Felix Cartal & Lights - Feel Less
String Version
Live at the Warehouse Studio
now that the live string version of feel less is out, i want to talk about how it came to be. there was always this myth growing up that to make it in the music industry, someone would have to “discover” you and then everything you ever wanted was just handed to you on a silver platter. shows like American Idol thrive on this sort of fantasy-machine and i think that concept does an excellent job at promoting the show, but a terrible job at helping artists learn the grind and passion required to…
i’ll write the “album of my dreams” as soon as i have a bigger audience. i’ll make my show “bigger and better” as soon as i get booked for bigger shows. i’ll take more "creative risks” as soon as i have more career security. having a “big idea” in your head is the safest place to live. and it’s comforting, living in that dream world. but real art is…
i’m currently sitting on the plane flying home to vancouver from miami. i’ve skipped miami music week the last few years what with the pandemic and also some years it just not seeming worth it… so it was good to be back. i think it’s probably my 8 or 9th time, which seems wild in retrospect. it’s a good mix of people, some people who are trying to re-create the “glory days” whatever that means, and most who just kinda adapt and roll with the ebbs and flows of the industry. i’m always a fan of those in the latter camp as the former feels a bit like…
i went for my longest run ever today. it was over 2 hours. the distance doesn’t matter, it wasn’t a race. people often ask me, what do you listen to while running? the truth is, i don’t listen to anything. i don’t take my headphones or my phone (because i hate my phone). i sketch out the route in advance, if there’s some construction, i improvise and adjust. what do i think about when i’m running…
just did two nights in edmonton. first night as felix cartal, 2nd night as glass petals. it was very cool to see the vision of both projects co-existing finally come to life. i dreamt this as a possibility around 2018 when i started Glass Petals. i guess things always take a bit longer than expected, although i’m giving myself a pass on account of the global pandemic that slowed things a bit. the stage setup in edmonton was…
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five years ago Lights and I made a song called Love Me. the song won a Juno for dance recording of the year (and arguably changed my life). we became real life friends and creative collaborators. we kept writing and eventually put out…