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Sophia Goalani and that is the newest single, and we're gonna play something more
of hers in a little bit after we talk. But now hopefully she's with
us, because sometimes when we skype with people across the pond, it doesn't
always go smoothly. Sophia, are you there? Yep, I'm awesome,
awesome, I got nervous. You said this was your first time using Skype,
so you are now officially initiated as a Skype user. By the way,
so am I saying your name correctly? Yes? You are so okay,
wonderful And it's Goalani, Yeah, okay, just making sure a very
good Yeah. I really like the track. It's catchy. And we're also
going to play a little bit later after we talk for a little bit,
we're gonna play Levels, which I believe was your previous single, which I
also really really love, so great stuff. Whereabouts are you Where are you
from right now? I'm I'm sorry in England? So like the countryside bit
of England? Yes, very very nice? Is that? Is that where
you're from originally? I was actually based in London originally, but now I'm
in sorry at the moment for the summer. Oh okay, okay, why
for the summer? Is it just better to get out of the city.
I just love the countryside, man, I always, you know, like
to think. I think it makes me think clearly when I'm in the countryside
and you know, I can see family and you know, see all the
pets that we have and stuff. It's nice. Nice to reconvene after like
being in a city for so long. Yeah. Yeah? Does it?
Does it help you creatively? Do you find yourself writing more music when you're
when you're there and able to kind of relax and get away from the city.
Yeah. I think the hustle and bust of the city is great.
But also when you're like in that really calm mindset, like sitting in a
field or just doing really simple like he's like walking like for fun, it's
like, you know, oh, I can really take this time for myself
and think about what I want to write about what I want to produce,
So it definitely does give me fresh perspectives and new messages that I could put
in my songs. Yeah, yeah, I can understand that. Even you
know, here in the United States, a lot of people will tell you,
like, you know, we're less than an hour away from Boston,
and I've had a lot of musicians from Boston or musicians I've talked to from
New York City who you know, they love being in the city and the
energy of it and being around all these creative people and whatnot. But sometimes
you just have to get out to kind of clear your head, and that's
when some real creativity can can sort of come in. Definitely, I think
with the city, it's very diverse. There's so many different sounds, So
this city is great for like that music community. But when you want to
really kind of produce music and write and just kind of concentrate on yourself,
I definitely think that the countryside is the way to go. Yeah, now,
is Wyn How long has that been out? That's relatively new? Correct,
probably like one or two months old? Okay, baby Love My Love
Wyn. It's one of my favorites. Yeah, yeah, has that been
played on American radio before now not really actually it's one of the first,
and so thank you for supporting me. Excellent, No, happy to do
it. Now. Do you have a full album out or are you just
releasing singles at this point? Well, at the moment, I am releasing
singles, but I'm putting them all, all the singles that I've released,
the nine few extra ones into this project. It's, you know, such
a cute little it's not an album. I would say, it's like a
project of all the songs I've already done, like just a recollection of my
starts music. And I've been doing a few HMB performances. I've got a
few coming up later this year in basing Stoke, Brighton, Winchester. It's
gonna be cool. And I've already done some just now in working in Guildford
and in Portsmouth, which is really cool. It's interesting, how, you
know, we live in a time where people musicians use a number of different
approaches in terms of releasing music. And a lot of the people that I
talk to now, you know, because I'm old enough to remember when it
was a standard thing. You know, you put out an album and then
release a series of singles. But now what a lot of musicians are doing,
and it sounds like this is your approach is releasing a series of singles
which eventually become an album. So the process has become kind of inverted.
But I think the advantage to doing it that way, And I don't know
if this is part of your strategy, but I feel like the advantage of
doing it that way is you know, you're continuously giving your audience new music
instead of making them have to wait and wait. And you know, we
do live in a in a culture now with technology, with the Internet and
social media and everything, where you kind of have to feed that machine right
in order to maintain that engagement with your audience. I think, you know,
the music industry at the moment is very very hustle and bustle, so
when you do release those singles, it's always, you know, something new.
