Music
Moda de la Mode Q&A
Stars and Rabbit GM: What inspires you to make music and how has music shaped your life? E: A sore heart and all the music that accompanies it. Music makes my life. The way I sing or write or all the tones that pop out are all shaped by the music that I have been listening to.
Grace Molan catches up with Elda and Adi of Stars and Rabbit to talk about life, advice and of course, music. GM: What advice would you give someone trying to break into the industry? E: Do and actual action, one thing leads to another.
A: Everything that has happened in my life. Especially the death of my father. Music helps me balance the values of my life. GM: I love your band name, it is so original and unique. How did you come up with it? E: It was my personal twitter account name way before we started the band. Back in collage, some friends called me rabbit because one time they caught me eating carrots raw. And ‘stars’ is something to accompany the rabbit to make one cute name.
A: Stay true to your music. GM: If you could perform anywhere in the world, money is no object, where would it be and what would your show be like? E: Pine or savanna woods. Simply acoustic, at night with small lanterns, everyone brings their own mat and they sit around us. A: London and Barcelona!!! GM: What 3 items would you save if your house was on fire?
A: It is Elda’s idea and I kind of like it!
E: Wallet, Blackberry, lifetime doodle book!
GM: Have you always known you wanted to make music? If not, as a child, what was your dream occupation?
A: Documents, guitar, laptop
E: I think I have always known I want to make music.
E: We are shaped by different tastes in music and somehow Adi can interpret my thoughts into something we actually love in the end. Vanessa Carlton, Tegan and Sara, Lene Marlin, Emiliana Torrini, Russian Red, Jewel and a lot more.
A: I grew up surrounded by musicians, my father and his friends. I got so familiar with music ever since. I’m a let it flow person. Whatever comes and goes. I enjoy the process of it without leaving my connection to music. I channel it instead. If not a musician then a footballer, long live Maradona!!
GM: Do you both have the same taste in music-who influences most of all?
A: Coldplay, Radiohead, Emiliana Torrini, Sigurros GM: Describe your music in one word! E: My sanity
GM: What is the best piece of advice you have received? A: Heartfelt. E: If you stop singing, it is a crime for humanity. Follow Stars and Rabbit on Twitter: @starsandrabbit A: I remember what my father said: ‘Be something meaningful for the family, the environment, even the world around you if you can and always be neat’.
Photos by: Yanti