Mere AMA 15/03/2019
Artists Introduction:
Mere is an electronic music producer from the United States. Mere’s mascot is a punk bunny with two ear piercings/pins. Mere is known in the community for his fursome personality and releases like Solanin, Rotti, contest entries and interlewds. The name Mere is pronounced Mare according to Mere’s Tumblr.
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AMA:
First off I’d like to thank /r/futurefunk for the ama offer. Greatly appreciated. Second, well I was gonna release a song today later anyway so stay tuned to the future funk subreddit for that. I’ll probably post it here when I’m done answering. Now for the questions….
Q: When did you start producing Music and Future Funk?
I started making music when I was 14. I picked up a free trial of ableton when I was 14, and started making the world’s shittiest music ever. It was bad. However, I got started on making funk a little later on. I found out about daft punk a little while after I started making music, as they were in the charts at the time with some new performances and such, promoting Random Access Memories. I was more curious than anything and started browsing their subreddit. I remember shortly after coming across a recommendation on the internet for this one album called crydamoure waves. And in particular, I remember setting it in the background as I did my math homework. I was vaguely paying attention until this one certain part came on. It was the transition from this song called Lovers by Raw Man into another one by the name of Hysteria by Le Knight Club. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard at that point, I just never heard anything like it, the bit crushed funk samples and seamless transition. It was so full of soul unlike other dance music i was hearing at the time. That album singlehandedly inspired me to try and start making my own music in the same vein, and I haven’t changed my motives since. I really urge everybody to check out crydamoure waves. It’s amazing.
Q: How did you come up with your mascot?
My mascot comes from my animal crossing character. I asked my buddy digboy to draw me a version of her as a punk. That’s all it really comes from. I guess if you read deeper into it it also comes from the fact that I’m not too feminine irl and it helps me express that in some way.
Q: Where are you from and if its okay to ask how old are you?
I am 18. I reside in boston, USA. turning 19 on the 26th.
Q: Which artists or genres do you find yourself listening to mostly when you’re not working on tracks yourself? And do you find those genres influence you in your music when you do get to work?
Right now I’m listening to a lot of weezer. I don’t know why. Just feel like it. Influences I have though are a lot more varied. However, I do note my main influences as I work on each album with the title of the first track. For example, when I was working on Solanin I was very inspired by Boris, a japanese doom metal band influenced by the Melvins (another great band). Meanwhile, on Rotti I was listening to a lot of Earth (a drone metal band from the 90s). I really love their ability to be heavy while at the same time having a lot of emotion in their music. For examples, listen to Farewell by Boris or Harvey by Earth. I want to incorporate that into my own music in my own way, by fusing future funk with other genres you don’t see very oftenly associated with dance music, like doom metal or drone. I’m still working to achieve that goal. One day :p
Q: Where does the name Mere come from? In my language it means more
Mere comes from Meredith. I like the name. Like I touched on earlier, this persona is my way of expressing my femininity in ways I can’t as easily do online. That’s just another way of doing it.
Q: What advice would you have for someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Don’t do what everyone else is doing. Try something new and meaningful. Merge your influences in new ways. Find what emotionally resonates with you most in music and try to replicate it.
Q: Favorite drum machine?
909. Tr 909.
Q: How many rabbits do you own?
I own no rabbits. Sad!
Q: Which of your song(S) would you first introduce a friend to
Show them interlewd. Lol.
also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWIjZg4l3Js
Here’s my new song. I’ll post on the sub later. Enjoy boize
Any last words?
I just want to say my heart goes out to those affected in the New Zealand shooting. It’s a pretty shitty situation. But Future funk and feel good music like that can serve as a great way to cope and I am very grateful for its existence.
This AMA was held in the Future Funk Subreddit Discord. Join it here: https://discord.gg/guF4qvU
