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I was born in a small town in Alabama. About a year after I was born, my mom moved back to Columbus, Ohio where the rest of our

family was. Being that my whole life I have just relied on my mom and she on I, our relationship is very close. I grew up in a small house near Clintonville, and when I was around 9, we moved to a new house near

Worthington. I went to school at an informal school called Indianola k-8. I am

so thankful that my mom enrolled me here, because it taught me to express myself in all kinds of ways. We always had arts classes, and

music classes, and dance classes. We were taught to think open-minded and it gave us insight into all kinds of different people.

For middle school, I went to Arts Impact on the campus of Fort Hayes high school really wasn’t diverse enough for me. Being that it was an arts school though, it really helped me to better my skills and start getting on

the path to the rest of my life. High school was a very hard decision for me. I could either go to Fort

Hayes where everyone else was going, or I could start something completely new. I had never gone to a private school before, but heard of a high school called St. Francis DeSales. I decided to try it out. Even though I had heard bad stereotypes, this ended up being a really good move for me. They have an amazing art program, and I got so inspired

when I took my first Graphic Design class freshman year, that I was hooked. Now I know what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Art has been important to me my whole life. I hope to become a very successful graphic designer. Even though I have found that I can do a lot of other types of art, graphics has been my passion. My

dream college to attend would be Parsons school for design, Pratt, or SVA all being in New York City, where I am hoping to go for college and eventually start my career and the rest of my life. New York City would help me to be a better designer because I get all my inspirations from being around liveliness and other people. I love the city and nightlife. I

am currently taking 4 arts classes in my senior year, one being Senior Art Seminar, which helps us to put our portfolio together for college. At times,

it’s very stressful, but it is what I love.

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Did you make Watching Movies with the Sound Off strategically, with the hope that people would take you more seriously? I don’t think that was part of the plan. The plan was: I’m putting out some music, maybe some stuff that’s cooler, a little bit more chill, something that people can really process and get something from. But I didn’t think that they would give a fuck. I prepared for everyone to still hate it. My music always changes from project to project, but I didn’t figure “S.D.S.” was going to go on Pitchfork. I didn’t think that any of that side of things was going to cover this album, because I figured they already didn’t like me. The only time Pitchfork wrote about me before I dropped “S.D.S.” was when they gave me a 1 on my last album. Which is fucking sick. At the time I thought it was so bad, but people were like, Actually that’s pretty leg-endary.

How does it feel to be acknowledged now? It was funny and awesome to sit there and watch all of these different websites and people, who have gone out of their way in the past to dismiss me, begrudgingly post “S.D.S.” The writers are saying that the song is sick, but always with this tone like, Ugh, fuck, I can’t believe I’m saying this. Or they’re like, Sure, he’s getting better, but he’s no MF Doom. It’s funny to sit back and watch that, cause it’s not like aspects of what I’m doing now were never there. Maybe people got turned off by singles, or how I was perceived as the frat rapper dude. It’s funny to see them starting to shift their opin-ion, from like, Mac Miller is kind of tight, what? To like, Yeah, Mac Miller, I’d fuck with it. I’ve changed. I’m much more of a perfectionist with everything, especially my music. I used to just do shit. Now it’s like, You turned what up? I’m into every aspect, from creative to production to mixing. Sometimes it drives me crazy. I got a Jay Electronica verse for the album, and it’s incredible, but I was definitely bugging the fuck out of him when it came down to it.

Will you still enjoy playing your old songs live? Or will you stick to new stuff? For the past year and a half, when I do “Knock, Knock,” it’s fun, but when I say the lyrics, I don’t feel anything. You’re just kind of reciting. But this is the thing—it’s like the Beatles. The Beatles are not going to come out and not perform “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” For the next tour, The Internet is coming. They’re going to play with me and Syd’s going to sing with me, and it’s going to be a cool vibe. So much of the new show is gonna be about me and what I want to do. It’s not gonna be the show where everyone freaks out; it’s the show where everyone relaxes and watches. I’ve always wanted that type of show. If I see fans who went crazy with my old shit go crazy to “S.D.S.,” that will make me happy. But the illest thing will be that when I go back and play the old shit at the end, it’s still going to be nice. It’s going to be fun. At the end of the day, I don’t dislike those songs. They’re just me at 18.

You recently got out of a relationship you’d been in for for the duration of your career. Does the angst of that breakup show up on this album? I met my ex in eighth grade. We were together from the end of junior year till two months ago. I’m in that relationship for four years. When it’s that long, the first two years are one thing, but the second two years shit really gets hard. Especially with what I’m doing. Macadelic was all about us. This love/drugs stuff, how love and drugs are the same thing—our relationship was fucking me up. It made me think of myself as a bad person. We’re no longer together. For this album, I think that’s what I had to do. I just wanted to go into the studio cave that I built. It’s dark in there. There’s no concept of time or where you are. Separating myself from everything allowed me to explore my own mind.

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Internet was formed in late 2011 by OFWGKTA members Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians along with band

members Patrick Paige, Christopher Smith, and Taylor Walker.

Their debut album, Purple Naked Ladies, was released on December

20, 2011.It was the first Odd Future album to be released physically through Odd Future Records. Two songs from the album, “Cocaine” and “Fastlane”, received music videos to

accompany their release. The Internet has a song

included on the Odd Future album The Odd

Future Tape Vol. 2.The band released their

sophomore album “Feel Good” in September 2013. The first single from the album, “Give It Time”, was released through Odd

Future’s official SoundCloud.The band backed Mac Miller on June 10, 2013 in London in promotion of his sophomore album Watching Movies

with the Sound Off.

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