helviti asked:
saw you play in Wgtn in support of Cat Power and kind of immediately fell in love. have been listening to your stuff on repeat since. you're fucking fab, from your ethereal tunes to your kinda awkward jokes. keep it up. xx
so kind.x
I FIND IT VERY TROUBLING THAT ANYONE WOULD ATTEMPT TO PIT WOMAN MUSICIANS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY IN THE CRAMPED LITTLE HAMLET THAT IS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
IT MUST BE A REALLY BORING HOBBY BECAUSE WE’RE BASICALLY ALL FRIENDS. GET USED TO IT.
Anonymous asked:
When is the video for NightSwimmer due!
when the record is complete/april.
elena-may asked:
hi chelsea. this is actually quite a rude question, and you're not of course obliged to answer, but I think I remember that you sometimes use a minolta? mine has just decided to break, and all the repair shops in paris are saying they have no parts. have you ever had any issues and where did you go/did you fix yourself? SORRY for using you as on online problem-solver. for the record I also listen to your music non-stop, and the videos are always so interesting and beautiful. you're great. elena
hi elena! it’s not rude at all! in fact i’ve mostly used canons which ALWAYS putter out when the magnetism shrivels and it costs too much to repair - usually i hunt down another body on the nz equal to ebay. i now have about 6 canon AE1 bodies. since i switched to minolta i have been less active in taking photographs and haven’t had the opportunity to run into any issues with it - just a wavering in my romance with photographs. i would recommend sleuthing a new body if it’s an old camera - it’s generally cheaper than repairing. sorry i couldn’t be of more help! good luck!
Anonymous asked:
I love your music! Do you self produce most of it? If so, what technology do you use (like protools etc)? Also how did you get started in the music industry, and what's the best way for a solo artist, without a band to play with, to get started in New Zealand?
my friend elizabeth and i began making songs purely for our own amusement. i could never make sense of arithmetic and would write lyrics during all of my math and study classes, infuriating the teachers. i coerced liz into recording terrible covers of every song on jenny lewis’ rabbit fur coat record with me. we didn’t expect anyone to listen and we didn’t have lofty ambitions. we just liked playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h10Tqv7twUo - my best advice is like playing. to go to a lot of gigs, play a lot of gigs with minimal shame (i.e - i don’t really believe in ‘being ready’ i just believe in putting yourself out there if you have conviction, it’s really the only way to really get better at playing) and stick around to watch bands you’re on the bill with - i really like how community-driven the music scene feels. the industry is an entirely different beast that i haven’t figured out. also, rid yourself of the urge to sing in an american accent unless you possess one in every day speech. as i have learned, it is hard to shake when you finally realize you’ve been doing it. In regards to your initial question, I started watercolours by self-producing on ‘audacity’ but handed over the baton because there were people around me who possessed such intelligence in that field, i felt my songs - and the songs i co-write with others - were in more capable hands than my own and could speak fluently in a language i could only speak around. that said, i am learning to use ableton and it is full of possibility.
Phoenix
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Anonymous asked:
which 'foreign waters' would you like to 'set sail' for? Good Luck!!! :D
The ones surrounding my scattered friends in New York and Africa and Europe.