I feel like an album for me right now, if I did it
completely fill the new music and just release an album, it's really in my
opinion, heavy, unless it's got like some sort of storyline or if I
really feel like I need to like release a full album. But you know,
it's very formal, and I think doing singles is fun, it's playful,
and with the digipak album and the records for performances, it's just a
nice way of me being able to put out loads of music and stuff and
still be able to constantly express myself, but not have it in that so,
you know, package album you know kind of way right right. And
also with releasing singles, you know, just one at a time, you
can really kind of give each single the full attention that it deserves. You
know, you can make a video, you can make a lyric video,
you can make a you know, a full produced, fully produced video.
You can you know, you can do all kinds of things with it.
You know, you can use it however you want to in terms of social
media, whereas when you put out an album, you can't really you know,
you'll release singles from an album, but you can't give every single track
on that album the full attention from a marketing standpoint, from a social media
standpoint that it may deserve. So so I think it makes sense, yeah,
and it gives it a bit of breathing room as well. When I
released a single, it's like the only thing I talk about, the only
thing I've promote, Like physical copies are important. Is it's all digital,
but you know with the digitback and the tiny little project with all the singles
in it. But when I do release single of a single, it's nice
to be able to promote that one single my social media and talk to people
about in interviews and you know, just give it the room it deserves.
So yeah, definitely agree. You refer to physical media as well. So
I'm curious here in the United States, physical media is still very much a
thing. Vine has really had a resurgence, especially over the past decade.
I think twenty twenty two, vinyl for the first time actually outsold CDs.
But we have guests on the show too who still put out CDs, not
not all, some of them don't. But I'm curious, what is it
like there is physical media still an important part of all of it? And
do you do you release these songs as CDs as well or have you ever
put out vinyl or do you just focus on doing it digitally? Right now
at the moment, I'm it's all like digipak album pieces. It's like it's
just CDs. But we all were definitely thinking of branching out, you know,
intervinyl, but right now, I just we're doing it one bit at
a time with the digipass. To me, you know, it's I think
it is very important in the UK as well to have that kind of fun
CD physical coby because when people see it that are oh, you know,
this is you know, part of an era of your life. This is
part of your music. And while we could definitely branch other things, I
do want to take it one bit of a time because that as I'm always
you know, on this journey, vinyl is important, CD is important,
but right now it's just you know CD. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Where do you record? Do you do you work with a producer or I
mean a lot of people now again, we live in an era where you
can do it all yourself if you want to. What's your uh, what's
your approach, what's your process in terms of recording. So my dad was
a musician, so he would release all the time. Yep, he was,
and so we had that That's originally what kind of started our music career.
We had that equipment at home and so starting with the career we would
literally just do it in our conservatory. We'd set everything up and just record
at home. In terms of producing, I have worked with producers before,
actually good friends with them. But you know, the songwriting process, most
of the process actually when creating my songs is you know, individual, it's
me and I do most of it at home. Wow. Well, you
had a great start, right, that's pretty cool. Having a dad who
is he still active musically? Your father? Yes, he is actually,
but he's you know, he's given a great deal of support to my music
career as well. He's always kind of motivated me and he's taught me very
valuable life lessons in music as well, which have definitely helped me progress and
you know, do things such as release a digipack and yeah like that.
That's wonderful to have the support of your family, that's that's great. And
of course, you know, to come from a what about your mom?
Is she also a music holder? She's not us, but you know she's
always the number one biggest band, filming a gigs, all that good stuff.
That's great, that's great. No, I'm sure they're I'm sure they're
very proud of you. And it's great to have that foundation. I think
that that, you know, because not everyone has that obviously, So I
think that's uh, that's remarkable. What what's kind of the future, what's
the future trajectory for you? Are are you going to obviously, so this
this single is still pretty new. Do you have another one, uh that
you're planning on releasing soon or are you still just kind of focused on continuing
to promote wyn. I'm definitely gonna give w y N the summer, but
in September, I'm actually thinking of releasing a new single called Vision. I'm
very, very excited for it. It's actually it's it's quite different from this
song. It's more like methodical, lot more harmonies. It's, you know,
something I've been working for actually quite a while. So I'm excited for
that to come out. Excellent, excellent. Well, we'd love to be
the first American radio station to play it when it's ready. If everything fantastic,
fantastic, we love to do that. So, uh, that's great.
