CHMA’s Christina Acton interviewed local musician Freya Milliken to hear about her first time recording a performance professionally, which will be a part of Pride NB’s Monday July 13th Facebook live variety show https://facebook.com/events/s/pride-nb-variety-show-fierte-n/618647385444248/?ti=ia
Freya also discussed the versatility of music making, and the importance of not viewing genre as a confining box.
“There was this 5 week project in my chamber music class, and basically the whole point of it was to look at musical genres differently by the end of it. I personally definitely found that I look at it differently now. So we were paired into different groups of like 4 or 5, and we would be assigned a certain genre and have to change it into a different one. So I remember a couple times, let’s see my group did rap to classical, and then there was like classical to bluegrass, and death metal to this, this to the death metal and whatnot, and basically our professor wanted us to see the musician behind the music, and not necessarily the music for what it is. Like when you think of death metal you think of aggressive sounds and screaming and what not but maybe it’s not that all the time you know. With pop you think it might be all fluffy bunnies and whatnot but maybe this person is actually trying to say something, actually trying to get something across. So bringing that back into my own music I’m thinking okay well how can I send this message but in a different way. Can I play it differently, can I put it in a different key that may not be associated with the genre or [use] different sounds that may not be associated with the genre because music is very fluid. It’s not all about fitting into a box it’s more about coming out of the box, maybe you don’t even have a box. Music is just about communication and expressing something it doesn’t always have to tie down to a certain sound.”
You can find Freya’s music, including her new single Take a Chance which she released on June 19th, on https://www.facebook.com/freyammusic/ , or by searching Freya Milliken on Spotify and Apple Music.
