Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Shannon.
Michael, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
I’ve been playing music since I was very young. Throughout my high school years leading up to now, I have played in a wide variety of projects ranging from no-frills punk to Americana to progressive to pop. I’ve met a lot of incredibly talented people that I’ve been fortunate to play with and that have each in some sense shaped the way I approach performing and creating music.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
I currently play in a variety of projects. My personal project is called Little Heroine. For this project, I write all of the music and perform the songs with good friends. All of the music has also been recorded with good friends. This helps me to be more open and honest throughout the process. The project is an outlet to make sense of myself and life experiences. The act of performing and sharing the songs I hope results in some shared experience between myself and whoever is present. I don’t want the show to ever come across as a “performance.” I want whoever attends the show to receive or witness a piece of myself and hopefully, the result is something positive.
In addition to Little Heroine, I currently play drums in a Shoegaze/Alt rock project called Downers, guitar for one of my really good friends JARA who writes rad dark indie/pop music, and guitar for my buddy J. Hofstee whose project takes heavy influence from acts such as The National and Bon Iver. Each project has vastly different approaches to meaning-making and each process, I believe, heavily correlates with who they are as individuals. Given this, maintaining strong friendships and connections helps me better serve each project rather than simply treating it as a “band.” I do my best to not solely focus on developing musically, but to also work at continually developing my friendships with my mates.
Any advice for aspiring or new artists?
Read books, watch great films, spend genuine time with family and friends, try and live well and continually work to become a better version of yourself and whatever you are doing will concurrently develop and improve.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
All of the projects can be found on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, but the best way to support is definitely to come out to a show.
Contact Info:
- Email: littleheroineband@gmail.com
- Instagram: littleheroineband
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheroinemusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/LHeroineband
Image Credit:
Michael Widdowson, BellaLugosy
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