Are you playing out a lot? Do you play a lot of live
shows? Yes? Actually some have been jet packed. I've been doing festivals.
I just actually finished Hazel my French festivals playing main stage. That was
so fun. Yes, doing a few London gigs, all that good stuff.
Really been playing. But you know, now, I think for July
and August. I'm gonna enjoy the summer, and then later on down the
line, I'm going to be doing some more record store gigs, just on
that grind. Yeah, excellent, excellent. Is that? Is that still
a big thing there? It seems like in America, maybe maybe in big
cities they still do it, but it seems like in America, you know,
record stores, I mean they still exist, certainly, but you know
the you know, the in store promotions where artists coming and play live in
record stores, it seems like that's kind of a thing of the past to
some extent. Is that still really popular there? Oh my god, definitely,
because it kind of works like two ways. You do a performance in
the record store. You're not just promoting yourself, but like people can come
into the store listen to it. I feel like record stores nowadays people like
especially teenagers, because you know, we all want to go back to the
old stuff. When we go into record stores and we hear those live performances,
it like reminds us that we are all part of a community, and
so me doing those record store performances not only like you know, it's fun
to meet other people who love like music in general love promote my music,
but it just creates this like really beautiful culture of just promoting music, listening
to new genres, and exploring the community. I think in your video for
Levels, if I'm not mistaken, I think there's a it looks like you're
there might be a clip in there of you performing at a record store.
Am I Am I wrong about that? I feel like there was something in
the video for Levels where it looks like you're in a store. Yeah,
I think I am at one point. I mean, we wanted Levels to
be like this really fun you know, article, article, gig. You
know, we're on those different levels, so there probably is something in there,
but I did there were so many gigs in that video. I remember
doing, like the one with crazy lights, and we just wanted that one
to be really playful. Yeah. Yeah, No, it's a cool it's
a cool video. And I really love the song too. That's the one
that we're going to play at the end of our conversation. Great, great
track, catchy as hell. It was. After I listened to it,
it was just stuck in my head for like hours, like leveled Levels,
Levels very good. Well, Sophia, what should people know about how to
find you online. And obviously you know, uh we have we have listeners
here in America who I'm sure want to check you out, keep up with
what you're doing, get access to your music and so forth. What should
people know about how to find you online? So I'm literally on majority of
social media platforms. On Instagram, I'm Sofia dot Anissa dot Glani and on
like YouTube, Facebook, Spotify or stream platforms, i am Sofia Galani.
So yeah, stay, especially the Instagramlani go on that it will be the
most updated social media platform for any gigs coming up. Any new songs,
the one to Timber are you good? Excellent? Excellent? Hey? And
before we play this, is there anything we should know about this song?
Levels any anything special you want us to know about it? It's just it's
such a vibe. I think when I made it, it was just for
fun and it was just you know, it was I did write it in
the spring, so i'll, you know, go going into summer. Everyone
was excited, so you know, listen to it. Just bot man,
it's got that vibe, I know what you mean about, you know,
in the spring going in the summer. Definitely, definitely Sofia Galani. We'll
let you go and we're gonna spin this. But thank you so much for
talking with us today. And yes, definitely, when the next single is
ready, let's do that. We'll have you back on. We'll we'll spin
the track and really looking forward to that great stuff. Love what you're doing.
But thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you for having
me. It has been so lovely. All right, Sophia, thank you,
bye bye, bye bye. All right, that is Sofia Galani all
the way from the UK, skyping in and let's give this a listen.
