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ONE DRUMMER ONE QUESTION is a regular feature of ours. We get a drummer to answer one loaded question and ask an artist to celebrate her in a portrait. Lisa Schonberg curates this feature and has so far focused on drummers from her stomping ground of Portland, OR. This installment features drummers Sydney Roth and Elizabeth Venable and local artist Joshua Orion.
Name: Sydney Roth age: 25 hometown: Columbus, Ohio lives in: Portland, Oregon past bands: Orca Team, The Caldonias current bands: Psychic Feline day job: Hairdresser/Cashier
sydney roth of Psychic Feline
What is going on in your head as you play live?
When I play live I pretty much think about anything. I might fixate on the audience or a spot on the ceiling. I think about how my hands hurt or what my bandmates are doing. If I find myself thinking way outside of the song I will generally fuck up when I realize that I’ve spaced out too much. I don’t count at all. I think about parts ahead of time though. There are always times where it feels so good [that] I can’t even believe it. Sydney Roth is known in Portland for both her hairdressing and drumming styles. People have been getting pretty excited about Psychic Feline here in Portland over the last year, for good reason. Labelmates with Sad Horse, the two bands are currently my dream house show. Sydney’s minimalist drumming has been consistently engaging and fun in all the projects I’ve seen her in, and her tendency to keep it simple ties the music together perfectly. Psychic Feline recently released a 7” on PDX’s Water Wing Records. 41