“I went to this boy's choir school when I was growing up, and I think that the first time that I consciously started making music was when this one kid joined our class. He was an amazing pianist and would come up with all these ideas. I've always had a really competitive side, so I saw him doing that, and was like, "I have to try writing songs as well."” ThinkingWritingTryingFirstsWellsIdeasKidsSchoolSongSidesClassBoysGrowing UpSawsGrowingFirst TimeCome UpWriting SongsChoirPianist Author:St. Lucia
“I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.” MindFirstsSongFiveProjectsMusicalAlbumsAmbitiousArtwork Author:St. Lucia
“I wrote, in total, about 50 or so songs (finished and unfinished) in the 2 and a half years leading up until this moment, and trying to decide what songs to include on the Mini-Album was super difficult, because there were so many different sound/mood roads I could have gone down. But, after going through everything, these tracks seemed to fit together and communicate a similar sentiment and mood the best.” TryingYearsDifferentMomentsTogetherSongDifficultSoundHalfGoneFitTrackAlbumsCommunicateFinishedMoodSentimentsUnfinishedHalf A Year Author:St. Lucia
“Generally I'll keep 95% of what I sing on that first scratch vocal take. Sometimes that idea will ferment for a long time, and sometimes I"ll be close enough to my studio and have enough time (kind of rare these days) to go and work on the idea. Not every song is super easy though.” FirstsKindLongIdeasSometimesEnoughSongEasyLong TimeStudiosThese DaysScratchesVocalEnough Time Author:St. Lucia
“I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things by yourself.” ShouldFormSongDetailsPopsCurseLabourPop Song Author:St. Lucia
“None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house guest.” KindSongHouseWrittenWorstGuestsHouse Guests Author:St. Lucia
“Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.” IfsSongWritten Author:St. Lucia
“"St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me and wanted me to produce a music video for this song which was already a hit in my country. I felt privileged to have been chosen to do such a video. So every time I went out to shoot a scene from the video, I would get a still shot from the scene to tease the public. The photo of the amazona versicolor is is an actual scene from the video which was released on St. Lucia's Independence day (22nd February, 2013).” Has BeensStillsCountryWantedSongFeltLove IsProduceSceneShotsIndependenceVideoChosenPrivilegedCeoTeaseIndependence DayFebruary Author:St. Lucia
