this week i sat down with austyn with a y to talk twitter pet peeves, creative burnout, the bell pepper incident of March 2022 and their recent EP all eyes on me.
you can find austyn @prodbyaustyn on all platforms, or follow him directly here:
/ prodbyaustyn
/ prodbyaustyn
/ prodbyaustyn
open.spotify.com/artist/61CHz...
and you can follow BACKLIGHT here:
solo.to/backlight
and you can follow noah, the interviewer, here:
solo.to/noahsellers
intro sound/graphics supplied by our amazing graphic designer bryce, you can find his work here:
bryceterry.com/
additional graphics supplied by our lovely graphic designer rei, you can find her instagram here:
/ reikonggg
here are each of the glorious cyphers austyn summarized in the interview:
bird cypher: / bird-cypher-fts-in-des...
love thy neighbor: / love-thy-neighbor-ft-l...
shake shack: / shakeshack
niztopia love cypher: / niztopialovesong
apples and bananas: / apples-and-bananas-fts...
fnaf cypher: / fnaf-cypher
shitpiece: / shitpiece-fts-arent-in...
bell pepper cypher: / bellpepperwar
and here are each of the artists austyn mentioned in the interview!
swazy: / swazyhq
niztopia: / niztopia
ghostsocial: / ghostsocial
bonddot: / bonddot
ducku: / ducku
chriad: / chriad
pinkmouse/gingus/steej: / gingaloid
grape milk: / elidrinksgrapemilk
GORESET: / goreset
MARKETPLACE: open.spotify.com/artist/5oraE...
timestamps for each question:
0:00 intro
0:12 any lessons you learned from the release of your last EP?
0:58 how do you look back at your earlier music?
1:52 why so many guitars on all eyes on me?
2:38 how did being in marching band influence your music?
3:14 does your creativity come sporadically or is it more concentrated?
3:58 pros/cons of having sporadic creativity?
4:49 tips on how to push through creative roadblock?
5:35 how did you know when the EP was finished?
6:28 BONUS: noah's parents' reaction to all eyes on me
7:10 funniest reactions from showing your music to friends or family?
7:55 any anxiety from shooting music videos?
8:47 the great shambomba cypher lore breakdown
9:02 lore breakdown: psychedelic heartbreak
9:45 lore breakdown: the bird cypher
10:31 lore breakdown: love thy neighbor
11:00 lore breakdown: shake shack
11:35 lore breakdown: niztopia love cypher
11:47 lore breakdown: apples and bananas
12:36 lore breakdown: fnaf cypher
13:02 lore breakdown: shitpiece
14:16 lore breakdown: the bell pepper war of march 2022
17:36 difficulties in doing features?
18:04 have songs you originally intended to upload on shambomba ever ended up becoming austyn with a y songs or vice versa?
19:07 are there too many collectives in the scene or not enough?
19:39 lessons learned from keeping [VA-T] afloat?
20:35 pros/cons of the line between content creator and artist being increasingly blurred?
21:47 biggest twitter pet peeves?
22:21 BONUS: the ethics of spamming presave links
23:16 best small artists we should listen to? (links in desc)
26:14 artists you want to collaborate with?
27:17 things you want to accomplish this year?
28:01 outro
8 авг 2024
