Interview with Kieran Brannon and Gabriel Gelle of Morsrot




By Mick Michaels





COSMICK VIEW: Hello, Kieran and Gabriel! Welcome to The Cosmick View. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to chat with me, it's greatly appreciate
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CV: What do you feel is a real game changer for an artist or band when it comes to their career in the modern music industry? Is it something they do, or say, or achieve…?
Kieran Brannon: Personally, I think that playing live is still the best way to succeed. It serves to bring joy to both the artist and listener. If the music is pure and not made to sell, it will reach people on a spiritual level. Considering if it has no substance, it'll be nothing more than a passing number 1 hit that everyone forgets about in two years...I don't consider that success.

CV: Years ago, it was said that video killed the radio star. Has social media killed what was left in your opinion?
Gabriel Gellel: I wouldn't necessarily say that, but I wouldn't say it exactly helped...it's a bit of a double-edged sword in that sense. It gave opportunities to small artists who may not be professionally recognized to be making good music but may be doing something that would appeal to people subjectively and social media gives them a platform to take that chance. But it’s also given those same people a lot of competition and while some may look at it as being "the more the merrier," I feel it's kept a lot of talented people under wraps.

CV: With the world now being post-COVID, how have things changed for you as an artist? Has a new music industry really emerged in its wake as many are saying? What are your thoughts?
Gabriel: Where I am from, and I’m sure many other places, it has left people wanting more in terms of live shows, so emerging into the scene has gotten rid of a lot of snobbiness in the community because people will go to any show, they can get tickets for just based on that fact alone. I wouldn't say the music industry has taken a sharp turn but like many other industries, it's left its impact as well. Working from home has given people more time to listen to and maybe even write music. Fuck knows how many riffs I've churned out just waiting to leave my home in quarantine. But from where I'm standing the industry hasn't much shifted from where people left it.

CV: If you knew the pandemic was coming, what would you have done differently as an artist to prepare?
Gabriel: We hadn't formed as Morsrot at the time but if we had, one thing we would have definitely double down on is social media presence...realistically that's all we would have been left with in terms of connection with people who are following our career as a band. Live shows would be out the window but writing music and interactions with our fans can still be there even if it is digitally. There's no real way you can prepare for something like a pandemic, I can't think of anything that I would've changed about my approach to it even if I had known...it doesn't really matter. It is what it is, and you cross each bridge when you come to it.

CV: Do you believe bands and artists who make the biggest impact on fans,as well as other artists, are really ever aware that they are? Or do you think it’s more like a tunnel vision sort of existence for them, where they’re somewhat in the dark? Do you think such artists can actually see past their own work to even know the ripples they make on others?
Gabriel: I think it depends on the artist. Certain genres tend to have more artists that do put thought into how a song is going to be received by the public. I personally wouldn't do that, because I believe if you're writing what you want it can never be a waste of time or money, someone is bound to like it. As for musicians who create that ripple organically, I believe a realization like that comes with time and it can either go to your head or you can see it for what it is and appreciate it, which a lot of respected artists do. If you are truly making that impact, it's impossible to live in the dark even if you wanted to.

CV: Does music need to be influential to be considered worth listening to in your opinion? Or can music simply be just an enjoyable auditory experience devoid of substance?
Gabriel: Music was never made with the intention of being influential or changing the world and bands that set out with that intention focused on the wrong things in my opinion. Music has one sole purpose and that is to spark emotion through self-expression, be it sadness, excitement, or anger, it doesn't matter, one can never be better than the other. Even music I don’t get anything out of or find entertaining I respect most of the time because it’s doing what it was meant to do for someone else. You know some of it is total shit but even then, it can get a smile out of me, so it serves some purpose.

CV: What do you consider “being relevant” is when discussing how artists and bands should present themselves to the public? Does relevance translate into success in your opinion? In addition, what do you feel an artist can do right now to stay relevant?
Gabriel: Being "relevant" is just some bullshit buzzword idiots use to insult other artists on social media. It's not the point of music in my opinion. I couldn’t give less of a shit about how “relevant” an artist is because it’s empty and artificial. If the music is good, it's good. One musician can write the most insane piece of music and be dead for 70 years and lose mainstream "relevance" and some guy struggling to put words together can be "relevant" for 3 weeks and be forgotten about. Can you guess who still gets praise? Write what you love, the rest will come.

CV: As an artist, what do you see as being your biggest lesson learned? And what type of impact has that lesson had on you as a person and your career?
Gabriel: My biggest lesson learned through my career would be my answer to the last question. I can’t stress enough how much that shit means to me and music as a whole. I think we'd be better off if people could look past all the bullshit that comes with being a career musician and focus on what really matters.

CV: What’s next? What can fans expect to see coming from you?
Gabriel: What's next is music and that will always be my answer to that question. In whatever shape or form it comes in one thing that will always be a constant from us is music we enjoy writing and playing.

CV: Thank you again Kieran and Gabriel for spending some time talking and sharing with our readers. It was a pleasure. I wish you all the best and continued success.

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