Stephen's music links:
Frozen Factory streaming: songwhip.com/frozen-factory
Frozen Factory IG: / frozenfactorymusic
Frozen Factory FB: / frozenfactorymusic
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Stephen's Harmony Tracks interview
1. Who are you, and what do you do?
Hi all! I’m Stephen, and I’m a singer and guitarist who’s originally from the UK, although Finland has been my home for years! Happily, I’m employed as a creative at Genelec, where I focus on copywriting; a job I’ve wanted for a long time. It’s an honour to contribute to the uplifting and community-driven energy burst that is Genelec Harmony Tracks. It's also a delight to cross my work over into the realm of music making - which has been a passion of mine since my teens. To hear more music from me, you can check out Frozen Factory, where I’m co-writer and lead vocalist.
2. Can you tell us about your usual creative process?
I usually start my creative process by finding a theme that interests me and a decent metaphor for that theme. I mostly get those from having conversations, reading news articles or listening to demo music. After that, if the song didn't already have music, I’ll get myself to a guitar! With a little improvisation and imagination, the basis will usually come together. For finalising lyrics, I’ll often shut myself away in a quiet room and re-work my ideas until I’m completely happy.
3. How did you apply your creative process to this Harmony Tracks challenge?
This was a classic case of me running to the guitar and playing it out. Actually, ’The Peak’ is a song that’s lived with me for some years already - with various details coming and going - yet I never finalised it or shared it beyond a few friends, until now. For Harmony Tracks, I decided to re-focus on this song, and I found the missing pieces by sitting with my guitar and working with the lyrics in peace - the usual thing!
4. What is behind your choice of sound and what fed your inspiration?
Because of the way I create music, and my limited production skills, I felt that sticking to vocals accompanied by acoustic guitar would result in the most honest form of music I could make. I took a somewhat playful approach to singing the song, adding non-lexical vocables (nonsense sounds) to the chorus, which is something I like to do here and there. I also did some basic claps, clicks and taps with my hands. I remember the day I wrote the first parts of ‘The Peak’; I was thinking about how young people always face an uncertain future and how important it is to show them encouragement and build their self-esteem right from the start.
5. What advice do you have for others about to create their Harmony Track?
At first, I thought "I want to make a big production for this.", but I soon realised that’s not really me. I’m extremely happy that I decided to do what comes more naturally to me instead. So, I would say that, for Harmony Tracks, it’s good to be comfortable with the essence of your sound and not to try and reach for what you always wished you could record. What you can do already is more than enough! We want to hear how you sound today!
6. Do you have a nice memory of Genelec you would like to share with us?
Genelec has been my workplace for nearly three years, and when I started it really opened up my eyes to see how a global business can be successfully run on passion, expertise and kindness, with genuine respect for the environment and wider community. That’s been a comforting thing to learn, and I hope more businesses will adopt this way of doing things.
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