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Band Spotlight of the week 5/19/08
Interview Q&A from AcousticAlternative.com
Drowning Starlight, Northern New Jersey
What is your inspiration for writing and performing music?
We write music because it is a passion of ours. It is an amazing feeling when you are able to express the good and bad experiences of your life into a song. All you need are a few ingredients: a pen, paper, a guitar and a good friend. We also want to have listeners to feel as if they wrote the song, because they can relate to the lyrics. The best feeling in the world is to have people sing along to your music and have them feel the same passion towards the song.
Who are your musical influences?
This is hard because there are many bands/artist we both like (too many to even name). But the raw sound of an acoustic guitar and a voice behind it is what we really enjoy.
How did the band Drowning Starlight get started?
Ryan had been writing songs and playing guitar since he was younger. One night, Ryan invited me (Andy) over to listen to some things he had been working on and I loved it. I told him how I had been writing lyrics since I was a kid. This is where it all began. We started to combine my lyrics with Ryan’s melody, and together shared a sound. We came to realize that we shared lots of the same experiences and were singing about things that meant a lot to us. Our friends loved everything we were making, so we stuck with it.
What are your dreams & goals?
We started this because it was fun. When we got the amazing response from everyone who heard us, we got to thinking about doing something more. From songwriting to performing, we could get together everyday just to write and make music.
We also want these songs to mean something to the people who listen to them. If people can relate to these songs within their own experiences, we would feel like we’ve achieved our dream.
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