DISCOVERING WITH OFF THE HOOK MUSIC

 Where are you based?

TGC: We are based in Los Angeles, CA.

Why do you love music?
CH : I feel like there is music for anything that happened to you in your life. It is just here for you, you know.

TGC: I love playing music because It makes me feel alive and in the present moment. I love listening to music to daydream, get inspired and escape. 

Tell us about your music and the meanings of your tracks? 
CH : I’ll say that the Tarah Who? sound is a mix between different genres like rock/punk/grunge with a heavy and raw sound.

TGC: I write about what I think, How I see things or relationships. The lyrics are very personal. On the music side, I am very 90s Rock influenced, from punk to grunge and all in between. I think that any 90s Rock lover will recognize that. 

Tell us about your latest release? 
CH : Our latest single is called ‘Manners”, we released a music video for it. We shot in downtown LA during the presidential election so it was quite something hahaha.

TGC: Yes, our latest single is called 'Manners'. http://bit.ly/MannersVideo . That single is from an album that we will release later this year.  I am the worst at writing about our songs because I have to be concise! So here is a review that I found really accurate, from MANGO NEWS. "The lyrics in 'Manners' concern the double standards of so-called good manners that are taught by preachers and religious families. Tarah Who? confront the hypocritical values that are regarded as being basic treats of behaviour for good people, but actually, reproduce inequality and social injustice. Instead, the band demands for education without fear, without hate, that teaches people to treat each other with respect-meagre their ethnicity, gender, beliefs, or social status. " I thought that this review, was on point! 

What inspired you to become a band?
CH : It is always fun to play your favourite songs with people, it feels like magic is happening !! It is even more awesome when you find someone that you connect with via their music, it is really something great.

TGC: That's true. I mean I guess we are a band, but it is just the two of us. Coralie is more than just a bandmate, she is a friend, we are going through a big adventure together, and it is really difficult to find people that not only you can connect on this level, but also who are professional, reliable, and who can play! Patience is key, because nothing happens over night, So I would prefer to call her a partner. There are a few people without whom, all of this would be even more difficult but they are behind their screen. They are also partners, and part of the Tarah Who? Team if you want. Maria Quintana, who helps us look good. She is our DP for our music videos and photographer. Angie Joseph, who does all of our artwork, press kits, flyers, promotional designs and what not, and of course Jason Orme, our producer who makes us sound good on a recording. I started as a solo artist. I never thought about the whole process, I want a band or I want to be solo.. I just want to play. When we were four people in the band, we were all really close friends and it was weird to just go out there with just my name. We started getting a lot of gigs and we wanted to change things up a bit. Tarah Who? was a temporary name but, we kept getting shows.. I think this was in 2010 or something like that! 

Where can our readers find out more about you?
TGC: I think that if you google Tarah Who? you will be able to find us on most platforms or social media. Pick your poison! Now we are more active on Instagram and YouTube. and if you want to know more about our story: https://youtu.be/dQ9NKu6ta0E.  

Where are you based: 

I'm based in Dallas, TX.

Why do you love music: 

It allows me to have a voice (no pun intended). I find writing very therapeutic. It is like my diary. 

When I was about 14, I remember sitting down with my parents and watching American Idol. I was so enamoured with everything, I loved all the stage lighting, I loved the costumes, I loved the songs, and I couldn’t believe that some people did it as a job. It was then that I knew what I wanted to do. I asked my mom to sign me up for guitar lessons (which she was very surprised at, because when I was younger, I had done piano lessons but hated them.) After that, I started trying to write lyrics and come up with melodies etc. 

Tell us about your music and the means of your tracks: 

I would say my music is singer/songwriter with pop elements. I'm not bubble gum pop but I'm not sit around a campfire music. 

Tell us about your latest new releases: 

The song all came together during quarantine. I've recently broken up with my boyfriend and had also just moved back in with my parents (double whammy). I was writing a lot of music, and Healing was born. 

What inspired you to become a musician: 

Growing up, I listened to a lot of Norah Jones, my dad was forever playing her music at home, then a lot of Amy Winehouse. Recently I've been listening to H.E.R and Audrey Mika. They've all influenced me in different ways. 

I love the raw emotion in all of their music though, I try and be as open as possible when writing and really try to convey what I am thinking/going through at that moment. 

