Today we’d like to introduce you to Micah Cadwell, George Kotler-Wallace, Michael Dana and Billy Gewin.
Micah, George, Michael, Billy, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
Michael Dana (percussion) and I (Micah (guitar)) have been playing music together since 2001. After meeting, the sonic alchemist, George Kotler-Wallace (pedal steel/5-string electric banjo-caster/lap steel/loops/ dulcimer hammers/effects/noises/etc…) in 2016, we decided to try something new and experimental.
After 2 rehearsals, we recorded our album live. Our first album, “Antediluvian Blues”, was released at the end of last year. Billy Gewin (bass) joined our band in April of 2018. He’s a fine musician and human being.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
Our drummer came up with the term “acid Americana,” which we all feel is a fairly accurate description of what we’re playing. We have been called “Hawaiian music on peyote,” “jazz musicians sitting in with Explosions in the Sky,” and “the lost soundtrack to a David Lynch film.” I like to think we sound like a supercomputer dreaming, but that’s lofty and extremely pretentious. We also have that “spaghetti western” thing going for us, we’re sort of “lasagna western.”
Someone told me, after a gig, that our music sounded like “art being sketched with sound.” That was a huge compliment and I have made that a goal to live up to moving forward. I just hope that our listeners like it as much as we do.
Our album artwork was done by an AMAZING local artist named Kelli Kramer. She’s the sort of artist that can “mess around” on her laptop and change the way that you see the world around you. She’s beyond inspiring. When I mentioned to her that I have an affection for early cartography and seafaring, she sent over a few possible covers. Her work needs to be seen. Check her out! Antediluvian means “before the flood.” Our album roughly translates to “prehistoric blues.” That’s what I think we sound like.
The sterotype of a starving artist scares away many potentially talented artists from pursuing art – any advice or thoughts about how to deal with the financial concerns an aspiring artist might be concerned about?
Keep working! Passion means long hours and terrible pay. Play shows, be nice to people, be honest with yourself. Sometimes you can’t drive across the country to play a show for no money. That doesn’t make sense. Being in a band/touring/recording/rehearsing has to work for you and your family; you have to be practical.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Our album was released on glaciersingers.bandcamp.com. We will be remixing the record and (hopefully) releasing it on vinyl by the end of the year. Also, facebook.com/glaciersingers has all of our comings-and-goings.
Contact Info:
- Website: facebook.com/glaciersingers
- Email: glaciersingers@gmail.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/glaciersingers
- Facebook: facebook.com/glaciersingers
Image Credit:
Danielle Jenkins Thompson
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