WickerMan On the Making Of “Shoot You Down”
What was the creative process like for this particular "Shoot You Down?"
For this song, it was inspired by the John Lee Hooker song which is an old blues song and I've always loved that graspy blues-sounding vocal so I wrote the song around that.
Can you talk about the recording and production process for"Shoot You Down?"
With all my songs, I write and produce them completely by myself. I have a little studio I created in my spare room and I shut myself in and get myself into a creative space and then it just flows. I like to start with a hook and then write the song around that single idea. As it builds up, the song slowly changes and by the time it's complete, it's usually very different from how I first envisioned it.
What are you most proud about this track?
I love the intro when the vocals first kick in, it has a real sense of the dramatic in it. The ending as well I think is quite cool!
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started in music?
I first started writing music when I was around 14 or 15 and created my first band in college. I was in a metal band for 6 years and we even played a download festival in 2006. When that ended quite badly due to falling out I realise I was so dependent on other people to write the music so I started teaching myself how to write and produce by myself. I did this for a while, quite badly, and around 7 years later I joined another band, a funk rap rock band, and loved getting back into playing live and writing in a band again. Then COVID came and took that all away so this is when I decided to build my own little studio in my house so I could create whenever I wanted and WickerMan was born.
How do you stay inspired and motivated to continue pushing boundaries in your art?
I've always been a very motivated and inspired writer. The way I think in everyday life is in a musical way. I am constantly writing notes or making sound notes on my phone of little ideas I have. Then when I get time to shut myself away in my studio, I'll look back at these ideas to keep the creative thoughts flowing. I write music for me, this ensures I don't overthink things. As my sound doesn't fall under one genre it's quite hard to fit in anywhere but if I was to try and fit in, it wouldn't be as original and as authentic as it is.
