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Q&A with Brandi
A big thank you to Brandi for taking the time to answer a few fan questions
Q: List 5 words that describe your upcoming album.
Ruckus, extreme, collaborative, reckless, mystical
Q: Have your recent international travels and successes influenced you in unexpected ways or taken your songwriting in new directions?
I've always known to be careful not to write songs about traveling and being on the road. I've noticed artists tends to write records about their life up until this point and then only write about traveling. I prefer to remove myself from the smalless of my situation. Having said that, it's difficult not to be influenced by my constant surroundings.
Q: What's your favorite part of the whole process of making music- writing? rewriting? arranging? recording? live concerts?
Live concerts and collaborating. Making music with my friends.
Q: How many songs do you write for every one that actually makes it to an audience?
They all make it to an audience at one time or another. Although sometimes it's just a couple people in a room.
Q: If you could perform with any artist dead or alive, who would it be?
Alive - Elton John. Dead - Freddy Mercury
Q: Besides your instruments, what are the top 5 things that you must have while on the road?
Bedding (yes, I'm a bedding snob). Starbucks. Teddy Grahams (cinnamon). Fuzzy posters to color.
Q: Are there any songs the band wants to cover but are to intimidated by to do so?
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
Q: Where were you when you heard yourself on the radio for the first time?
Tri-cities in Eastern Washington. I was 16.
Q: Are there any artists or songs you like listening to that you would consider your guilty pleasure, since that wouldn't really be your type of music?
Absolutely. Countless. But I would have more fun exposing that Tim's guilty pleasure is Let's Hear It For the Boyby Deniece Williams.
Q: Is there anything about your voice you dislike or wish you could do better?
I have good days and bad days but overall, I'm usually satisfied with where my voice is because it's always in a place of honesty. I hope to never be satisfied with my voice in the grand scheme of things. I hope to always be learning and improving.
Q: How hard is it for you to reach THAT note in The Story? Do you have to really concentrate to hit it or does it just come out?
It's not hard at all because it's not really a note...it's really a scream. And the more fucked up it is the better.
Q: Is there a note you can reach that Phil can't top?
It just depends what day it is, but yes, I can reach higher notes than Phil.
Q: When writing songs, do you find that sometimes you just have this burst of creativity and the words and music just come out and then at other times it's like pulling teeth to get anything creative to come out of your mind?
Yes.
Q: Is there a particular time of the day/night you find you write the most songs?
Good question. I tend to write songs usually when I'm entranced by something else. Be it stargazing, being in the shower, falling asleep, waking up, or when really consumed by a problem.
Q: What song took you the longest to write?
The song that has taken me the longest to arrange has been "Pride and Joy".
Q: Jodie Foster once said that she feels there is nothing good about her fame/public recognition except that she always gets a good seat at restaurants. What is the biggest perk to your fame/recognition?
The ability to reach large number of people with causes like the Looking Out Foundation and issues that I think are important that people know and help out with. The overall larger sense of community...
Q: What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck. A dear friend of mine once said it is the most expressive word in the English language.
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