1.Growing Up
I wasn’t really particularly interested in music growing up. My parents weren’t musicians, but they were and still are big music lovers. My dad used to listen to everything from classic pop to jazz to classical to modern hits at the time. He would play a wide variety of music around our house every day, which is probably where I was exposed to the variety of genres that I’m influenced by today.
2.Inspirations
I’m influenced by so much music it’s always hard to remember and list them out. But some of my biggest ones are a lot of ’70s/early ’80s funk; ’60s blues/rock; Prince; Jimi Hendrix; Earth, Wind & Fire; Buddy Guy; Led Zeppelin.
3.Your Band
I’m a multi-instrumentalist solo artist from Melbourne. I write, play all the instruments, record and produce all my music in my bedroom studio under the name Harts.
4.The Music You Make
The music I make is a blend of many musical genres and styles that I love. I guess it’s a blend of funk, rock, blues, psychedelic pop and soul. My music has also caught the attention of many artists I look up to, including music legends like Prince and Quincy Jones.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
It’s tough these days and there’s a lot of music and musicians out there. One of the biggest obstacles in music for me is exposure and finding/growing my audience. I feel because the music I make doesn’t exactly cleanly fit into an existing genre or scene, I’m building a new audience for it from scratch. It’s awesome, but hard work.
Harts is playing at Frankie’s Pizza onThursday February 26.
