Sinclair On the Making Of “Tonight I'm in Love”
What was the creative process like for this particular "Tonight I'm in Love?"
I wrote it in Northern California with a good friend - Kevin Beadles. We wanted to write something that felt contagious & reminiscent of that “falling in love” period. We ended up using visuals from when I first met my wife in 2012! The rhythmic aspect of the verses was fun too- we sort went for a DMB approach, write the lyrics & build out a cool riff / cadence and see how it fits in.
What do you like the best about this track?
I love that at the end of the process this song came across as organic but still soaring in an anthemic pop kinda way. Producing it was really fun, I had to really ask myself with every added element if it was “necessary”- I ended up working backwards to an extent. Pulling things out to find what were the most important elements for this particular song.
How does "Tonight I'm in Love" fit into your overall artistic vision and what can listeners expect from you in the future?
It fits beautifully for my upcoming EP- but also touches a bit close to home with my very first EP “Sweet Talk” . There’s a sincere singer-songwriter attitude to it that I feel I haven’t done in a minute. Also- the instrumentation is very telling of the EP it’s a part of. I have 2 upcoming singles “What’s In My Head” & “Wherever She Is” that I’m proud of - they are guitar driven, but still have strong programmed elements in the rhythm section!
What inspired you to pursue a career in music?
The Beatles… My need to write— and the fact that music is my way of processing life! I’ve been writing, singing & sonically experimenting since I was a kid, at 4 yrs old I was sitting at my parents piano trying to plunk out some Bach melodies I had heard my oldest sister practicing in the house.
How do you continuously grow and evolve as an artist?
One thing I really love to do is change up the process. For this song “Tonight I’m In Love” (& the whole EP actually) I challenged myself to stay in a place for 2-3 months & write / record what that place made me feel. I chose places that had some kind of meaning to me. “Tonight I’m in Love” was the Bay Area, which happens to be where my wife & I got legally married in 2014, where my adopted Dad lives & we were a couple hours away from where my wife grew up. I also stayed and wrote in my neck of the woods NNY- Syracuse, and Berlin Germany. These were the location choices. If it’s not external, I’ll ask myself to try & write a song based solely off a title- or write something to a movie scene that’s inspiring… There are so many different ways to create & I see new sides of my creativity every time I change things up.
