Gaslight Perspective on Jonestown
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We are excited to share Gaslight's new track "Jonestown"! Our goal at SongBlog is to highlight outstanding new music and give you a peek at the artist’s world behind the music. In this blog we get a chance to sit down with Gaslight to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Jonestown". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Gaslight anything!
What is your overarching goal as an artist?

I create therefore I am so there the only goal is to create
Do you have one main reason driving you to continue making music?

To escape a world that I can't relate to
Name three artists you’d like to be compared to.

Jim Morrison (a live version of course) Soundgarden Stone Temple Pilots
Which mediums of art do you most identify with?

I like anything that is of a quality of the rembrandt era
What is the most significant lesson you've learned through being an artist?

the only person that cares about my music is me
What is your favorite work of art?

The sistine chapel
How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?

Interesting
Has being an artist made your life lonely? How do you counteract this?

Yes you just accept it and learn to live with it
How have your other passions reinforced your process of making music?

I like bodyboarding in 6ft waves it reminds me of the creative process of creating art
What jobs have you done other than being an artist?

Steelworker
If you could alter the music industry in any way, what would you change and why?

I would get rid of all the parasites that dont create music
What role do you believe the artist has in our society?

I believe we are the nerve endings to society
What is the most memorable response you've had to your work?

When 40,000 people sang my song with me at a protest rally in Melbourne in 2021
What is your favorite way of sharing your music?

playing it live
What do you want people to feel when they listen to your music?

Changed
How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?

Disturbing
What themes do you explore throughout your music?

loss and desolation
At what moment in your life did you decide to become an artist / performer?

I didn't it chose me