"This is an interview that Willy Kuo did and wanted to share with our readers."Where are you from and how do You describe your style of music?
I’m based in New York.
My music style is quite versatile, R&B; Soul; Jazz; Folk; Country; Pop; Blues, even Gypsy, sometimes you may find I fusion them in my songs, but yeah, I think I like the R&B/Soul the most, as somehow my true feelings can be written easier through it!!
How did you get here? As in, what inspired or motivated you to take on this journey through music and the music biz?
Ever since I started writing my originals, and going to some music competitions, and performing gigs, I found I’m in love with the feeling that I can share my music with the audiences, and seeing them resonate or enjoy is the most joyous thing ever.
Always having the strong desire to create good music, and I’d like the world to hear it, sometimes when I’m alone in my room practicing, I’d just imagine I’m performing a huge concert.
Perseverance, courage, confidence, they are the 3 essential elements to keep me going, but basically, a guitar, a pen, a paper, and a chair are very important to the process too.
I’d say my biggest inspirations are John Mayer; Aretha Franklin; Ed Sheeran, who are representing their own unique style of songwriting and performing, which I adore so much, the dynamics and the grooves and the emotions in their songs just epic, let alone the skills, so yes, they are the role models for my music career.
How does your latest project compare/contrast with your previous release(s)? Were you setting out to accomplish anything specific, follow a specific theme, or explore different styles of creation?
It’s more profound and skillful, and I think it’s also can relate more to people who have/had been through the same circumstance.
Yes, I was devoted to conveying how the falling rain can make people think/feel, since every person has different stories; different backgrounds, but when you just let the rain fall on you, you can feel several types of emotions going on, sinful, angry, relaxing, at that moment, you don’t have to hide anymore, let the rain carry your emotions, be true, be real, be free under the falling rain.
Name the biggest challenge you faced as a creative during these unprecedented? How did you adapt? How have you kept the creative fires burning during all this?
The biggest challenge I think it’s the time, as I’m also working full-time as a global assistant marketing manager, which reduces largely the time I can actually spend with my guitar and on the songwriting.
I always spare at least one and a half hour every day for my music, no matter how tired or worn out I am, because music is a great harbor to me.
Seeing good reviews of my songs, and seeing my role models are still creating works, knowing there’re still people out there enjoying good new music, all these encourage me to keep writing, also my inner voice keeps telling me that I can’t stop, because I really believe I have something great going on, it’d be a shame if I don’t express it all out to more people!
What was the last song you listened to?
Gravity by John Mayer.
Which do you prefer? Vinyl? 8-tracks? Cassettes? CDs? MP3s? Streaming platforms?
Vinyl and Streaming platforms.
Listening to vinyl is a style, it’s a classic living enjoyment; listening to streaming platform is an inevitable future, more accessible and playful.
Where is the best place to connect with you and follow your journey?
That’d be my Personal Website and YouTube Channel and Instagram Account.
https://www.willykuomusic.com/ (Biography Information)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxBUpbdLNDYPcgTa03Ckmfw
https://www.instagram.com/willykuo_/
“ Falling Rain “ is one of the songs in my album called “ City Light "
Links to “ Falling Rain “
https://soundcloud.com/user-54415704/falling-rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcSC0QJVFzA
The Review
This track starts out with just a guitar that leads into the vocals. This track is totally unplugged. Willy Kuo has an outstanding voice very inviting. The way he plays his guitar is like he is playing the drum parts along with the guitar, he is an fantastic guitar player, very impressive. He starts out singing, "This sky has dropped all this rain on my face." This is a track about change, walk away from you sins of the past. And what the past does to you in the future, how it leaves scares. In one part of the song Willy states that, "This is a wake up call". This is a track that almost every one can relate to. Everyone has gone though tough times in their lives, God knows I have. But this track is about change for the better realizing the life you are living now might not be the life you should be living and you might just need a wake up call to make a change.
In Conclusion, This is a track that I think everyone has experienced in their life or perhaps is going through it now. This song gives you hope for change. The track states that it will be hard to do and you will be left with scars from the live that you used to live. Willy Kuo's "Falling Rain" was well played. His guitar playing was just outstanding. The way he played rhythm with harmonics was just gorgeous. His voice was inviting so much that you get sucked in to his story that he is telling the listeners. This is a song that you readers should check out. For some it just might make you think about your own life so you can be free to be who you really are.
Review by: SchizoFranic
Link: https://linktr.ee/SchizoFranic
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