Alex Goot

A freelancing independent musician may not be everyone's forte but for Alex Goot it is a daily reality. Reigning from Poughkeepsie, New York; Goot represent the rawest form of musical expression. He records all his music from his basement. This entails writing lyrics, creating melodies and laying down at least five instrumental tracks under his own direction. While recording he plays all his own instruments. Goot can read and play some percussive instruments, but plays the rest by ear. He performed with his high school band which trained his eye to read the percussive clef. Now a twenty something he tours the Northern cities of America with his own band promoting his music the hard way.

Artist such as Goot question my ideas about success. Right now he performs and sells any of his music for mere sustenance. He uses internet websites such as MySpace or Purevolume to enlarge his fan base. He has roughly three million plays on MySpace. Goot is now in the process of grabbing the attention of a record label to sign with. This is the logical next step in the music industry. But he has been a self-employed musician for about four years. Some of his songs question the stability of his future and stress uncertainty about his success in the music industry. But what if success is inspiring that one person to live better, or make something more of themselves. After all patience is well rewarded in the music industry.

He has recorded thirty-one songs stretched out onto four varied length EP's. He sells them digitally through iTunes or can mail a hard disc directly to any willing buyer. Goot also has imprinted t-shirts he sells for an added income.

I shot Goot an email with some questions and he later responded with these answers

Do you want your music or songs to have a certain message about life or anything for that matter?





Goot: Although all of my songs have a personal meaning to me, I do like the idea of people taking their own meaning from my music. The specific messages about life or anything else in the songs can be interpreted differently by everyone.





Is there anything you want to communicate to the listener with your songs?





G: I never really think about it that way - I just enjoy expressing myself through music. If people happen to connect with it, that's wonderful.





Can you actually read music or do you play by ear? Does this vary from instrument to instrument?





G: I played percussion all through high school band, so I can read rhythm pretty well. That's about it, though. The rest I play by ear.





What challenges; if any, do you feel you endure as an unsigned artist?





G: The lack of security, the fact that there's no team of people working with me. If I want to put out a new album and promote it, there is no one calling the shots or helping out. It's all up to me.


He credits his influences to a broad list of daily occurrences. He believes Phil Collins is his main musical influence. He sounds similar to The Rocket Summer, Jacks Mannequin, Phil Collins , Dan Fogelberg and even James Taylor. Listen for some themes like Loneliness, Uncertainty, Human Growth, Responsibility, Relationships, and Hope throughout his songs.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOgcygHO4aw

beam me up with that hypnopaediem biyyyyahhhhh

Basically for this statement, I expanded on the "Everyman is an Island" quote. I believe that there is a certain truth in this quote. The Brave New World society is the antithesis of that quote. I went further saying to stay near panormic skies and painted road lines you may find a home. I was trying to go for some Emerson-like stuff relating man's dependence on himself and nature to feel human; neither or which is present in brave new world.

Comment and Critique: cause I know some you thought mine was lame.



all pics taken by me or through association. except dancing batman, bush and soccer star.

Song- first 30 seconds of "Hey Brittany"- by- Forever the Sickest Kids