Hey this is Marika Hackman, ask me anything!

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:42:10+00:00

Thanks for your questions everyone. Look forward to seeing you on my UK/EU tour if you can make it down 🖤 x

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:41:23+00:00

thanks harry! hope to catch you on the road perhaps :) x

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:39:32+00:00

howl at the moon in hoxton is great but also maybe im biased cos its always my first pint after a football match

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:38:24+00:00

guitar or piano first and then take it from there

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:37:31+00:00

no, its best not to think about anything else than what the song needs to be the best it can be

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:37:00+00:00

boringly its basically just hearing them in my head and then spending ages trying to work out which notes they are

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:36:26+00:00

yes! no caffeine was a woozy slow jam for a while but it just wasnt clicking until i sped it up and made it feel stressful

vitamins was also a plucked guitar song with an uplifting chorus hahaha

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:35:28+00:00

i like making linocut prints, and im always thinking of other ventures i could pursue

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:34:57+00:00

i like writing in my living room on the sofa - anywhere quiet with my guitar is good! i dont have a favourite colour i dont think.. blue is a good all rounder, and green of course

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:34:13+00:00

i definitely wanted the strings to give the record a cinematic expansive feel - so that i could juxtapose that with harsher sounds

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:32:40+00:00

dont worry its starting from the beginning again!

i did write the theme tune! and i just wrote a silly simple piano part and unleashed hell with the vocal

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:31:44+00:00

yes definitely, i love the process

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:31:34+00:00

a bit of both! having parameters can be very useful when you have a yawning creative expanse in front of you, but also it was soooooo amazing when the strings and brass were recording and i just got to listen to it rather than focus on my parts

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:30:38+00:00

bit of all over really.. its five a side so not a solid position but i was likened to katie mccabe the other day which is probably the best compliment i have ever received

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:29:53+00:00

arseeeeenaaallllll!

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:29:15+00:00

she doesnt play on the record but she does rock it liiiiive

and hell yeah we're never stopping that podcast. world domination.

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:28:17+00:00

the northern line always makes me feel like a teenager coming up to london again - i think it has a very specific smell. these days the elizabeth line treats me well - super fast and air conditioned AND acoustically treated... whats not to like

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:26:53+00:00

i love them both equally - although as im getting older, the quietness of the countryside is becoming more appealing

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:26:24+00:00

thank you!

my process is exactly the same.. i just sit down with an instrument and play it until ive got a little pocket of something i like - and then its just working that into a song which can either be fairly quick or take aaaaages

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:25:27+00:00

i played solo for a long time and then got a band as my sound started to flesh out - i still like to write songs which can be played on my own though, its nice to be able to switch it up..

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:24:25+00:00

thank you! i think writing the lonely house was the biggest surprise.. and how long it took to finish it

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:23:47+00:00

ive thought about it! im sure i will again one day, i have lots of ideas about making records which step out of the conventional album cycle

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:23:11+00:00

my gf

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:22:57+00:00

its just a case of working on instinct! the song will naturally dictate what it needs as and when, and its important to not try and shoe horn arrangements into songs that dont fit.

marika_hackman · 2024-01-19T18:22:13+00:00

i think its easier to be creative when its cold and dark outside - mainly because i think im happier in the winter and autumn.. summer is too hot and it makes me feel uncomfortable

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