Today, we sit down with _Echoseven to talk inspiration to write music, heroes and much more! Be sure to check out their music below on Spotify after the interview!
Interview:
What is your inspiration to write your music?
Marcus – I get inspiration from almost anything. If I am listening to music, or a mood or feeling, that drives the riffs that I create. Is it your surroundings?
Stefanie – I find inspiration difficult to come by, personally! Usually I will sit at the piano and try to improvise things until something sticks. I’m similar with lyrical melodies – I will hum along to a song until I find what works for me. Then, I write around that.
Justin- My inspiration to write our music comes from just playing around with riffs and yes I would say it comes from the surroundings.
Marcus- Moncton is not a very exciting city 😅. But lyrically, I get inspiration from everyday life.
Stefanie – Surroundings do help, in a way. I find that being in the city helps encourage me to be more productive with songwriting since there are places to play and other groups around us.
Allon-life is my inspiration- which sounds lame lol but it’s true. I write about my emotional responses to events in my life.
What type of music did you listen to growing up?
Justin- I’ve always listened to heavy metal like Slipknot,Pantera,Mudvayne,Lamb of God
Marcus – Mainly NWOBHM bands and classical.
Stefanie – A lot of folk music. I spent most of my young life listening to it! Artists like Ron Hynes and Cecile Corbel are heavy influences on me.
Allon- I was all over the place musically. My dad was old school R&B my mom was adult contemporary/ pop and my teen years were grunge / metal amd I have always loved classical.
Is there someone you looked up as a hero?
Marcus – Randy Rhoads was my guitar hero when I started to play, and still is.
Justin- I’d have to say Jon Petrucci. He’s insane on guitar
Stefanie – Ron Hynes. Ron was a singer-songwriter from Newfoundland known as “The Man of A Thousand Songs”. He was a brilliant writer and I will forever admire him. I was lucky enough to meet him a handful of times and I cherish those memories.
Allon- can’t say I looked up to anyone musician as a “hero” . I did admire Phill Collins, Mic Fleetwood and Dave Grohl as everyone 90s kid did lol
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing today?
Justin- I’m not really sure. Never really thought about that.
Marcus – well, where it is difficult to make a living as strictly a musician, I am a Senior Systems Analyst.
Stefanie – I would definitely be unemployed, haha.
Allon- probably middle management or a plumber like my dad and uncles lol
What advice do you have for our fans out there that want to create music?
Justin- never give up hard work pays off
Marcus – Just keep on keeping on. Believe in yourself and keep at it.
Stefanie – Do NOT give up!! Even when things feel stagnant, just keep pushing.
Allon- practice patience and perseverance.
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