When did you first realise music was such an important part of your own life? I like what you have to say about the vitality of music it’s true that we couldn’t function properly without it in our lives. There’s things I obviously want to keep to myself for the sake of self-preservation, but art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed, you know? It kind of feels like when you become aware of your breathing, how do you go back to that being a subconscious thing? I’m trying to figure that out now in a songwriting sense – forgetting what I’ve previously released, what people expect or may want from me, and just write as if no one will actually hear it again. I’ve found it to be harder to be as brutally honest now that people seem to dissect the songs. As your career progresses, does it get any easier to reveal so much of yourself in such personal songwriting You say that your songs are often like diary entries. My band mates were sharing fond, crazy stories as we were setting up and I really felt that I missed out on something quite iconic. It’s so upsetting! Unfortunately due to graduating high school directly before COVID hit us, I never got to spend time at the venue, or many bars around Sydney honestly. It’s such a loss for the Sydney music community. It was great to see your session take place at Frankie’s Pizza. The first guitar that I bought for myself was a Fender Jazzmaster. I could not tell you where it is now, but I’ve been considering getting another one for nostalgia’s sake. The first guitar I ever started playing on was one of those classic shitty nylon string guitars, the Valencia ones that cost about one hundred bucks, I really loved that thing. You represent yourself though the type of guitar that you play, I think. Different builds of guitars bring out different tones and feelings which completely effects the way that you play. I think its fun playing with that expectation and appearance. I mean aesthetically speaking, if you saw someone jump up on stage with an Ibanez – one of the guitars with a really spiky body- you’re probably going to expect them to play death metal, not soft indie pop. “Each guitar kind of creates a different vibe, it has a different personality” – can you expand on this feeling? Is it at the stage where you know which guitar to select for a particular song’s mood? They slot into your body in a satisfying way. I can’t answer this question from a tech perspective whatsoever, they just have a good feeling. I was so psyched when they came through and asked us, I would’ve thought I’d have to beg on my hands and knees for an opportunity like that. It had actually been floating around in my mind as something I’d die to do one day. The Brag: Was it an honour to be asked to do a Fender Session? MAY-A and band play a Fender Vintera® ‘60s Jazzmaster®, Made In Japan Traditional 70S Mustang®, Player Plus Meteroa® & Player Precision Bass®. You can watch MAY-A’s full Fender Session below, as well as read her in-depth accompanying conversation with The Brag. A proud Sydneysider, MAY-A’s Fender Session took place at one of the city’s most beloved venues, Frankie’s Pizza, with the indie-pop artist performing her latest single, ‘Sweat You Out My System’, as well as past favourites ‘Apricots’ and, of course, ‘Say Nothing’.
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