Today, we sat down with Primo Danger to discuss their inspiration to write music, heroes, and much more! Be sure to check out the music of Primo Danger below after the interview!
Interview:
What is your inspiration to write your music? Is it your
Surroundings?
Always been more keen on music since i got introduced to punk and indie rock through skate video soundtracks.. After getting introduced to this I wanted to learn guitar real bad so had this yamaha electric guitar laying around the house that i picked up. Inspiration since then has just been really in the moment… I have some recording equipment at the house that when i have something pop in my head, i sit down and work it out. I’ll write my instrumentals then will come back when i’m feeling in some type of mood to write lyrics to it.
What type of music did you listen to growing up?
Punk & Indie rock were the thing I latched on to the most, but I liked rap, ska, metal and some country too. Pop was the most accessible when i was in like the first grade so liked that a lot, still like some to a degree but kinda all over the place.
I liked punk a whole lot because of it’s more raw energy, where i found myself listening to Dead Kennedys & Black Flag a lot since it had some more melodic value in the guitar work.
Is there someone you looked up to as a hero?
I don’t think i’ve ever really had a specific hero… i’ve tended to value attributes of different people at various times.. I tend to look up to people that are paving their own way in a genuine way.
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing today?
I’d probably be in marketing, hopefully more in a music slant.
What can you tell us about your latest single ‘Waiting’?
This track was something a bit different I wrote, most other songs are more personal but this one was more societally reflective, in addressing gun violence in America (specifically school shootings in the track) and how it’s crazy we keep having these mass casualty events and there’s few things that are meaningfully done to prevent them. It’s somewhat of a poppier track for us, to kind of instrumentally convey that these instances have become casual like pop seems to be. Right now, we’re taking our track sales from bandcamp to donate to Texas Gun Sense, to help fund policy change initiatives and gun education
What advice do you have for our fans out there that want to create
music?
Just do it. Quit making excuses and don’t be discouraged about sucking at it at first… we all do. Figure out how to divide your time properly to make it a priority and once you’ve made some cool shit, focus on how you’re going to get people to listen. You’re not going to get an audience by posting it to your 1K followers on instagram
Music:
