"In terms of instrumental, it was an extreme challenge to create an arrangement. Everything (outside of 1 song written with the piano) was composed with the guitar. Orson has been a huge help with that. The arranging for the whole album was done by the two of us, and he is also responsible for the recordings and the mix. Also, two other musicians played on the record once. It was a long process, with about 7 songs written in 2 years (which was a huge achievement!) and on top of that, 2 years were needed to find the right arrangement and to mix it.
"It was a search for identity, which is funny because the songs themselves are a bit about 'identity crisis'. As for the sound, I have always found it important that everything comes from myself as much as possible. I've always refused to listen to any 'inspirations' because then I think you want to be too much like that (I'm personally convinced of that, but of course that's not necessarily the case. I'm very stubborn about that too, you know). So if I was 'stuck' somewhere, and someone tole me 'maybe you should listen to ... or ..., then my answer was invariably NOPE. I can't handle it when people try to push me in a certain direction, even if they don't necessarily mean it. In general, I'm not a super big music listener either. So, as I may have mentioned last time, I know very little music. Maybe I even know a little more of the classical genre."
Listen to 'Wanthanee' here.