Following on from our critiques of Xavier Toscano’s newest singles, ‘Rain‘, ‘The Metropolis Mentioned‘, and ‘Increase Increase (Goes My Coronary heart)‘, we took the chance to talk to the person himself.
When and the way did you start your music journey?
I suppose you’ll be able to say that my music profession started once I was 6 years outdated and I immediately knew that it was what I needed to do with my life. Ever since then I’ve all the time been drawn to music, performing, and trend.
All three songs, “Increase Increase (Goes My Coronary heart),” “The Metropolis Mentioned,” and “Rain,” are part of a full size challenge, X Marks The Spot. What does this album imply to you? What’s the principal message you wish to convey to your followers?
This album represents for me, a leveling up. A extra grown-up sound from my final challenge. Whereas nonetheless true to my love of pop, I integrated a extra mature sound together with protecting it true to my really feel good model. I feel on this album I went a bit of deeper to discover my interior self. Whether or not it was to specific myself about love, inspiration, a great time, or making love.
What a part of this challenge is most particular to you?
Making the music movies. That’s when the songs come to life. It’s also the toughest a part of the method, there may be a lot extra concerned. So many items and those who have to return collectively to make it occur, however it’s so thrilling and energizing to be challenged that method. The one factor higher than that’s truly performing the songs stay.
What was your songwriting course of like for these songs? How was it comparable or completely different every time?
I exploit the music to take me the place I must go. It all the time begins with a musical thought, then a observe, then the lyrics. It goes like this 99% of the time.
What was your favourite a part of creating these three music movies? Was there one particularly that resonated most along with your album’s general message?
I feel my favorite half was creating music movies for songs that have been very completely different! That was the problem, that I didn’t have an precise system. It might be unhealthy so far as branding, however I like the concept that you might watch all three movies in a row and never be bored by saying that they appear and sound the identical. I wish to imagine that the album is that very same method, that it differs by way of sound, track by track. That it will maintain a listener with out having a stagnant sound.
Who/what evokes your challenge(s)?
Pop music is my musical love. I like good hooks, snappy music, and parts of shock, which is what I feel pop music is finest by way of why it’s so fascinating. A superb pop track surprises you and strikes in instructions that you just didn’t fairly anticipate. Whether or not it does that with intelligent lyrics or an fascinating instrumentation and association.
How did creating these music movies help in your inventive progress?
I imagine that to be able to really develop you need to push your self very arduous. In any other case you’re doing the identical issues again and again. I pushed myself to my restrict by way of the visuals I needed, and I took the time to actually suppose arduous about costuming, scenes, lighting, and many others. I attempted to be overly detailed, and I imagine that each video taught me one thing completely different about my craft. Therein lies the expansion.
Are you able to clarify a few of your video ideas & how they fashioned? How has trend and popular culture impacted your movies?
For “Increase Increase…” and “The Metropolis Mentioned”, I knew I needed to focus on San Francisco, so I did that, whereas additionally specializing in my sense of favor. I prefer to suppose that I’ve a vibrant, assured, but traditional look so far as trend goes. I like an city, industrial, and stylish look, and I really feel each of these movies replicate that. For “Rain”, I wish to impress upon the viewers that you might want to get very misplaced in your personal world, and that’s what you might want to do to be able to attain your targets.
Are there any favorite recollections out of your pre-production that made your shoot particular?
It’s so humorous that you just ask that. Each track idea appears to seep into the ambiance of the shoot. It actually does! For example, with “The Metropolis Mentioned”, all of us had this somber robust angle, whereas with “Increase Increase…” we had a blast on set! “Rain” additionally had a really severe really feel to it on set. Since “Increase Increase (Goes My Coronary heart)” was a a enjoyable track, I had such an exquisite time with my dancers. I imply, we laughed and performed like little children. That was superior!
What new relationships did you develop from this course of (if any), and if not, maybe was there a brand new relationship fashioned to your self? Your music?
I feel creating music, particularly when you write your personal lyrics and also you provide you with your video ideas, means that you’re giving up nice components of your self for others to have. It actually implies that you make your self susceptible by presenting your child to the world and also you’re gonna hear a number of opinions about it. Web criticism has solely made me stronger. In fact my relationships with my collaborators will get stronger with every challenge and the belief deepens. However my relationship with myself has developed in that I’ve better confidence, I see the following new tasks as issues I can positively accomplish. That stated, I’ve to push myself even additional on the following ones so I don’t really feel bored!
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