Who’s Native Nomad and what’s the that means behind the identify?
A Native Nomad is an individual who neglects a sedentary way of life for mischief and journey. I’ve come head to head with the unusual and all the time discovered myself in uncommon conditions the place I realized to embrace my actuality for what it’s and write songs via my very own lens.
What was the inspiration for writing “Snakechild”?
“Snakechild” is my buddy and collaborator from New Jersey and he really goes by that identify. My objective was to seize his debaucherous essence and bundle all of it up into an expertise that felt like an actual evening out with the ‘Elvis of New Jersey’. When considering of how we’d shoot the video within the midst of this international pandemic and a shoestring funds I received along with my good buddy James Morano and we used no matter sources we had in our orbit to make this tune come to life. I used to be lucky sufficient to have the ability to collaborate with The Holy Black which basically has the identical aesthetic as “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”. They’ve outdated cop automobiles, a classic barbershop, animal heads, a traditional jukebox, and 1950’s merchandise scattered round a warehouse. On the final minute, I felt the urge to truly get inked up in the course of the video, and I someway managed to get the wickedly proficient Courtney Raimo from MTV’s “How Far is Tattoo Far” to do it on digital camera – she guidelines and so does the artist that created the duvet artwork – Braelinn aka @brae.ns. The skeleton crew got here to play and I could not be extra grateful for all of them.
The place do you see your self becoming into the music scene?
I grew up in Billy Joel’s world on Lengthy Island so in a means I really feel like this chameleon alt-rocker infused model of him channeling his narrative-driven type of lyricism with my sole objective in life being to maintain you on the sting of your seat. I’ll make you snicker, cry, and even piss you off generally, however I all the time inform the reality. As soon as the tune is out on the earth it is not mine and whether or not you agree or disagree with what I’ve to say the music belongs to you and I am grateful you listened.