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of my sin mhm. I really like that a lot. That is Freeze
that is new from Bullet to the Heart. Great band from Chicago. They've
been on the show with us before. And I believe we have Audrey Queen
from the band with us on Skype. Hello. Hi. We also have
Draven d C. Draven d C is with us. Hello, welcome back.
Hey, what's going on? I think were you both on with us
last time? I think you were. I think so, yeah, yeah,
I remember, yeah, yeah, Hey, I love that track.
And we're also gonna play fight at the end of our conversation. But yeah,
welcome back to the show. And you know, Jenny and I are
both really big fans, and I love these I love these songs. What's
when did we have you? It was more than a year ago, right,
probably maybe a year and a half ago the last time we talked.
I think it was about a year ago, because about a year ago we
released Death Oughtities in Romance. Yes, okay, okay, So what's what's
been happening since then? Obviously you've created some new music, which we really
like, But what's what's been going on with Bullet to the Heart. Give
us give us an update if you will. So we've been writing new music,
as you heard the new track Freeze, and we have fights, so
we have a new EP coming out. We're also working on some new music.
We parted ways with Tom Monroe due to his mental health. He felt
it was better for him to step away, and we gained a new member,
Six, who is our resident demon right now, and we're writing new
music and we're getting ready to do our headlining show at what I'm sorry,
Drevan, our headlining show in West Dundee at rock House in August seventeenth.
And just oh, and that's what I was trying to say, trying to
tell me, and I was like, what, we're getting ready to go
out on tour. We're confirming tour dates right now from middle of October to
early November. Excellent, excellent, congratulations. Was it difficult with the change
obviously with Tom leaving and six coming in? I mean, was that you
know sometimes? I mean I've played in a lot of bands, and you
know sometimes when there's a change in members, you know, it can be
it might go smoothly, it might be seamless, it might be difficult and
challenging. I mean, what was that like for a bullet to the heart.
It was. It was challenging, but overall it went very smoothly.
I mean, Tom was the one that approached us and said that he wanted
to step down, and he wanted to make sure that him stepping down,
we had someone to take us place, so that, you know, we
weren't left without someone. But overall, we sat down, we had a
serious conversation about everything, and we parted ways on a very good note.
We still love him very much dearly as a friend. We try to do
anything to help him with his mental health journey and what he has to go
through. So it wasn't horrible. And Six has been a longtime friend of
Draven's, so it just made sense for him to come in because he was
helping us do a lot of things anyway. So the transition was the transition
was smooth and everybody's on good terms. Yeah, I mean, I know
that when you're when you're doing what you're doing at your level, because you're
you're obviously very busy. You know, a bullet of the heart works very
hard, and you know, if if somebody's struggling with it, I mean,
it's good that he had the maturity and the sophistication to see that you
know he needed because, as you said, he approached you so that that
couldn't have been easy for him. And obviously too, when you've got a
lot of momentum, when you've got a lot going on, you know,
you don't want anything to slow you down, and you certainly don't want to
be the one causing everything to slow down either. So, uh, it's
good that you are all able to maneuver that together and that you're still friends
and and uh onward and upward you go. So, uh so that's good.
Are you Are you playing a lot of shows? You mentioned you've got
the tour coming up. Have you been playing a lot locally as well recently?
Uh? So, we actually slowed down a little bit this year because
of the members swap. We really took time to write these next couple songs.
