Welcome! We are excited to get to chat with you! We saw that you posted recently after your show in New York and you said that it was the best stage you have played. What made it so amazing?
Red: There’s nothing really quite like New York, so we were super excited to be a part of the nightlife in that city. But all things considered, it was definitely all of the people we got to share that night with that made it so special. We had family, friends, and fans out to see us and really felt like we got to pour every bit of our energy into that performance.
It really seems that you both love being on
tour and sharing your live show with fans. Has the Spectra Tour made you love
performing even more than before?
Rome: Absolutely. When we started performing, there
was a sort of ‘training wheels’ stage where we were just getting our bearings
on stage. Especially with a duo, there’s a lot you have to learn about feeding
off each other and reading the energy that can only come from practice. Now
that we’re starting to get the hang of it, it’s safe to say we love doing our
thing up there on stage.
What would you say are the positives and
negatives of the music industry? What is it about the music industry that makes
some artists push forward? What do you think makes some artists quit?
Red: This is definitely an industry of ups and
downs, and the way musicians handle that is really important. There will be
good times where you feel like you’re on top of the world but there will also
be times where you don’t think you can give it another hour in the studio, or
another take in the booth. I think it’s those times where you’re dirt tired and
catching ‘L’ after ‘L’ that really can break people. But a big realization is
that those tough nights are the things that make those ‘top of the world’
moments a reality, so that keeps us going.
Tell us about your setlist – how do you
decide on what you play? Do you mix things up every night?
Rome: We built our set over time, tagging tracks and making
lists! It’s a mixture of our own released music, older and newer unreleased
stuff, songs from others that inspire us and speak to us, and of course new
music we’ve created just for the set. We have a ton of songs that we’re ready
to play and we usually decide, night by night, which ones are on the list.
Are you writing new music while you are
touring?
Red: Definitely, we always try to keep ourselves
creating. Whether that’s creating voice notes on our phones or starting
projects with a little MIDI keyboard we travel with, the ideas have to keep
flowing. Sometimes we’ll get little breaks in our schedule when we can sit down
and start to flesh out the ideas and bits that we’ve saved up, who knows when
one of those will turn into a new single!
What social media platform is your favorite to
connect with fans and why?
Rome: Instagram for sure! Give us a follow at
@TheKeymakers and say hi! We absolutely love connecting with fans and hearing
their favorite tunes. We also share the most on there so it’s a great place to
keep up with whatever we’re up to.
Booking: bsquaredmgmt.com
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