A resume from Sharon’s today live chat
* How she will manage My Indigo and WT: She said she will find the right balance between the two, that it will be a challenge but it will be ok.
* On why she decided to release the My Indigo album on cassete: Because it was something that remind her youth that she loves and the 80’s vibe.
* If during the WT concerts it will have My Indigo songs: She says no, because she wants to keep them separated and because they are too different from each other.
* On her favorite songs from the album: My Indigo (it is closer to her heart and it is very personal); Crash and Burn and Black Velvet Sun.
* About the writing process: She easily maintain the writing process of My Indigo apart from WT because she used a different path of emotions and different music vibes for those songs.
* On the most difficult song to write: Star Crossed Lovers. The initial lyrics and music sounded like an WT ballad, but it didn’t fit WT. So she rewrite it at least 3 times and in the end it ended to be a beautiful song for the My Indigo album.
* Choosing the name of the solo project: She felt that the color give her the emotions of the songs and it really fits the songs in a bohemian kind of style. She really didn’t wanna use her name on the solo project.
* Touring outside The Netherlands with My Indigo: Since it was never her intention of releasing this album and she did, it isn’t her intention to tour with MI, but if it will combine with WT duties, she might.
* Musical inspirations for this project: Music from the 80’s, Fletwood Mac, Kate Bush, the time she grew up and a little bit of nostalgia she wanted to bring back.
* The reason to release My Indigo: Because she needed to get out of her system these personal topics, a different sound that expressed the lyrics in a more personal and better way, using this music style.
* Collaborations: None with My Indigo and with WT she tease us!
* If metal has become a burden to her: She said no, because it will always be a part of who she is.
* If My Indigo will be an one of album: She wanna to continue with MI because it gives her space to experiment different directions that she likes and can’t always use on WT.
* Favorite part of making this solo album: She can express herself in a different way. WT is a huge band with a huge sound and she is just a small part of that and she had this kind of a fragile emotion that she couldn’t express with a huge sound behind and she needed to make this different kind of music to explain the songs.
* Meaning behind Crash and Burn: It is about someone that is always looking for the edge of everything. It is a beautiful feeling because it makes you feel alive, but at the same time taking a lot of risks may be too much.
* How this album change her personally and as an artist: Artistic it gave her the opportunity to show a different part of who she is and personally it gave her a place to show different emotions.
* The song that makes her happy: Black Velvet Sun, because she needs to dance when listening to it, although it is a gloomy/dark song it gives her freedom.
* Final message: “It’s important to stay close to your emotions if your emotions are sincere. You feel the music that you are writing and it will come across best. The purest way of making music is in this way.”