And we're going out and doing this headline show, and like we don't
really necessarily like the headline all the time. Yeah, so we're doing it
with a purpose, and we're pumping a lot of like production into this into
this album release show. We're doing like full lights, video screens, props,
like the whole chebang, so to speak, and because of that,
we're doing the same thing with the tour. So like last year we did
like six or seven tours or something, and this year we're only gonna do
one, you know, four week one, just because we're gonna be a
little bit more like production based, a little bit more prop based. So
we're kind of just doing one big one with a purpose. So we're kind
of just kind of slowing things a little down, make sure that we kind
of nail our craft and that we're doing stuff correctly. You know, we
don't want to overdo it this year. Yeah, it makes sense to me
that you're adding a lot in terms of production because I think that your music
kind of you know, you listen to a song like the one we just
played, Freeze, and if you're listening to that and you don't know anything
about the band, and you know, you're just kind of letting your imagination
take you wherever. If you think about what it must be like live,
it seems like you would expect there to be some production there. It's not
something you would expect to you know, you just walk into a bar and
you see a band just playing a song like that because the song is so
it's intense and our friend Miriam Banish in the chat room says it she really
likes it. She said, it sounds kind of eerie, but it sounds
like something that demands some sort of visual production to go with it. So
I think that's great that you're doing that. Has that kind of always been
a goal for the band? Have you always wanted to be able to do
that? Yeah, you know, we've gotten asked before in other interviews and
other shows, etc. Because like we started doing the production stuff kind of
when like Breathe came out. Yeah, that's when she kind of really like
got into a character and we showed all this dark imagery and kind of story
stuff. And it's a lot to do. I mean, it costs a
lot of money, it's a lot of time conceptualizing it relates to the music,
and we did it a couple of times live. We really on the
When we went on tour with een Vey Molmstein, we were playing big theaters
and because we had the theaters, we were able to dress up and do
like the Remnant, like the vampire thing when Revenant dropped, so we were
able to do this like vampire thing. We were able to connect it to
a couple things like on stage, and we kind of really enjoyed that and
a lot of people like ate that up. So we were like, how
do we do that again? But now with this new song. So we
came up with these characters and did all this stuff so that it could connect
not only to the music, but the theme and the story that we're trying
to convey. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. Now has
the process changed with Well, actually, let me ask it this way.
The new songs, the songs that we're playing today, were these done with
six or were these originally done with Tom? So they were started with Tom.
He he never made it to final tracks though, but they were written
with Tom Okay, and then when we got six involved, he definitely amped
up the sound a little bit. He's a little bit more of a technical
musician, so we were like, oh, let's heavy this up, Let's
make this atmosphere darker, let's change it up a little bit. I know,
in the song fun, which will come out August. Second, right
before the EP drops, he added this breakdown part at the end, so
there's a there's a middle breakdown that's pretty heavy. He does this weird off
time breakdown that we all had to learn in the song, so he kind
of added that kind of stuff, like just a little bit extra extra sauce,
if you would, on the songs. Yeah, Oh that's cool.
Is is it different playing live with him or is that kind of this you
know, is the vibe different at all? Or I would say a little
bit. He is. Also he's also done vocals before in bands. Yeah,
so he definitely the harmonies have added a depth, have added depth to
the music and the live show. He's also helped us like kind of rewire
some of our equipment like tones and stuff, so a lot of that has
definitely definitely helped, and overall I think we have a better sound. Yeah.
No, I mean, like I said, I love the new tracks.
Jenny was showing me a video too. It might have been was that
the video for Freeze? Is there a video for that or is it?
Yes? Okay, yeah, that was the one Jenny was playing the other
night, and she was talking about how I don't remember I don't think I've
watched all of them necessarily, but is there a red door in every video
or is that like a theme that you guys have, Yes, So the
red door symbolizes the realms that these trauma demons live in and our main character
is going through these different realms trying to face her trauma head on and heal
from it. Okay, it makes sense. Is that so? Is that
kind of a theme. Is that also a theme with Fight as well as
Freeze, because we're gonna play Fight in a little bit. Is that kind
to carry over? Yeah? Yeah, so Fight is the one that kind
of started the Red Door. You'll see in the beginning of the video the
our main character goes through the Red Door and then she finds herself in this
the first trauma realm, which is Fight, and then at the end we
see the Red Door again to that will transition into the Freeze trauma realm,
and then at the end of Freeze you see the Red Door again. So
it's gonna transition to another realm. Okay, okay, I like it.
