1. What has been one of the most memorable career achievements so far as an artist and how did that impact you moving forward?
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Easily Interstellar 2022, last August. It was easily my biggest booking to date and biggest crowd. They had switched things around last minute and told me a few hours before that my set was being cut from 45 mins to 30 mins, and with a slight time change. A couple of stressful hours later and I had trimmed my planned set and I was ready to go. As I was opening my set, Ravenscoon was playing mainstage. I started my set with only a handful of people in the crowd but by the end of it, it was packed and the energy was immense. It was really at this moment that I thought maybe I shouldn’t give up.
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2. What has been a personal career struggle that you have battled with the most and how has it helped mold your character for the better good presently?
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This one is easy! Honestly I’ve always felt a little distant from the scene, the “in kids.” I don’t have A LOT of free time so I can’t go to a lot of shows, fests, events and network. And I’ve always kept slightly to myself. So I would feel this envy and jealousy seeing my peers get picked up for all these lineups and labels. I wouldn’t even get any inquiries for bookings. I didn’t understand and would get discouraged, but I hated myself for having these feelings. I would try to write the “hot” genre or sound, sometimes for the worse. Eventually I got tired of the race and just started writing what I want to write, and mentally I improved as well. I still struggle with those negative thoughts sometimes, but the fact that I can recognize and catch them is improvement.
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3. Being an artist in the spotlight, you have a continuously growing impact on your fanbase and the scene. Due to the nature of this, have you had any fan interactions that have particularly hit home for you as an artist and why?
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The ones that hit me up and tell me I’ve helped them through dark times…. those really hit home to me. I honestly can’t believe sometimes that something that I created can touch people emotionally. I’ve always been big on empathy so just the fact that I can help people like that… it’s what I’ve always wanted as an artist. It’s why I LOVE Kid Cudi and Linkin Park. Their music helped me through so much and for me to hear that my music is doing the same for others? I get chills!
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4. What’s next for your project? What plans do you have in the near future that you hope to accomplish as “Feelmonger”?
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Music, music, and more music. And maybe some shows in between there. My head is bursting with all these ideas and sadly I don’t have enough time to get them all out. So my 5 year plan is to be able to support my family and I SOLELY through music so I can focus all my energies on it. That’s the broad plan. More specifically, I’d love to be able to go on my own tour with my own production/visuals/choice of openers, the whole 9 yards
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