Where can our readers find out more about you: 

By listening to my music, but also following me on Instagram. That is where I am most active. Send me a message - say hi! 

Statement from Valencia James about why she loves music:  

I grew up singing whenever I could. Whenever I was finished with my homework and sports, I would sing for hours and it helped me get through some tough years as a teenager. I never underestimate the healing power that music carries. 

Where are you based:  

I grew up in New York, but I am now based in Sydney, Australia 

Genre of Music you can expect from Valencia James:  Dark Pop 
Tell us about your latest single :   

“All The Waves” was written from a very difficult season that I can still relate to now and it’s a song that I’m very emotionally connected to. It explains that although life can be difficult and seem like everything is crashing down around you, there are always so much more greater things ahead for us. 

Where can we find you: Instagram and more : 

https://instagram.com/valenciajamesofficialhttps://facebook.com/valenciajamesofficialhttps://twitter.com/valenciajamesTW
https://fanlink.to/allthewaves 

 Statement from Colours why they love music:  Music is the ideal communicator, it can evoke a deep reaction with people, whether they're playing or listening. Personally it makes us feel good to play and write music. Plus, it's even better when others like what we've created! 

Where are you based: We're based in Leeds, West Yorkshire! 

Genre of Music you can expect from Colours: We're still developing our sound and knowing us we might not fit into one genre, but it will be Pop with influences of Electronic, Country and Indie. 

Tell us about your debut single: "Healing" is about one person's journey of recovery from a negative relationship. It was initially written at our home studio and then professionally tracked at the amazing Greenmount Studios in Leeds. We were super chuffed with the outcome and have a load more music in the pipeline that was also recorded there. Our plan was to tour the single but unfortunately lockdown hit and we've had to take everything online as with most other band/artists. So you can expect some virtual performances to coincide with the release. 

Where can we find you: Website - www.colourstheband.com 

                                          Facebook - www.facebook.com/colourssounds

 INSTAGRAM - COLOURSTHEBAND 

Statement from Digital Resistance why they love music:    Music is a universal language, it can communicate emotions and tell stories even without words, it can cross cultures and it ignores
geography in its persistent ability to get messages across. I can think of no more powerful platform in communicating political messages of social justice. Our writing process is perhaps a bit unusual in that we write the music first, and then an anarchist rebellious poem to go with the music that is eventually turned into lyrics. 

Music as a platform to rebellion is not new to this decade or even this century, slaves in America used it as a means to communicate directions to the Underground Railroad, as a call to other slaves to rebellion, and as a means to survive their brutal conditions. It is perhaps odd that it
somehow became more of an entertainment mechanism in modern society. Music, art and protest have always been intertwined and always will, that's the power of music, and that's why I fell in love with it, not to be entertained but to question systems of oppression, to question the status-quo. 

Where are you based:   Cardiff, U.K. 

Your message through your music is very important. Tell us about the themes you've written about in your music?

Each song Digital Resistance releases is about a well-researched topic.
We are actually academics and we take the critical thinking skills from
research and into our music, and no topic is ever given a shallow
glance. I can break down our 2020 releases into general themes, but
there's some hidden meaning in some verses of the songs that I won't go
into as it's more fun for the listener to figure it out and interpret
these themselves.

Oligarchical Collectivism: that's an easy one, it was written in
Newspeak chants (George Orwell's 1984 seemed relevant to the times we
find ourselves in!). The music and lyrics really marry quite well in
this song, and the chant and riffs were designed to give a slightly
uneasy feeling, with a really trippy guitar solo and simple repetitive
drumbeat.

Pale Blue Dot: This is a view of fascism on Earth throughout history,the
narrator starts quite "far away" and gets closer to the unfolding story,
the song gets angry about half-way through (2:17) when it shifts from
past to present. And again the music and lyrics go tightly together. 

Economic Conscription: This compares varying war efforts and how the
elite escapes and enriches itself at the cost of the lives of the poor,
the main focus is a comparison of lies fed to the public during the
Vietnam War the Iraq War. It also deals with some racism faced by the
forces returning from Vietnam and the unrest going on back in that
decade.

Pillars of Oppression: This was particularly painful to write, each
verse tells a real life story of a life lost at the hands of political
and police brutality in a different part of the world. 

Where can we find you:

Facebook: Digital Resistance