Interview with the Pop Rock Band A Brave Face

February 10, 2023

Interview with the Pop Rock Band A Brave Face

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?
A Brave Face: A Brave Face is a Pop/Rock band from Albany, NY. We like to describe ourselves as a relaxing pool of water with something emotional lying just below the surface. A friend of ours described listening to our music as like taking a relaxing drive up the coast. We are cool with either take.

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?
A Brave Face: As a new band your audience tends to be a lot smaller, making it easier to achieve that connection whether at a small show or online. We can imagine that that becomes harder to do on the personal level as you become a better known band. Yes you have the ability to reach more people, bit one could argue that personal connection gets harder to make, leading to you having to connect through the music instead of around it.

CV: Is fan interaction an important part of the band’s inner culture?
A Brave Face: It’s very important; we are people watchers…observers of the human condition. It intrigues us, seeing how people handle there own struggles how they overcome them. It inspires us.

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?
A Brave Face: Not that we have anything near a level of fame to have to worry about this yet, so our opinions might change but we feel that’s the trade. When you create for society, to put your art out there whatever it maybe you give up a little bit of that privacy. When you create for society and society sees you, you can’t get mad at it you’re the one that put yourself out there. It becomes almost obligatory to give up some of your privacy.

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?
A Brave Face: We think music and its value can be viewed differently by people in the same household, so it would stand to reason that it definitely has different value to different people all over the world.

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?
A Brave Face: We think that commercial appeal would have a bigger sway over an audiences decision to see an artist or band or not. Where they come from or how far they travel for shows probably wouldn’t matter too most if they’ve got no idea who the band is.

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?
A Brave Face: Maybe not blurred, because you still have to have some form of talent. We think it’s just opened up the ability for people to call themselves artist. People who didn’t think they would have that accessibility to fans now find them at their finger tips.

CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets them?
A Brave Face: It's just a matter of the level of fame. Beyonce could wear a garbage bag on stage and people would be running to their pantries to grab one. We could do the same and people would think we are crazy. Again, not comparing musical talent here, just level of fame.

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?
A Brave Face: We try not to delve to much into sub-genre categorizing, not that it hurts the impact of the music more so maybe it’ll hurt the turn out to a show. If you got one sub-genre band playing on one end of town and another at the other end, but both are the same or similar genre why not do the show together and pool your fans.

CV: What can fans expect to see coming next from you?
A Brave Face: We have a just piano/vocal version of our debut EP coming out early this year, and a couple singles we are recording for a spring release.

CV: Thanks again for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.

Check out A Brave Face at:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/abravefaceband
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086926767582&mibextid=ZbWKwL
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/20XCNtQgp3rHHHijAmYyh7?si=6NZHiIyVQx6_tFuV_yHhWA
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@abravefaceband

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My name is Mick Michaels...I'm an artist, music fan, songwriter, producer, show host, 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.