THE GLITTERER INTERVIEW

Whether it be in Glitterer, Title Fight or any other creative endeavor, Ned Russin exhibits what creative passion means as a whole, and paints a picture perfect idea of the root of DIY. He has toured the world with Title Fight, graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Creative Writing, and is now touring with his solo project, Glitterer.

This is the Glitterer Interview.

 What made you want to start a project like Glitterer?

“the reason why I started doing Glitterer is because I was messing around with some new instruments and this is kind of the sound that came of them. There was not really a plan, or an idea so much, as just it was the music I was running at the time, that I was trying to pursue, the sounds that were coming out of these instruments. So I wrote a batch of songs, felt comfortable with it’s release dates, started to play some shows, and started writing more songs, and only now, whatever two years later do I feel like I understand what the band is. So it's just always, to me, pursuing the inherent logic of the music versus trying to come in with a predetermined idea of what the things should be like.”

Who are some of your biggest influences when it comes to Glitterer?

“I think my biggest influences are always the same, you know? it's the same group of people that have always influenced me and the thing is I am a fan of music obviously, and being a fan of music you listen to music obviously as well. so I like the stuff that I've liked since I was a child and I like different stuff as well. So I mean bands that have been like the most important to me, have always been like Embrace, Jawbreaker, Texas is the Reason, stuff like that, and then like a bunch of hardcore bands and things like that. Then also as I've gotten older, I've thrown more things in the mix, and so there's bands that I've been into that maybe are more reflected through Glitterer because it's more recently what I've been most excited about or something. But you know that's another thing I don't have a diagram to present of the people that inspire me, it's more like I consume music and other media and I think that the cool thing about being creative is that all that stuff is processed through yourself and then you kind of synthesize it through your medium. I can tell you what I like but, and this is not a cop-out, you know like I don't believe in the magic of art. There is a process that you to go through to create something, but there is something subconscious that goes on in my process that I'm not aware of, and it's just a mesh of everything that I've ever liked.”

What are some other frontiers you’d like to conquer outside of creating music?

“i'm not entirely sure, I enjoy writing and i've been trying to write stuff but i don't know if I think of that in the same kind of sense, it's different i guess. I guess writing, but I don't know, I guess my answer for every question is it's not predetermined. I am working on writing, i'm working on a draft of something, but i'm not trying to be a writer, just as I wasn't trying to be a musician. I just enjoy these things and for me, enjoying something makes me want to be a part of it. I like reading so I started to write, you know? Just as when I was a kid I liked music so I started playing music. So yeah, who knows? maybe that will change, maybe i’ll be interested in other things in the future, i'll try that as well. But for me the most gratifying thing is always creating your own stuff and I think it takes a long time to get to the point of being confident in your own creative process and your own creativity. I've been writing for a while but i'm still very cautious but i'm trying and hopefully that'll you know that'll come to something that I can present to people.”

What are some of the biggest differences between playing a show with Title Fight versus playing as Glitterer?

“the biggest differences are obviously the way the bands are set up to be with three other people and have an instrument in front of you is different than to be alone on the stage with nothing else. It's something that I appreciate because it's confrontational in a weird way, and so I think I'm always interested in confrontation in art, because that's what has always drawn me in. I don't want to say it's nice to be scared, but it's nice to feel uncomfortable, and so for me this is a new way to to make myself uncomfortable. I think people are also a little uncomfortable by it, not in like a masochistic way, but in a way it's it's nice to present something different. So that's that's a big difference, but other than that I don't think there's too much of a difference, you know? I approach music always the same way and that I mean I'm doing something that I care about and I'm like moved by the music that I've written and that's why I'm playing. My outlook is like, the stuff that I write, I actually enjoy, and that's what makes me want to share it, because that makes music become real. When music is shared between artists and listener in a setting where the two can communicate simultaneously, that's music to me. So whenever I approach playing music live, I just want the conversation and it doesn't matter what I'm doing, it's just about sharing music.”

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