Yeah, so there's a story that's cool. Yeah. I seem to recall
from our previous conversation too, we talked about how part of the I don't
know if you want to I don't know if mission is quite the right way
to put it, but part of what you're trying to do with this band
and with your lyrical content is you know, there's a lot of talking about
uh, people dealing with issues, people dealing with problems and trying to work
through them, and you know, and using your music to try to kind
of reach people that way, you know, not not just be you know,
this loud, heavy band that you know people can enjoy, but but
you really get something out of it that's helpful and useful and applicable in their
lives. And I mean, am I correct about that? Am I remembering
that correctly? Yeah? You're absolutely correct, And that definitely translates into obviously
the newest EP trauma. I wanted to take the trauma responses each one,
fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and I wanted to, Yes,
I wanted to kind of touch on all of those trauma responses and how
someone would react in those trauma responses. But then I also wanted to add
my own trauma that I have gone through. I recently, in December,
was diagnosed with a complex post traumatic stress disorder. So I really wanted to
showcase because I had always dealt with mental health, but I never had dealt
with my own mental health. So I'm finally getting there, and I wanted
to show the world that you know, it's okay to not be okay.
And we all go through trauma and it either come out on the other side
strong or we come out with some sort of mental illness and it's okay.
You are stronger than that and you can heal from that. And how you
deal with what's going on. You should come first in your life. Your
your mental health, your physical health. You should be a priority. So
if you feel like you are not okay, there are resources for you to
reach out to, for you to get help. I mean, we really
need to keep pushing towards that, Like mental health is the most important thing.
So I wanted that to come across in this new EP. Trauma.
Yeah, that's that's great. Do you do you ever hear from people who
listen to your music and they and they they pick up on that and they
uh and they talk to you about it, like about their own trauma.
Yes, So it was really prominent. When I remember back when Breath came
out, we had a lot of people approach us on tour about that because
that one was about mental health and addiction. And I had someone recently,
one of our Bloodline members come forward and talk about like his trauma and how
his mother ended up passing and our music basically got him through that and showed
him that, you know, I'm not alone in this world. There are
people that understand me. And then it led him to reaching out to other
Bloodline members and he ended up getting so integrated in the community that he was
like, you guys really helped me. And that I think that's like our
biggest mission is like to connect people and be like, look, you aren't
alone. People are dealing with what you're dealing with. They may not understand
it, but they want to be there to help you. And it is
just there was has just been so good and so overwhelming, just like it
always has been. And like the continued love and support is just like this
is what we live for. It's just the love and the support. Yeah,
no, that's that's remarkable. I commend you for doing that. Is
it Is it challenging to write lyrics from that perspective or does it? I
don't know if maybe it maybe it comes naturally to you, but you know,
you're dealing with heavy stuff here. Is that is that challenging? It
it? Lately it has been a little challenging, but also I've just always
since I was young, I always wrote poetry, and I always was looking
up like different words and definitions that could describe I was always trying to figure
out like what was going on inside of me. So it was kind of
like a natural ability to put what I was feeling to words. But sometimes
that is that is difficult because as much as you want to like tell people
like, this is what's going on, it is hard to face yourself and
be like, there is something wrong, and it's hard to kind of tell
other people about it. But that's something that I'm working through. But I
mean, at the end of the day, I always tell myself, maybe
this song that I wrote from my perspective will touch somebody else and they'll think
about their perspective and be like, if she can talk about it, I
can talk about it, and I can be seen and I can be heard,
and I can get help and that might, you know, honestly,
save somebody's life. I recently got a semicolon tattoo, because you know,
continue your story. Your story is important no matter who you are, and
maybe somebody someday wants to hear that story and maybe it'll help them. So
just live every day and you never know like the possibilities of the potential that
you truly have. Mm hmmm, yeah, well said you mentioned bloodline members.
What is that? So our little fan base we call them the Bloodline.
We have a song called Bloodline, and that's basically about all of our
fans, Like you guys are the reason why we continue. You're the bloodline.
