Artist Interview: neontown /// Crazier (Gosteffects Remix)

Q: What brought you two together to form neontown?

NEONTOWN, AURE: Lockdown 2020. We feel like if there was one good thing that the first lockdown brought along, it was giving us the chance to dedicate our time to what we like doing the most. We always created music as individuals, but we were so caught up in our robotic work routine that we always thought we would never get enough time to focus on music the way we wanted to. There was this point during lockdown that I spent so much time composing and Jac was constantly writing new stuff. And while we were listening to each other’s stuff, we could just relate to each other’s ideas. So at one point we found each other writing stuff together!

Q: You write, perform, and produce your music. Do you have a favorite component of the artistic process?

NEONTOWN, AURE: Possibly the recording process is the most fun. We are always super focused while writing and composing, and even though it is very fun, it does take a lot of concentration. When we record is when we feel like songs are finally coming alive, and we love experimenting with harmonies and new melodies as we go.

NEONTOWN, JAC: For me, it is the writing process. I always loved writing songs and finding specific words that would really give a feel of what I want to communicate. But yes, the recording part is always so good. It’s the actual test- it is when you find out whether what you have been writing and working on works or whether you need to take a seat and re-think the song.

Q: Writing, performing, and producing your own music is quite a feat. What is your musical/production background?

NEONTOWN, AURE: : I studied piano when I was something like 8 years old? I’ve always been into music so my mum brought me to watch this piano class, and I immediately wanted to sign up. I actually enjoyed learning all the technical bits and how to read music, but at one point I actually started cheating and was asking my teacher to play the song for me first and then I would just play it again by ear. So after a few years, I decided to stop piano lessons and I started writing songs and kinda self taught how to produce. I think while doing it for many years and reading stuff/watching videos- that’s how I got into it. I used to spend days doing nothing but creating and producing, and I knew if I kept doing it, I would always get better.

NEONTOWN, JAC: It was a bit different for me. I started getting into music when I was like 13 or 14. I was a massive fan of Avril Lavigne (I still am), and I wanted to learn how to play guitar and be able to sing all of her songs. So I got my dad’s guitar and started learning on my own. Then it was natural for me to start thinking about words when I was playing, and I started writing them down until I realized I was writing full songs.