It's definitely and always a bigger risk going solo. Here's an example, from my own experience - My progressive metal band, The Minerva Conduct, crowdfunded our debut album successfully, sold out all the merch, and we still get enquiries for shows and more merch even though the band is on a hiatus. Although my roles in HOIA and The Minerva Conduct respectively were exactly the same - composer, producer and handling most of the management/business (which makes up a huge chunk of a band's work) - people perceived The Minerva Conduct differently, enough to trust their money with it. The influence of other members (irrespective of actual contribution) isn't something people care about or want to believe is true, since they like the 'image' associated with a band.
One of the biggest things was that I get bored (very) quickly doing the same things - so to keep my creative juices nourished, it's very important for me to dabble between different genres, writing styles & creative techniques. Hence, despite my involvement with multiple projects from death/grind & prog metal (on the personal projects front) to writing music for ads, reading sheet music & turning to orchestra & synthesis; I felt the need to diversify even further with another project, mainly to say something more and combine all these tools & ideas into a single place.Considering Prateek has released a handful of albums with Gutslit, a full length with The Minerva Conduct and has been constantly touring for the last 3-4 years, it only makes sense that he wanted to step out of his comfort zone and create something new.
Internationally, I'm obviously nervous because those are the opinions that matter the most for this style of music. It'll come from an unbiased perspective and from a certain taste and experience associated with the style, so I'm curious to know how it'll all turn out.
It helps make the record and music sound professional, very analogue, and to bring a common rhythm section to the album adds a certain consistency and a glue to the songs that holds the album together beautifully. Of course, this helps with press too. To have the words "Porcupine Tree" on my album does turn heads and hopefully increases my chances of getting the album heard outside India.Prateek has been in the Independent Music Scene for a very long time now and it seems like he's taking his new adventure with all precautions and information. It'll be interesting to see how people receive the album when its out in April, but for now - you can listen to the single he has released from the album, which has already garnered some wonderful press and positive reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvN3XKIuu2c Follow his solo project and pre-order the album below: HOIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hoiatv/ Pre-order: https://hoiatv.bandcamp.com/album/scavenger
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