You pump blood into our hearts and it makes us full and it makes
us want to just continue on. Like our fans are the reason why we
do what we do, because if we didn't have fans, I mean I
don't I love making music, but I don't want to make it for myself.
I want to make it for other people. I want I want other
people to be touched. So we call our fan base the Bloodline. Yeah,
yeah, well that's really cool. Yeah. We have a group on
Facebook that you could join. There's like a couple of questions just to verify
or not like a bot. Yeah, but the community right now, we're
like five hundred and seventy something members strong, and it's a great way for
people to connect, talk about the music, talk about other music, talk
about how they feel. I know a lot of people within the community have
reached out to each other and not only become friends, but also like like
really close friends and borderline family. At this point, everyone's been able to
lean on each other for certain stuff because you know, life goes man and
we know personally, like some of our fans, like their parents have died
or friends have died, and they've gone through something traumatic, whether it's a
diagnosis or something else, and they've always been able to connect in that group,
and we're always there answering the group as well. So it's very cool
to see a community grow not just from like a business perspective, but for
a community like for themselves. Yeah, that's excellent. That is that is
fantastic. I'm really glad you're doing that, and love what you're doing.
Love the music, love the songs, and I love the whole, uh
you know the whole. Like I said, the sort of mission of it
I think is is fantastic. Well, in a moment, we're gonna we're
gonna wrap up and we're gonna play this other track fight. But I also
want to make sure that because you do have a lot going on, what
should people know about how to keep up online with everything that Bullet to the
Heart is doing. In terms of releasing music and playing shows and everything.
What should people know? So the easiest way to keep up with us is
to go to our Facebook page. There's a link tree, and if you
click on that link tree, it will take you everywhere that we are.
We're on Twitch, We're on Patreon, we have a merch store, Apple
Music, Spotify, YouTube. It literally will take you everywhere. It's your
one stop shop on how you can keep up with Bullets of the Heart.
We're most active on Facebook and Instagram. We do have a TikTok and buy
merch. Is the easiest way to support us. Support us getting out to
a show and then subscribing to Patreon because we've got a lot of behind the
scenes that you might be missing out on. Yeah, excellent, excellent,
And I encourage people too, you know, go on YouTube check out the
videos. The videos are really Do you do all that yourselves or do you
have a production team that you work with? The videos are amazing. Yeah,
so I kind of co produced and co direct. I also conceptualize a
lot of this stuff. But we work with a Kash Hans. He's a
pretty big name out in Chicago. He's actually one of my close friends that
I actually work with because I do production work with him as well. Yeah,
but yeah, he just loves making movies man, that that's his goal.
So when we try to do these music videos, it's not just a
music video, it's a cinematic experience. And him and I worked really hard
to like really nail that in. And six has been a great help as
well because he's also got that creative production brain. So when we were doing
something like Freeze, like we had to take take down the music video aspect,
like there's not a lot of playthroughs, there's no drums, there's no
guitar stuff in there. It's just Audrey raw with some cinematic stuff. And
he was very he was a good help with that as well. Yeah,
yeah, no, I encourage people to check those out. They are really
amazing. And so we're gonna end with this track Fight. Anything we should
know about this song specifically, So Fight is just it's about the fight trauma
response. It is in your face, It is you fighting, you ready
to go aggressive, let's go. Yeah Yeah, no, I love it.
I love it well. Thank you both of course, Audrey Queen Drave
and Jason Draven DC. Sorry uh really really wonderful to talk with both of
you today. Like I said, I love what you're doing. Jenny and
I are both big fans. And our friend Miriam was commenting in the chat
room too how much she likes you. So we'll we'll have to do this
again in the near future because you you know, as you're releasing new music
and I love this whole concept with the uh with these tracks. So we're
gonna play this, but I'm gonna let you both go, but thank you
again so much, really appreciate talking with you today. Thank you, thank
you for having us on. Absolutely absolutely well, we'll talk soon, all
right, Okay, take care, bye bye bye. All right. That
is Audrey Queen and Draven d C and their band Bullet to the Heart.
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