ARTIST INTERVIEW: FERRIER “AS IT GOES”
“Whilst I wrote the song with an obvious sense of melancholy, I wanted the production to sound uplifting and make the listener want to dance,” said Ferrier.
Underneath its tough and joyful exterior, “As It Goes” has a side of softness and melancholy buried inside, permeating through the guitar and lyrics sheet. The song portrays the feeling of being on top of the world while feeling being buried alive. Those feelings scream from the inside but disappeared in the deafening beat of the dance floor before it hits the surface.
Like many, Ferrier started writing music with an acoustic guitar in his late teens and later self-taught production out of YouTube tutorials, learning from mistakes. “‘As It Goes’ is the culmination of that really – just building on what I had already started,” he said.
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In the digital age, the internet has made music distribution accessible to anyone with a laptop. Being unique and standing out in the crowd is overrated. “It sometimes just feels like shouting into nothing,” said Ferrier.
New music is flooding the screen every day; the minute one track is released; it is soon buried in the crowd. The struggle to be heard and be different sometimes can be overwhelming, but like it has always been and will always be only in different forms, the world is always crowded with voices.
“There’s so much going on out there on the internet, but on the other side, it forces you to try and push yourself and your sound innovatively while staying faithful to what makes you sound like you. What I like to communicate is that it’s to have no clue what’s going on sometimes, but don’t let the noise of everyone else distract you from doing your thing.”
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