AMOGH RAO
Lucy Rose
We had a chat with the singer-songwriter about her music, what she is inspired by, about her
India trip and more.
Tell us about the kind of music you play.
I guess I play country, folk, singer-songwriter styles of music
with a little twist of soul in there.
What inspires your music?
Everything that is around me. Even this conversation with
you in a way, these questions. Everything that makes you
think in general, books, films. I guess it’s hard to know what
filters through and what doesn’t filter through when it comes
to song writing.
How has your trip been in India? What has been your best
moment?
The whole trip has been the best so far. I guess meeting the
fans after the gig. Playing the gig is always amazing but
meeting the people and interacting with those that open up
to me and tell me why music is important to them or what
they’re thinking about. That’s great.
What role do you think technology plays in today’s music?
I think technology plays a huge role in music. Good and bad
I think. The great thing is you can make an album anywhere
you want, in your bedroom even. Technology has got so
much better that you don’t really need to have an expensive
studio. I recorded in the producer Tim’s living room, which
is amazing. Although the bad thing is that you rely on it too
much. Like why play the drums on the record when you can
program it to sound perfectly right, and I feel like you tend
to lose human emotion and feel that you get when musicians
play together.
What’s your message to singer-songwriters and readers of
the magazine?
The most important thing is the song, more than anything.
You don’t need to have a voice that is necessarily perfect.
Some of my favorite voices are like Neil Young and Nico,
and maybe if they were on X Factor or any of these talent
programs you know what would happen. It’s really about the
song and connecting people through your writing so just keep
practicing, be determined and don’t lose faith.
What do you think is your unique selling point?
My unique selling point is that I don’t have any. I don’t enter
that world where I really need to sell my music or myself. I
find it every hard to think of myself as a product or a brand
that I must sell to make money, cause that’s not why I’m here
or why I make music. I just want to make people happy with
music.
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