Goth Soul Perspective on True Love Will Find You In the End
To provide a community where independent and alternative folks can find meaning in their lives through love of alt rock music/postpunk/goth aligned with pagan and indigeneous belief systems which embrace diversity.
Songwriting is how we process the world and live music is our interface with that world. Otherwise, we would be consumerist hermits ordering too much on Amazon to fill a void.
Not to take rejection too personally. All we can do is improve based on feedback and as long as we keep our ego in check and really listen to what people want, we don't see why a strategic approach won't lead to success.
Type O'Negative. Sisters of Mercy. The Cure. They are/were independent creatives that didn't feel the need to fit into a little bucket and are trail blazers.
Well it would be strange if we didn't say music.
Being willing to operate out of the box to create something unique and personal and handle the social ostraciziation and stigma that comes with it (unless yourself in an artists bubble)
Very lonely and very misunderstood. We're not good at marketing and we seem to always fall short of actually conveying who we really are. It's like the pandemic never ended for us. We channel that into our songwriting and use it as the vehicle to create a community.
Being ok with rejection. When you aim high, you will get a lot of rejection and heckling and all manner of insults. You learn not to ignore it, but have empathy for those that are on the attack and most of the time, it's not really about you and it's more about them and unresolved trauma.
Matt is a former tenured Mathematics Professor. Founded a tech company valued at 63M and raised more than 10 million in capital. Wall street and silicon valley technical jobs as an analyst.
I don't really think the music industry exists anymore. It's really just some massively consolidated supply chain for a few exceptionally lucky people. I wouldn't call that an industry. What is there to sell? I do think there is an event management industry and I think there is a fashion industry and those are were the opportunities lie.
To challenge the consensus and contempory narratives. To take us into another world and explore different parts of ourselves. To unite us. These are commonly said. What I don't think people hear enough of is that artists are really the antithesis of AI and the role of the artist is to make people realize that AI can never be more than a fancy database search query.
Money by Pink Floyd. Proves you can do weird time signatures and get away with it. Musicians being musicians and being commercially successful. How many get to say that?
Size of community meaningfully engaging with us - not bots, or promoters trying to bleed us. Not even likes on social media. I would limit it to ticket sales, but I think in our case, community activities exist beyond the live concerts.
Just giving instead of saying "hey look at me mom, juggling while playing the bagpipes and the guitar at the same time".
authentic, bold, punctual
That they are not alone in their struggles
Praticising safe hex in a gothic mansion house
I'd end my life as that seems like an absurd existence.
I like the dark. It has lots of attitude.
Dimebag Darryl.
Postpunk infused alternative rock and heavy metal. Gothy but not classic goth rock.
The unfair and unjust aspects of love, life and death. It all feels like someone is cheating me.
it's postpunk and I would put that under alt rock and ultimately rock.
