Casey Taylor Lee
Alternative/Indie/Pop Punk goes Acoustic
Kind of a solo project right now. I'll use these songs for my band though
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I started playing the piano in Grade 3. Which was a long time ago, but it exposed me to music. And i quit piano three years after. That was when i picked up the guitar. And ever since then i've been playing guitar, both acoustic and electric. It's been roughly six years? Although there were two years in between where i kinda got lazy. I've been playing in a number of bands now, and currently am in two. But i decided to go solo for a bit, and write alot of songs first.
I've been writing for two years, and in the beginning it was the hardest thing ever. Then I learned the art of improvising both guitar and vocal melodies. But then i could never remember the tunes i make, so i recorded the melodies as i made them up. After alot of practice and experience, now it seems to come naturally, making melodies and being able ot remember it as well. Given any chord progression, melodies can come easily. Then i would write lyrics for the song. So that's where i am now.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I love playing live, it's so much fun on stage, especially when you go crazy with the guitar, shredding solos, headbanging and jumping around. Playing acoustic and singing is also loads of fun in itself. Heck, as long as you're doing music, it is for sure fun.
Most memorable moment was covering Switchfoot's Meant To Live with my band, and headbanging like crazy. Also, the time where I jumped off the drumset at the end of a song.
Your musical influences
All Time Low, Dropout Year, Relienk K, Story Of The Year, YUI, Daphne Loves Derby, Aqua Timez, Kobukuro, Yellowcard, Switchfoot, Sum41, Skillet, Our Lady Peace, Ryan Cabrera, John Mayer, Evanescence, As I Lay Dying, MxPx, Bullet For My Valentine, Stuff from Punk Goes Acoustic albums and alot more...
What equipment do you use?
Takamine EG340SC, Epiphone Les Paul, Fender Strat, Pearl Forum Drumset, Sabian Cymbals, Yamaha DGX-305 keyboard, Elixir Phosphor Bronze Strings, D'addario Electric Strings, maracas, tambourine, bongos
Anything else?
At the moment i'm practicing on writing songs faster, so i can write a large number of songs, and then pick the best out of them to edit and improve on. It's because i used to take forever to write a single song. Now, it takes me two hours hahaha. So there will be alot of songs coming out quick, all rough drafts, not fully complete. Please be patient with me, i'll be working on official recordings soon.
