Congratulations to Kevin Edward!

[kevinedward]

Sweet Dreams Are Made of These, Favorite food of all time hmm.. It's changed so much since I was a kid but pizza was always up there. Now that I learned the real Italian style from my wife I can say it's my favorite. But specifically her homemade Sicilian pizza!

browneyedsugar, Forum famous! It feels great! I love it. I love meeting you all and this community. I'm honored to meet you all.

Tampaboy19N, You're so badass brotha. Thank you so much. I hope they enjoyed it!

Takamaka, Taka thank you for listening to the Soundcloud! I appreciate it. That video is out now if you wanna check it out:

Charlie B Goode, Dream celebrity to meet would have to be Matty from the 1975. I'm a big fan and I'd love to pick his brain on all his musical influences.

EC, we got you! Always!

czeckmate, Thank you so much for listening I'm glad you enjoy the tunes. Let me know your favorite if you have one

aza, Hey aza! Thanks man! great to see you on here

Mer-ith-ew, Oh yes absolutely. My major influences are rooted from 2000s emo/screamo music like Thrice, Thursday, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Anthony Green and all his bands, Cursive, Bright Eyes, Stars, Broken Social Scene, But more recently my big influences have been the 1975, Eden, Puppet, and Coldplay.

bigballofyarn, hey Christina! I think that the method of listening has become more convenient to use Spotify and other digital platforms but it feeds into our need for small doses. We are getting short attention spans needing everything now and bite size, 1 minute or less content. The digital aspect makes us look for singles rather then the full album which used to tell amazing stories.

I remember listening to full albums on a long car ride, the passenger reading the contents of the Album booklet inside.. Sharing all the little easter eggs we found. Getting to know the band more. Kids today don't understand this. I will always want the physical album even if it's not the way I listen to it just for the aspect of artwork, lyrics, and to get the full story.

[bigballofyarn]

kevinedward,
Exactly! You get me 100%. My laptop doesn't have an optical drive, but I still want that physical CD if I'm going invest time and money in an artist's music. I loved finding the hidden tracks on CDs that weren't listed on the back of the album. I loved reading the lyric books and appreciating the art. I love that I have a signed CD from my favorite band and making face-to-face connections with them as they signed that CD and my diary.

People definitely have shorter attention spans now. They look at clips, reels, and very short pieces of content. They might not even read messages as long as this. If a song doesn't interest them from that 10-second clip, they might not even give the artist a chance, which is unfortunate. I feel like if you truly pay attention to the music, vocals, and lyrics of an entire album, you will realize there's a bigger picture and a bigger story outside the scope of that 10-second clip. All these little things help you connect with the band. It sucks that parts of society have evolved into "impress me in 10 seconds, or I'm done with you."

Whether your next album is released fully digitally or if there will be at least a few physical copies, remember that you have my support either way, and there are still people out there who appreciate having something physical to hold from a band or artist they support. Having a physical copy of "I Will Find You" is absolutely priceless.

[Takamaka]

kevinedward,
TY for the video. That was a good performance.

[Mer-ith-ew]

Thanks for answering. Those are all good bands for influences.

[Logan121]

What are your hobbies when you aren't doing music stuff?

[rdbomb94]

That's a really neat cover of Closing Time!

[TimidZiggy]

I've been clicking on the links. My favorite so far is V-Day V-Cards.

[kevinedward]

bigballofyarn, I'm so glad you enjoy that album Christina! I totally agree with all of that about the physical copies. Love having them. And good news! The physical copies are already here! I had them done before I wrote the music hahah. I just have to manually burn them when I finish the music now. I will sign one for you

Takamaka, Oh you're very welcome. I'm so glad you enjoyed.

Mer-ith-ew, No problem. I love to share my music with people. If you check any of those bands out for the first time let me know what you think.

Logan121, When i'm not doing music stuff I love those video games I talked about before, SSBM and Clash Royale. I'm actually not a big gamer, Not into other games besides those two and oh yeah Chess & Tetris I love. Recently got into Yoga and meditation from my wife.. I'm a big advocate on those 2 things I strongly recommend that if you have problems with depression or anxiety. Its a real life saver! Also I'm a big basketball fan. Go Lakers!

TimidZiggy, V-Day V-Cards that's a great song! I wrote that about the first time really connecting with someone on an emotional and physical level. I actually have two music videos for this one. One is an anime lyric video and another is some footage of these group of tourists letting me film their vacation here in the Philippines. I will share them here!



Thank you so much for your questions and feedback guys! I love to hear it.

[Cybrus]

The meaning behind V-Day V-Cards sounds so cool. It's harder to make emotional connections with people these days in person and even online. It's like no one has time for you anymore. And all I'm looking for is a friend, not even true love. If I ever find a deep emotional connection with someone online or in person, I'm keeping them for life. I watched the animated video and liked the animation and the song.

[Logan121]

Cool I never tried SSBM or Clash Royale. I suck at chess, but I play it. I saw your wife's video posted on this forum. I couldn't bend all those ways yet. I'll get there. Go Lakers!

[bigballofyarn]

kevinedward,
Yes! I'm so glad that all I did in the beginning was request originals. I wanted to hear YOUR songs and YOUR story. I am so excited that there will be a physical CD. A signed copy sounds amazing. After I read that, first my jaw hit the floor, and then I smiled so wide that the sides of my face hit each wall. I can't wait to have that in my hands. I can't make any promises, but you've already encouraged me to come out of my shell a little. So, I'm feeling a little less reserved about making an unboxing video.

The music videos are fun too. They add an artistic, visual element to the songs. I don't think music videos force you to feel a certain way, but rather, they allow you to see a song through the artist's eyes when they created the song and/or video.

Regarding what you said to TimidZiggy, those types of connections are wonderful. When you can be yourself and have a genuine conversation with someone without fear of being vulnerable around them, it means the world. When you can hug someone where mutual love or friendship is shared, rather than it just being a hug out of obligation, you can just feel in your heart that that person was meant to be in your life. I've been told I make friends easily, but I feel deeper connections are becoming more difficult to find. Not everyone is willing to put in the time, and it's unfortunate because they're potentially missing out on great friendships and more intimate relationships.

[Rube]

Are you making videos for every upcoming song?

[Mister Big]

I like how the thumbnail of that Romania stream video is Yarn going "That was awesome."

If I can ever get up that early, I'll try to make a show.

Very good cover of closing time, and neat video of V-Day V-Cards. I watched the live action one

[czeckmate]

Hmm I don't have a favorite yet. I am still kind of absorbing it all and I think there are extra singles on Spotify that aren't on other platforms

[Belfazar]

Youtube lately is shoving me down with ads without skip in a language I don't even speak. It makes me break away from streaming sites. Do you think ads ever keep people off a platform? Do artists get to benefit if we play the ads?