Stonesatellites

'If Your Language Is Iron, Mine Must Be Clay' is your first original release. What did you want this song to say about who stonesatellites is as an artist?

Nothing too special I think, just a crazy guy singing and screaming out whatever comes to his mind at the end of the day ha!

The song comes from a very personal place. How easy was it to turn that experience into something you were comfortable sharing with the world?

I was actually completely in my zone for this! For me, the discomfort actually came from bottling this stuff up, so having this project as a release front was probably the most comfortable thing I could do. Coming to think of it, most of stonesatellites is going to be coming from a personal place, so I can only imagine myself finding my groove more and more with each release.

This project was created across three different countries. How did that shape the finished record, and what did you learn from working that way?

Words couldn't express how happy I am with the whole process of this release. So grateful for Iggy over in Boston, Andrew in Melbourne and Acle in the UK for their efforts on this project. I look forward to working with them more in the future. As for lessons, patience was definitely the most important thing learnt from this experience, because you cannot put a time limit on art and the making of it.

Your influences range from Nine Inch Nails and Faith No More to Charli XCX and Tears for Fears. How do those different worlds come together in your songwriting?

I'm not entirely sure to be honest, everything I write stems from what I listen to. My whole concept of music for that matter, has come from the CD's I played growing up. Music school never did me no good, so I cannot credit it.

At the end of the day, I think it's just got to come down to trusting my intuition and let the magic of music do the rest. But yes, I do owe a lot to these acts and what they contributed to me. Thank you Mike Patton.

You've spoken about embracing MIDI and modern production. Why do you think those conversations still divide musicians, and where do you stand on it?

As much as I hate how overused the word has become, there is definitely still a whole lot of "toxicity" lingering around the rock scene. "It's not real music!", "Not heavy enough!", "Not long enough!" "Not real instruments!", I've heard it all before and I will continue to hear it. More so, I will continue to happily disregard these opinions. Art demands you to be yourself, and you should go to whatever length necessary to achieve that. Even if it means some technological assistance.

Now that your debut original single is out, what has this release taught you about yourself, and where do you want to take stonesatellites next?

I think I have learnt that no task is too tricky to accomplish. It's cliche sure, but when you're juggling work, family, friends, dog etc. you'd be surprised how time consuming the whole process really is, even for a single. If you pace yourself correctly, make use of whatever amount of time you get, you'll do alright.

I've got a heap of other tracks coming together in the background, so I wouldn't be surprised if a full length record were to piece itself together over the next few months. For that, I cannot wait to share!