Black Sea Foam

✒ If you were a song, what song would you be and why?

Kaili by Caribou

because that is my name.

That, or Where It’s At by Beck because that is like, my anthem.

☤Do you most pay attention to the melody or the lyrics?

Usually the first time I listen to a song I focus on the melody. Then a few times after that I’ll try to interpret the lyrics if I can understand what the singer is saying. A few times after that I’ll listen to the song for all its parts and separate each instrument out in my head and really focus on the song. I love doing that.

♜ If you could invent a new instrument, what would it sound like?

It would probably be loud and kind of twangy. Maybe like a viola and a mandolin put together. Maybe something with mandolin strings and tuning but you play it with a bow? But plucking is an option too. And it will have to be really echo-ey and dreamy. And it have an incredible scale range as well. I’ve always loved string and percussion instruments. Never really been a fan of wind or brass, I just don’t really like the sound of any lung instruments.

yaaay!

☠Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument? 

I play guitar and ukulele mostly. I’m not very good but I love playing rhythm chords and singing mostly. I also like finger picking A LOT but it’s hard to sing at the same time. I took piano lessons as a kid and I still play it from time to time. I took violin through middle school and I would still play it if I didn’t lose my violin somewhere… I also recently started learning the Banjo. Banjo is super duper fun.

✌Name 3 bands you would most like to meet. Why?

Hmm that’s kind of a toughie. Of course I’d like to meet my ABSOLUTE favorite bands so I can interrogate them on their magical ways, but some bands just look more fun as people than others.

Silversun Pickups. Even though I have already met them, I want to meet them again because they were SO NICE and they are really funny and you can tell they REALLY appreciate their fans.

The Flaming Lips. Because they’re hilarious and amazing and what would a conversation with Wayne Coyne be like? I’d love to find out.

Pearl Jam. Those guys just all seem really cool and fun and they are my idols.

✖What do your parents think about the music you listen to?

They actually really like my music. My dad loves Franz Ferdinand and Kings of Leon, I totally got him hooked on those guys. My mom really loves all my music, especially Fleet Foxes, Sea Wolf, First Aid Kit, and other folky stuff like that. For some reason she hates Sigur Ros, Beirut, Wolf Parade, and Bon Iver though. But she likes Bat For Lashes, which is very weird and dreamy like the bands she hates… I don’t get it.

◔Put your mp3/ipod on shuffle and name the first 5 songs you stumble upon

oh man hopefully nothing embarassing comes up

1. Where The Story Ends- The Fray (I don’t even like them anymore)
2. First Day - Jonsi
3. Hungry Ghost - Starf***er
4. The New Polluation - Beck
5. Thank You Very Much - Kaiser Cheifs

Thank You!

Do you still buy CDs? Which was the last CD you bought?     

Yes, I proudly still buy CDs. The last CDs I bought were Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- B.R.M.C., Tame Impala- Innerspeaker, and Modest Mouse- This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about. They were all used from Sonic Boom records in Seattle. CDs are love. You just cant get that out of digital format.