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My Experience at Standing Rock
I wrote “Tears I Can’t Hold Inside” in Los Angeles in January 2018, after I was forced to return to the United States from Paris (where I currently live) to await trial and see if I would be spending the…
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Influences & Inspirations
How to Maintain – Keep The Balance
As musicians and artists, balancing our work with the rest of the activities throughout our daily lives can be hard to keep up with. Work is never-ending, chaotic even. And if you also have a job on top of this,…
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Artist Journeys
What It’s Like To Be Managed By Your Boyfriend: A Test of The Ego
Hi. My name is Cassandra, but you may or may not know me as the artist, KALLITECHNIS. What you also may not know about me is that I’m managed by my boyfriend. Now, you’re either reading this thinking, “cute” or…
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Inside the Industry
The Making of a Happy Home
What makes a happy home? Is it the high-end furniture, the fancy cars parked out front in the driveway, or even the zip code? These were the questions that we asked ourselves as we were making our latest album entitled…
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Artist Journeys
You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Beat
I have two incurable diseases: one physical and one mental. My physical disease limits my ability to swallow. My mental disease is that I swallow too much, I let myself take on the world with no room for respite. Music has always been the one arena where I thought my mental disease couldn’t touch me. It’s been the golden sheath…
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Artist Journeys
On Finding New Hobbies, Therapy, and Doing Laundry
“Maybe if I try to make them like me. Smile a little wider, seem inviting. They won’t ask to see the darkness I’ve been hiding.” Yes, I’m starting this off by quoting one of my own songs, “Heavy Heart.” This is a shame-free zone. The title of which I also have tattooed on my left arm. Permanently engraving this phrase…
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Inside the Industry
Do Be Do Be Do: A Balancing Act
I have a question for all the creatives out there, grinding away at the latest project, or practicing until their hands go numb: When’s the last time you felt good about taking a break? If your answer is never, then I promise you, you aren’t alone. It seems we and our colleagues are plagued by this cheeky little voice that…
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Artist Journeys
Education vs. Music: My Personal Battle
Throughout my entire life, I never envisioned music as a career choice; music was always an escape or a hobby for me. When I felt down in the dumps, music was there to bring me peace of mind. When I was enjoying life, music was there to lift me even higher. But when it came to deciding whether or not…