FWD → Conversations Pushing Music Forward
Nov 5, 2026 · 42 min · 11 segments
Welcome to another edition of the FWD podcast, a dedicated space where we invite artists we love to present their latest work in their own words. For Episode 13, we sit down with Reservoir, the…
Well, yeah, let's talk about springtime.
Tell me a little bit about how the seasonal sort of changes affect how you make music, how you think... your music.
To me, there's something really, really, especially for Theme for Dreams, but I think most of your music, it really evokes certain beauty and energy of spring.
So yeah, tell me a little bit about seasons for you.
Yeah, I have noticed patterns in my behavior, my creative behavior that I do kind of follow the seasons in some ways.
I've definitely found that in the darker months, like in the fall, I'm doing a lot of research and learning.
It's back-to-school energy, and I'm just trying to absorb and kind of see where my interests lie and do my homework and stuff.
um and then right around january like i've into the new year it's like synthesizing all the things that i've learned and starting to apply them to like a creative practice and just like just going into the studio and just making things and i'm just trying to create as much as possible and write every day writing new material and just like seeing being trying to be free with it and loose with it and just get it out and eventually you know you start stumbling upon certain things you're like oh that's surprising i didn't expect that like let's pursue that a little bit more and then yeah i mean i you kind of carry that energy as long as you possibly can but eventually like you know once the weather starts getting better and the sun starts coming out and the flowers start blooming, then you just want to spend more time outside.
And then it's like a mixture of like fucking off and not doing anything music related or like sharing, you know, springtime.
I feel like it's a good time to kind of share what you've been working on in the winter and like start figuring out what the show is like and play music for people in the summer.
We're not in the studio unless we're rehearsing with the band to go play a show for people.
fall.
Yeah, it's really funny the way you describe it.
I mean, for me at least, winter is the time to be productive.
Winter is like we're productive.
Spring, we release stuff.
Well, yeah, let's talk about springtime.
Tell me a little bit about how the seasonal sort of changes affect how you make music, how you think... your music.
To me, there's something really, really, especially for Theme for Dreams, but I think most of your music, it really evokes certain beauty and energy of spring.
So yeah, tell me a little bit about seasons for you.
Yeah, I have noticed patterns in my behavior, my creative behavior that I do kind of follow the seasons in some ways.
I've definitely found that in the darker months, like in the fall, I'm doing a lot of research and learning.
It's back-to-school energy, and I'm just trying to absorb and kind of see where my interests lie and do my homework and stuff.
um and then right around january like i've into the new year it's like synthesizing all the things that i've learned and starting to apply them to like a creative practice and just like just going into the studio and just making things and i'm just trying to create as much as possible and write every day writing new material and just like seeing being trying to be free with it and loose with it and just get it out and eventually you know you start stumbling upon certain things you're like oh that's surprising i didn't expect that like let's pursue that a little bit more and then yeah i mean i you kind of carry that energy as long as you possibly can but eventually like you know once the weather starts getting better and the sun starts coming out and the flowers start blooming, then you just want to spend more time outside.
And then it's like a mixture of like fucking off and not doing anything music related or like sharing, you know, springtime.
I feel like it's a good time to kind of share what you've been working on in the winter and like start figuring out what the show is like and play music for people in the summer.
We're not in the studio unless we're rehearsing with the band to go play a show for people.
fall.
Yeah, it's really funny the way you describe it.
I mean, for me at least, winter is the time to be productive.
Winter is like we're productive.
Spring, we release stuff.
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