THE
WILD
FAMILY
MUSIC
“EMPTY PROMISES”
(A sample of lyrics from “Empty Promises,” the
single from The Wild Family’s debut EP, written by
Graham Young from personal experiences.)
“Life stolen right from my hands
You had me caring and I
didn’t stand a chance
And I left my love down at your feet
And it ruined me, it ruined me
Now you’re alone and I’m alone
So what the hell are we doing
And your alone and I’m alone
So what the hell are we proving”
soundtrack.” He said he went through
some “bad music decisions” until
discovering The Beatles in middle
school when his tastes changed.
just comes along with it. After you’ve
written the songs, you want them to
be heard. I play guitar, drum kit, and a
bit of piano here and there,” Jake said.
“My parents aren’t very musically
inclined, although they can both sort
of sing. Aside from my parents, Uncle
Chuck was the man. He introduced my
brother and me to most of the music we
listened to throughout high school.”
Band members said their favorite
part of being performers is “the actual
experience of playing the music in
different spaces, venues, areas, etc.”
Jake said the performing element never
really was a driving force, rather “the unexplainable need to just be the best we
possibly could be, and that meant a lot
of practice and performance. Later on,
I personally discovered the reward that
came from writing songs, and that’s what
I really love to do. It’s the most satisfying
way of expressing myself. Performing
Jake added, that “Lately I’ve been pretty
inspired to create something, and I
have a feeling any material from this
point on or at least in the near future
will have a little bit more depth and
meaning. I’d say probably for every
50 hours spent trying to write, I’ll get
maybe one song I’m satisfied with. I don’t
think I have a particular type of genre
I really love to write. I try not to lock
myself in with that. I just prefer to write
the music that feels right at the time.”
Jake said “The Wild Family” has played
quite a few local shows in the past year, and
a few out of state. “We’ve done a lot of great
venues: Schubas, Metro, Subterannean,
SPACE, all the good ones. We are hopefully
going to get down to SXSW and possibly
go on an east coast tour, and probably
head down to Nashville at some point.
“Up to this point we have only self-released, which has been pretty cool,” said
Jake, adding that it “would be great to
get on a label just to get some support in
distribution and press and all that jazz.
Right now we are currently being managed
by Movers&Shakers management team.
It’s been great to work with them thus far
and we look forward to what lies ahead.” f
Sharon Sperling
Elsner Realty
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Sharon was the recipient of the
2013 Quality Service Award.
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