of versatile musicians comprised of vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Ryan Lott, guitarist, Rafiq Bhatia, and drummer, Ian Chang. While all three make beautiful work on their own (Lott has scored films such as The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Bhatia’s latest offering, Breaking English is coming in early April, and Chang’s 2017 EP, Spiritual Leader…

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  • Weston Minissali of Erica Eso on Writing Honest Music, Even if It Is Microtonal

    Weston Minissali of Erica Eso on Writing Honest Music, Even if It Is Microtonal

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Erica Eso composer Weston Minissali loves music that’s performed so wholeheartedly that it sounds “like it’s just…

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  • Elbows on Sketching Songs With Pencil and Paper and the Importance of Storyline

    Elbows on Sketching Songs With Pencil and Paper and the Importance of Storyline

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Brooklyn’s Max Schieble has had a prolific year releasing spacey jazz and hip-hop-inflected pop music under the…

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  • Mirah on the Sound of 50,000 Decisions and ‘Total Collaboration’

    Mirah on the Sound of 50,000 Decisions and ‘Total Collaboration’

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Brooklyn is the latest home to the singer-songwriter and performer Mirah, who comes to us by way…

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  • Kenneka Cook on Taking Music Out of the Loop Pedal and into a Live Band

    Kenneka Cook on Taking Music Out of the Loop Pedal and into a Live Band

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Richmond, Virginia’s Kenneka Cook credits her early explorations in arranging to the loop pedal, which she started experimenting…

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  • Sarah Davachi on the Tuning and Resonance of Synths and Acoustic Strings, and More

    Sarah Davachi on the Tuning and Resonance of Synths and Acoustic Strings, and More

    + Learning about synthesis? Soundfly’s got a definitive new online course called Advanced Synths and Patch Design For Producers! Preview for free and subscribe for access.  While the electronic-leaning composer Sarah Davachi’s latest album, All My Circles Run, marks a break from her previous releases in that it is sourced solely by acoustic instruments, she says that her…

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