They say your voice is not heard … and it’s funny because my songs are about other people mostly. What is the mindset behind this approach? What effect does it help you achieve?īisi: Right now, our current cultural moment is a lot about personal voice. RB: I found it interesting too that while most songwriters prefer to speak from experience, writing about themselves or their feelings, you on the other hand tend to write about people and concepts you find interesting. There was a perceived ‘lawlessness,’ which I liked. You can kind of take over the city, you can take over the streets. I went down to the occupation at City Hall, and I was helping supplies and stuff and it was a fantastic time because the constraints of society had loosened. I was really engaged in Black Lives Matter protests like every day, practically. What does this mean to you? What were you hoping to achieve with this collection of stories?īisi: It’s not a pandemic record … but ultimately, that did kind of happen because there was a lot of time by myself. RB: Feral Myths advertises itself as having ‘tales of the wild state, of New York heroes and villains and random paranormal encounters. I knew I wanted to get back to talk about more specific personal experiences. With the previous two solo records of mine, I got more into … broad social concepts and very existential stuff about religion and even a song about human sacrifice. I’m always asking myself, ‘Well, what am I really talking about?’ I knew in the back of my mind that I wanted to get back into more narrative songwriting. Martin Bisi: ‘I think with all with all my records, and maybe even entire songs, I don’t necessarily have the end picture in mind. What was the initial catalyst behind this project? Ryan Bieber: So you have this new solo LP Feral Myths. *This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Martin Bisi’s latest project explores ‘tales of the wild state, of New York heroes and villains and random paranormal encounters.Ĭontributing writer for NYS Music, Ryan Bieber, sat down with Bisi to discuss his recent project and the meaning behind his music.
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