“I still cannot wrap my head all over this 12 months,” mentioned Prateek in excess of the cellphone. “There are a great deal of worst-case scenarios you plan for, and however in some way a worldwide pandemic is not just one of them.”
“The Band’s All Gone” was introduced in June, showcasing a mix of originals, addresses, and playful banter. Following, in Oct, arrived the one “All the Stars,” a soulful state ballad that wraps Prateek’s plaintive voice in wisps of steel guitar and near, sweet harmonies.
The World reached Prateek at house in Belmont to speak about how he acquired below and what comes subsequent. “2020 was supposed to be a yr in which I arranged my lifetime a very little bit much more, and points would make a small bit much more perception. And . . . there is been some of that, and there is been some of the reverse of that.”
Q. What was your musical plan for the calendar year before COVID shut every thing down?
A. “All the Stars” was essentially recorded in drop 2019, and I was sitting on it seeking to determine out what would be the ideal time to launch it. The music strategy for this yr: “The Band’s All Gone” and “All the Stars” ended up undoubtedly going to arrive out. I was genuinely very seriously contemplating about likely back again into the studio and operating with the similar workforce that I worked with on “All the Stars” — recording an EP with a band would have been on the guides. I was [also] truly hoping to go all in with touring more.
Q. Have you operate out of recorded content from ahead of COVID?
A. Yeah. All the things that was recorded pre-COVID is out in the planet now. I’ve been form of in writer’s block, but gradually but absolutely this calendar year I have been crafting a couple music and figuring out what to do with them. Part of the rationale I haven’t dove as deeply into figuring out my upcoming job is I’m concerned about what early next year is likely to be like. Component of this complete pandemic has been finding out that it is Alright to preserve an eye on issues other than your personal tunes.
Q. Are you a complete-time musician? Do you have another job?
A. I am a total-time musician. It’s actually been 2½ a long time. Element of what created this time specially strange, particularly when [the pandemic] to start with hit, everybody from musicians who I have identified as veterans for a long time to men and women like me who ended up just receiving began, all of us, no matter of our practical experience, were being caught off guard. On the just one hand, it was kind of comforting to assume that no volume of encounter could have ready me for this, since none of us observed it coming. On the other hand, it was variety of scary to assume it’s like, oh, wow, nothing at all could have organized me for this.
For far better or worse, I imagine we’re having utilized to this pandemic. It’s wonderful to have some concept of how to shift ahead. It would be superior if our concept of shifting forward was in fact quashing [COVID].
Q. And in the meantime, you are streaming weekly gigs on Patreon, correct?
A. Indeed. One particular thing that did perform out in 2020 was that I wished to get much more major about my Patreon site, for the reason that I have had it for the past pair of several years, and it is very considerably the cause I can do new music total time. We contact it “Sunday Sweatpants Sessions” due to the fact I’ve fairly considerably only worn sweat pants when I stream. We’re all stuck at home — you may well as very well be cozy. It’s a livestream, it is not quite the identical as a live display, but it is a large amount of enjoyment. And more than ever, whichever protected relationship we can get, we should totally consider.
Q. So it is not a dichotomy, but how a great deal do you come to feel like you are thriving, and how much do you experience like you’re surviving?
A. Equally, at the exact same time, in so many odd means. I feel in a whole lot of techniques I come to feel like I’m just surviving, mainly because none of us observed this coming or predicted it to very last this prolonged. I mean, some men and women did, but of system we didn’t hear. There are times where by I sense like if I just recall to do the dishes, that is as much of a acquire as I can choose. But on the other hand I have been blessed ample that I’ve obtained a steady living condition and I’ve bought persons who have been actually keen to phase up and guidance my songs, especially on Patreon.
I acquired picked out to do the 617Classes this 12 months, so that was a aspiration occur true. A excellent good friend of mine posted on Fb that the last months have been challenging, and in these periods it can really feel disingenuous to have a earn, or a little something to celebrate. but even when all of this is more than, those people feelings can continue to last. And simply because of that, even when things are negative — primarily when factors are definitely bad — you’ve bought to take the superior times when you can.
Job interview was edited and condensed. Zoë Madonna can be reached at [email protected]. Observe her on Twitter @knitandlisten.
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