Interview with Ireland's Stone Sea

June 08, 2020

Interview with Ireland's Stone Sea

By Mick Michaels

The Cosmick View: Hello, and welcome to The Cosmick View/MBM Ten Pounder! Thanks for taking some time to chat with us!
Stone Sea: Hi, thank you so much for having us!

CV: Describe your definition of the band’s sound and style and how does that definition uniquely describe the music?
SS: We could describe us as an Alternative Rock band that blends elements of Stoner Rock with World Music. But definitions like that are always too limited when it comes to describing music, there are many more layers of rhythms and emotions in it...

CV: Today, everyone talks about artist and audience connection. Is such a level of connection actually achievable for an artist and if so, how have you made the connection to your fans?
SS: It is achievable for sure. The best way of finding this connection is simply being sincere to what we are, to our music and how we want to deliver and express it. There’s no point on trying to be something else rather than what you are. People are dragged by authenticity, including us.

CV: Is fan interaction an important part of the band’s inner culture?
SS: To be honest we’re mostly introverts, so it took us a while to not be over thinking too much about how to connect and talk to our public on stage, social media etc. But it’s great to do it though because every human being has something new to show. Overall, human connection is great for the development of anyone, but there’s a special value when the person appreciates your art, it means they understand you in another language.

CV: Can a band truly interact with its fans and still maintain a level of personal privacy without crossing the line and giving up their “personal space” in your opinion?
SS: It is a bit tricky sometimes because on stage, social media or anywhere you show yourself as a band or a “public figure” you do give a part of yourself away for people to interact with, that will probably be judged somehow. If you act towards an audience they will technically be in the right to react to you. But there’s a way, yes, especially if “common sense” is applied.

CV: Is music, and its value, viewed differently around the world in your opinion? If so, what do you see as the biggest difference in such multiple views among various cultures?
SS: Oh yes, there’s a difference in viewing the value of music from generation to generation, culture to culture, person to person. It isn’t something negative though, that just shows how useful and vast can music be from one another.

Biggest difference among all would be between the ones who use music for religious rituals and others who use music to get totally wasted. You see, you might have the representative of each situation saying “put your hands up”, but in a totally different way.

CV: Has modern-day digital technology made everyone an artist on some level in your opinion? Have the actual lines of what really is an artist been blurred?
SS: Yes and no, it depends on how it’s used. We believed technology is here to help us improve and make things easier to deal with. Of course there are a lot of people leaning on these available tools to create patterns of chords making songs they didn’t actually create. To us that’s not really creativity, it sounds more like a collage, which could be considered art, yes, but the true value of art is hidden in emotions, you can’t get that from machines.

CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets them?
SS: The difference is basically between “being” and “wanting to be”. You may find who is who if you find originality or not in their sound.

CV: Has music overall been splintered into too many sub-genres in an effort to appease fan tastes in your opinion? And has such fan appeasements, in actuality, weakened music’s impact as a whole by dividing audiences?
SS: We believe that artists are naturally creating new genres but not necessarily to appease a certain audience, in fact not even thinking about it. In our heads, the ones who actually divide artists by sub-genres are the audience and not the artists themselves. The idea of being an artist of a certain genre limits a lot the creativity.

CV: What can fans expect to see coming next from you?
SS: Strength, submission, stability and fluctuation in waveforms.

CV: Thanks again for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.
SS: Not a bother, thank you so much for having us, once again!

Check out Stone Sea at:
Bandcamp: https://musicstonesea.bandcamp.com/
MusicGlue: https://www.musicglue.com/stonesea

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stoneseamusic

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My name is Mick Michaels...I'm an artist, music fan, songwriter, producer, dreamer and guitarist for the traditional Heavy Metal band Corners of Sanctuary. Writing has always been a creative outlet for me; what I couldn't say in speech, I was able to do with the written word. Writing has given me a voice and a way for me to create on a multitude of platforms including music and song, articles, independent screenplays, books and now, artist interviews. The Cosmick View is an opportunity to raise the bar and showcase artists in a positive and inspirational light. For me, it's another out-of-this-world adventure.