Deanna Drudge - Killing Time
Deanna Drudge unpacks her new album titled Killing Time.
On the Rhythm Changes Podcast, Deanna Drudge unpacks her new album titled Killing Time.
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We talked about:
- Why Deanna moved to BC from the Greater Toronto Area
- How she started playing at the Epidemic Music Group Open Stage with Kevin Ker in Stouffville, ON
- Recording at Kevin’s home studio
- What she found hardest about releasing the album while working a full-time job
- The song that came into the studio still unfinished
- The case for independent artists having the hardest job in the professional community
- Being a low-confidence kid
- The Lights track that impacted Deanna in her early twenties
- How many songs she wrote before she felt like she had written a good one
- The first classic rock band that captivated her
- Her perspective on working with visual artists and planning the next project
- Finding a band of musicians to work with Deanna
- Her previous band, Pigeon
- Why Deanna values the space and stripped-down characteristics of a song
- The difference between the composition and the recording
- What success means for Deanna on this album
- Her first gig in Vancouver, summer 2021
- What makes a great house concert
- The questions that small artists are asking ourselves these days
- How Deanna feels about screen time, admin work, and the outdoors
- participating in a Guinness World Record. Stick around for that!