INTERVIEW [Incredible' Me]
If you’re absolutely oblivious to the fact that Sacremento, CA has one of the best music scenes currently out there -
Incredible’ Me is the one band you will at least want to make yourself familiar with. This brand new, hardcore outfit has released two singles in the past little while both maintaining and gaining fans rapidly.
Lexie Olsen, one of the band’s guitarists allowed us the opportunity to get the low-down on what the band’s current and future plans are as well as how she stays motivated as a musician. The interview can be found below and I can guarantee that we will posting about this band more and more often as they take the music scene by surprise.
Thanks Lexie!
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How long have you been playing guitar? Have you been in any previous bands before Incredible’ Me?
I’ve been playing guitar for about 5 or 6 years now. Yeah, I’ve been in a couple bands before IM – actually my first band ever was with our frontman, David, about three years ago!
Apart from playing guitar in the band, do you have any other roles in the band such as lyric writing or the future possibility of back-up vocals?
I haven’t written any lyrics for the songs that are already released, but I am contributing to the new songs we are currently writing/recording! When appropriate, we all like to collaborate as a full band when it comes to lyric writing – that usually means half of us are writing and the other half are adding/subtracting or editing parts.
Haha I get this question all the time! When someone finds out I play music or they see a girl in a band, they automatically guess, “Singer?!” I think it’s a girl thing. But I totally get it — and there may be a possibility of me doing some background vocals in the upcoming songs, but I think Dillon and Alex do such a good job at what they do so there’s no need for my voice in the mix. I like to put all my focus on my guitar, because that’s what I’m truly in love with and I want to work extremely hard on writing and improving constantly.
What types of genres would you say that you’re writing ability comes from? Do you believe in having a diverse music taste?
In my opinion, having a diverse taste in music is EXTREMELY important if you are going to be writing songs. My number one goal is to write songs that don’t sound the same when played back to back, and to do that I think every member of a band needs to be knowledgeable on more than just one or two styles of music. My inspiration comes from other bands – its sucks because half the time I can’t just sit there and listen to a song, I have to completely dissect it and learn from what each musician is playing. I have so much respect for the bands I listen to, there are truly so many amazing musicians out there. I feel so lucky to have close friends that are in bands that I look up to. I can talk to them for hours and learn so much! When it comes to my own writing, I’ll try to pull from as many genres as possible. I love so many different types of music, seriously! If you scrolled through my iPod and didn’t know what kind of music I played, it would be a somewhat difficult guess haha : )
Incredible’ Me just had their first show just under a month ago…was it intimidating knowing that you’re one of the very few bands with a female guitarists? Were you worried that people weren’t you going to take you seriously? How did you overcome any negativity? (if any)
When I started playing my first shows a couple years ago, I used to worry about these kinds of things. And I’m already the kind of person who doesn’t like to stick out or be the center of attention, so it took a little while to get over it. But honestly, I don’t identify myself as a “female guitarist.” I am a guitarist, and if someone doesn’t want to take me seriously because I just so happen to be a girl, then that’s fine. People are going to think whatever they want to think, and they are going to be ignorant – it’s impossible to change that so you just have to rise above it all. It used to bother me so much and I would get discouraged at times, but as I kept going and pushing myself I began to fall more and more in love with playing music, so any insecurities I had before completely disappeared. There will be, of course, jokes or sexist comments every once in a while but I’m kind of used to it so it doesn’t really affect me – haha sometimes it’s pretty funny actually!
If you could tour with any four bands…what bands would they be?
Ahh so hard to pick four! Off the top of my head: Paramore, Pierce the Veil, Circa Survive, and Memphis May Fire. Those would be some crazy tours!
Now that you’re signed with The Artery Foundation…do you anticipate the band will be touring frequently? Will this be before or after the release of new music?
I believe we will be touring after the release of our music!
Speaking of new music, I know you guys have been in the studio off and on for the past little while….are you preparing for the release of an EP or full length?
Yessir! We’re recording a couple songs a month that are going to be a part of our full length album. We are all super stoked! It’s so hard to record something and then not be able to show anyone for a while haha, but it’s worth it! I’ve been locking myself in my room for hours lately just writing constantly, and so far it’s going great! I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Incredible’ Me’s future
