Artist Spotlight: Meet Mary Knoblock
How did you come up with the idea?
I really wanted this Single “Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love,” to be a sort of interlude to the next Album where I envisioned talking to my fans or dreamers as I feel like my most connected fans are, and share with them a new story of love. The intricate simple verses actually play off each other where it can be interpreted that I’m recalling memories in a story, then to telling my dreamers that I have to go fall in love now, sort of like, hey I’ll be back but I’ve got to take care of something. Then it sort of switches to talking to the person that you’re falling in love with and in a way also talking to yourself after you know you’ve fallen in love. So it’s like this dynamically layered first scene with a lot of nostalgia.
Was there any challenge that you encountered while making "Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love?"
Producing the track with post modern classical influences combined with a UK Garage glitchy melody was challenging in that I had to stop and be like, ok, is it going to work with stronger vocals or a bit more ethereal? And is it going to be a fast enough tempo to dance too but still make it a dream pop song with neo classical leanings combining two vastly different styles? I don’t think the song would have worked with any other type of vocal expression. Overall it was dynamically challenging but it sounds a bit more effortless which is a signal to me that I worked through the challenge of composing it, so to speak.
How does this song fit into your overall artistic vision and what can listeners expect from you in the future?
It’s definitely more upbeat, faster tempo and captures the ethereal poetry elements that will continue on into the future. Artistically, I feel like I’ve just started figuring out how to find the middle accessible ground in these compositions which is a breakthrough of sorts so I look forward to composing more songs with this one as a launching point for new works.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started in music?
I started young, studying various instruments: piano, flute, classical guitar. After college, I started experimenting with different DAWs and the rest was history. I started making really complex electronic music early in my journey and just immersed myself in electronic music production and eventually songwriting, singing and recording, alongside producing my own albums. It’s been a great joy.
What role do you feel emotions play in your music, and how do you channel them into your performances?
They’re pretty central to all my music compositions. Even instrumental only tracks have a ton of emotion behind them. I can become overtaken very quickly by emotion when performing my songs. It can be a moving experience when I record and just let the emotion lead and influence how I produce music or play the piano on a given day.
