5 Q&A With Jade Moede
How did you come up with the idea?
The birth of the musical sketch happened in the kitchen, when lightning struck the muse and I blurted out “Don’t Wanna Be Your Frankenstein” while the hand and finger clicking on the top of the acoustic guitar with the stomping of the monster feet of the floor, which really made the bed for the vocal performance to arise. I was thinking of wanted relationships only to get a loss, all the sand of time, a world relationship of rejection where the decision was soulless by the cover, yet the inside is where there is light.
Were there any memorable or standout moments during the recording sessions for this track?
While creating my 11-song Album titled ‘Psycho Matic Bat Crazy’ I needed a song that cohesively melded / fit in-between the 4th and 6th song. “Don’t Wanna Be My Frankenstein” was the last song that made the album line-up. All though I only had a sketch of it, It kept calling to me, not to pass it up. So I committed to letting it birth itself. Once I had all the elements and words of the song. Listening back, it just didn't have what the song was calling for. I wondered, how do I make the mood feel like FRANKENSTEIN? Although I wanted a very stripped down and intimate, yet authentic anthem style of group vocals, I threw caution to the wind. By duplicating the acoustic guitar track, then adding a subharmonic pluggin, I just cranked the knob up and down. It was the electric spark of the enticing storyline, that glued the essence of the feel of this monstrous bolt of song lightning. My good friend Alexann Markus did the final mix. It was mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA. Assistant mastering engineer: Costanza Tinti.
How does "Don't Wanna Be Your Frankenstein" fit into your overall artistic vision and what can listeners expect from you in the future?
The song is a spotlight at the moment, I try not to force myself into a box in which every song will be of the same cookie-cut method. With that said I really like the way the lyrics feel, that is something I strive for when creating future songs.
Can you tell us more about you as an artist?
I have a quirky outlook on life, which seems to come through and envision that as my artistic vision. My main instrument is drums, but I’ve learned other instruments out of wanting to hone my skills at becoming a better musician. I’ve always loved the art of recording music, and out of years in the studio have grown to love the art of mixing. I would love to keep striving forward far as word-smithing and the marriage of the music, which for me keeps me driving forward, chasing the allusive song, chasing the muse, and being amused.
Can you walk us through your creative process when writing and composing music?
Although I don’t have a set way of coming up with songs, I do create a lot of musical sketches. Then depending on what direction I would like to take the sketch/song, kinda dictates the steps. I would say more times than not, I come up with the basic musical idea first, then create the lyrics. Sometimes I’ll have a set subject, and other times I’ll literally have 3 subject lyrical storyline ideas for the same song. Then put the song away, and with fresh ears choose which lyric marries to the music and has a true vibe of authenticity. Usually, once I decide on a musical sketch that I will try to bring to life, to see if after working into the thick of the song and recording into my daw, or at a studio, it is only then I have to ask myself does it still have the original vibe that pushed me forward from the musical sketch, which often times have the beauty and heartbeat of life in it’s authenticity that sometimes after recording tracks to a song the song becomes dead. When this happens it’s time to strip it back to its original essence or scrap it, and maybe come back to it another time. It’s just dancing with the muse and going with your gut.
