Today, we sat down with Good Time Locomotive to talk their inspiration to write music, advice for musicians, and much more! Be sure to check out the music of Good Time Locomotive on Spotify below after the interview!
Interview:
What is your inspiration to write your music? Is it your
surroundings?
A general all round respect for the transformative power music has to bring people together and uplift people. That’s the message in our music. It is often based on the need to distance yourself from toxic people and behaviour but we will often start with how the music we have written makes us feel and then what we want to write about, so it doesn’t always have to be deep and meaningful. It just depends on the emotion the music is conveying really.
What type of music did you listen to growing up?
We all listened to such a wide variety from hip and metal to indie and 80’s pop. We often say it is a miracle we all actually converge to write the music we do! I think that is one if it’s strengths though. If people from such different musical backgrounds and tastes all think the music we make is worth making and putting out to the world, then it probably has some universal appeal, right?
Is there someone you looked up as a hero?
I am personally not a fan of the term ‘hero’ as I don’t like putting any human on a pedastal, but huge musical influences start with Dire Straits, Elton John and The Beatles for me. I know it is Billy Joel, Tame Impala and Oasis for Hugo.
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing today?
Trying harder to be the best musician I can be.
What advice do you have for our fans out there that want to create
music?
In the words of Bill Hicks, play it from your heart. I see a lot of people writing music because Spotify says the vocals have to start in the first 12 seconds or something. We don’t do that. If that is how the song ends up being then fine, but I have always thought that a well written song is when you appreciate that it isn’t yours and never was. You are a slave to what the song needs and shouldn’t impose yourself on it. There is more than one way that song can be, sure. But there are plenty more ways it shouldn’t be! It is why everyone needs the exterior opinion of a producer or even just people they trust to be able to tell them when it sucks. You don’t always have to listen to them, but isn’t it better to see if there is a very obvious thing you missed?
Music:
