Today we’d like to introduce you to David Loftin.
David, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
I enjoy creating art. It has come in many forms over the years and will continue to shift and change and get better and get worse, until one day I inevitably die.
T Cecil is the current expression of my art. Well, it’s not only my art. It’s truly the collective hard work of amazing friends that I have the privilege to work with. Alexander Jacob Ross is a truly wonderful, hard-working drummer who brings a vitality to the music I never quite imagined I could find. Cody Boyer is the best dude who happens to be a multi-instrumentalist. He brings his dynamic and chaotic imagination to the table. Shannon Furr is an all-around brilliant person who learned to play bass specifically for this project and has done so wonderfully. Her unequivocal anger fuels us all. There are countless others who have helped us as well.
We just celebrated our two-year anniversary as a band and are close to completing our second full-length album, “This Feels Far Enough.”
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
I’m our main songwriter, with Alex filling in drums and moving the songs along. The process is fairly spur-of-the-moment, brought out by deep, stirring feelings and ideas that turn into poems that turn into songs. We record demos and write things down when we can, but keeping the songwriting freeform has been incredibly rewarding.
I’m speaking for all of us here when I say the music we make is only being made as an appeal to our sense of expression. It may not ever be liked by anyone else—which is a great fear of mine, but I suppose fears are meant to be faced. If you like it though, please tell me because I am very weak and love validation.
We hope people are challenged to view their own love and fear of life and death in a new way through our music.
Artists rarely, if ever pursue art for the money. Nonetheless, we all have bills and responsibilities and many aspiring artists are discouraged from pursuing art due to financial reasons. Any advice or thoughts you’d like to share with prospective artists?
Creating music and art takes time. Mixing takes time. Recording takes time. It’s a difficult process, but it’s so worth it to actually make something. So, patience.
If you can’t learn that, don’t do it. If I had the capability to do anything else I would. Go get a job with a steady paycheck if you can. Existence is pain, so you might as well have money. Life is miserable but I couldn’t do it without this.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
You can listen to our music on all platforms and support us by following our social media, or checking out our merchandise on tcecil.com or at a show.
It seems an artist’s value is determined through Facebook likes. We have around 500. In order to be deemed valuable you need at least 10,000, so we’re not yet. We released a music video single “Orchestrated Objective Reduction,” on YouTube from our upcoming project titled “This Feels Far Enough.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://tcecil.com/
- Email: tcecilmusic@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tcecilmusic/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcecilmusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/tcecilmusic
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LH1MRRZNlvUOCqolgJ2YB
Image Credit:
Colton Matocha
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