Interview with the Band Faded Shades (UK)
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!
CV: Describe your
definition of the band’s sound and style and how does that definition
uniquely describe the music?
Faded Shades: The definition
of our music is soultastic, orgasimic, crazy shit.
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?
Faded Shades: Nah…people’s
attention spans is too short for connection these days. You have a three second
window to impress and it’s too short to engage with them. It’s much easier to
log onto Pornbub for a quick serotonin hit.
CV: Is fan interaction
an important part of the band’s inner culture?
Faded Shades: Yes for sure.
We love any interaction. The more insulting the better to be honest, because
most interaction is so beige and boring. We entertain any form of criticism
with the same level as any form of praise.
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?
Faded Shades: No not really.
It’s all about selling your soul. You have to constantly post meaningless
content rather than putting out a more is less vibe. A band ultimately wants to
make manful music, we don’t want to be influencers or nob heads for click bait,
but it doesn’t matter. You have to stoop to the lowest form of Tik Tok
silliness to even trigger algorithms. The music doesn’t seem to even matter.
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?
Faded Shades: I think South
America still has a decent definition and appreciation for actual artist
content rather than cheap social media tricks. I wish we could turn off the
internet and go back to the 90’s personally. People, art, relationships seemed
to mean more growing up. Now the technology comes first.
CV: Do you feel that a
band that has an international appeal, will tend to connect more so to American
audiences? Would they be more enticed or intrigued to see the band over
indigenous acts because of the foreign flavor?
Faded Shades: English rock n
roll will always sell I think. We get the highest streams in USA and would most
like to tour there. So it’s in our favor to impress yanks. Plus a tour in an RV
would be incredible; I don’t think we would ever come home.
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?
Faded Shades: Oh for sure.
It’s made it so hard to be noticed because you are competing with every bedroom
artist. False belief and support for people with no talent for comedic values
damages true artists. The whole music industry seems to have turned into
audition stages of X factor, where you only watch for the laughs and melt downs
rather than finding any value. Humanity as a whole is living in a stale age of
easy gags rather than finding any sustenance to actually live by.
CV: How would you
describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets
them?
Faded Shades: People who set
trends do not make it anymore, unfortunately. You have to follow suite and
become a social media pawn. All of my favorite artists would never make it in
today’s music industry because you are so heavily judged on click bait style
algorithms. It’s just a front with zero soul and so many decent artists go to
waste over pleasing a failed system…terrible time to be in a band,
unfortunately.
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?
Faded Shades: Divided
audience is just proof that people still crave new music. The people at the top
should stop idolizing soccer mum shit like George Ezra and invest in actual
musicians again. People used to mock the Simon Cowell style of selecting the
next star, now everyone actively follows creations and pop sensations who are
just manufactured idiots. So many people enjoy watching the Beatles documentary
but have no interest in discovering or supporting the net big band. It’s a sad
state of affairs and one I hope underground indie will change.
CV: What can fans
expect to see coming next from you?
Faded Shades: We have new
music out now and a new single releasing next week! Stay up to date with our
moves via the handle @fadedshadesband.
CV: Thanks again
for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.
Check out Faded Shades at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FadedShadesBand/
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