{"id":181680,"date":"2021-08-11T20:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T01:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=181680"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:00:20","slug":"i-forgot-to-be-profound-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/i-forgot-to-be-profound-today\/","title":{"rendered":"I forgot to be profound today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the origin of this song?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was tired of putting on airs for this big world that expects so much from us &#8211; as workers, as women, as performers. In order to keep my visa in so-called Australia I have to work full-time as a writer at an ad agency and I often just feel this blanket of exhaustion of like, how am I supposed to function as so many people in one day? On one hand I must commute and dress well and perform to the standards the corporation requires, then tonight I must sing in key, and in between I must be interesting &#8211; to lovers, to the world. <\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-left\">&#8220;Writing this was my little act of defiance against the system that keeps people cold and the narrative that never changes.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>How was the recording session?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was so lucky to work with such gentle producers Tim Harvey and Marcel Borrack (Lisa Mtichell, Jade Imagine) on this album in Naarm\/Melbourne. We recorded most of the songs live over five big days, and this one in particular we got in one take, live on the beautiful grand piano at Soundpark Studios. I was tired, in a good way, and that&#8217;s what this song is about, so the energy in the room was just so peaceful and heartbreaking and captured the mood perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were the references, influences or musical inspiration?<\/strong><br \/>\nI had been listening to a lot of really moving piano music before we recorded this &#8211; Fiona Apple, Leif Vollebek, Abdullah Ibrahim &#8211; so I guess I was sitting in that world where the piano does half the talking. I&#8217;ve always been inspired by these really experimental songwriters who speak WITH their instruments &#8211; Joni Mitchell, Vusi Mahlasela, you know who I mean? I was actually playing some shows around this time with Jordie Lane, a folk musician from Naarm, now based in the US, and he does a lot of that too. It&#8217;s like his guitar is a limb.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4qQkXP67AhIq6GJYgVfodt?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you most enjoyed of the writing, production and recording process?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis song came out in one piece, late at night, as though it already knew itself, and I was just the small body to welcome it. I was living in a sharehouse at the time, and playing SO quietly so as not to wake anyone up. That hardly ever happens &#8211; usually I sit with songs for some time and keep moulding them &#8211; but this was one of those times where I was feeling my way through the whole thing in real time as it appeared, and I&#8217;ve never gotten tired of playing it. I think that is very rare for me, because I like to overcomplicate most things in my life [haha], so I felt very privileged to experience music in that vulnerable, simple way for a moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the biggest obstacle?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe had to figure out how to mic my voice and the grand piano at the same time in a way that didn&#8217;t bleed into each other. I don&#8217;t know how they did it but Tim and Marcel figured it out [haha]. I like to stay away from technological things because they break when I touch them. It sounded warm and beautiful in the end. In fact usually I hate recorded pianos because they can be all bright and tinny but this sounds dark and mellow. Lucky me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-right\">&#8220;This song is the opening track to a soft and big debut album called &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna die with this frown on my face&#8221; which comes out 2 September 2022. I&#8217;m so excited to share it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could have invited anyone else to collaborate, who would it have been and why?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt has always been my dream to have a choir of voices from my birthland South Africa singing harmonies and bringing their own incredible sense of song to the thing &#8211; people like Bongeziwe Mabandla, Nakhane, Orah &amp; the Kites, Sibusile Xaba and Siphephelo Ndlovu. Actually one day I would love to play two pianos with Siphephelo. His piano playing just destroys me. It would be beautiful to see what he would do with a song like this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the biggest challenge to play this song live?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe chorus is very low [haha]. I think over the past three years since we recorded it my voice actually changed completely &#8211; I lived alone during the lockdowns in Melbourne and kind of didn&#8217;t speak much, except on some work calls, and sang in a really quiet, new way. It changed my tone and range a little or at least showed me new ways of using my voice and now sometimes I cannot reach those notes anymore. A couple of gigs I&#8217;ve had to stop halfway through because I&#8217;m laughing so much at how shit I sound and I have to transpose my keyboard up and do the rest of the song a little higher [haha]. 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