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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Mia Dean of Blood Moon Wedding

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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?

I access vibrations and ideas, and I try to weave an atmosphere around them. I put together abstract thoughts about the human condition and express them in song, and then I sing them to you, as beautifully as I can.

Describe your first musical memory.

My grandmother playing an upright piano with sunlight shining through the window singing Killing Me Softly. She had an incredible gift, she couldn’t read music, but could learn any song by ear. She would sit at the piano and sing us songs. My dad would do the same, but they were cowboy songs. He played an Ovation guitar, and then later a Martin, on which he taught me to play my first song, which was The Streets of Laredo.

Describe your best musical memory to date.

Singing with Steve is an absolute joy. I feel like I can express myself with my voice and with his. It’s like incorporating the divine masculine into my singing personality. I love to find the unity in our voices and there is a sweet spot when the two voices resonate together and that is what it is all about. Feeling that buzzing connection of energy.

When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?

When I was 22 I got married for the first time. I was immediately, immensely unhappy, but I had been raised religious and at that time believed I would have to stay married no matter what. Thankfully about two years later, I broke up that marriage and broke up with religion. So I guess that is really two firm beliefs that were tested and also found to be wrong for me.

Where do you feel artistic progression leads?

I think it leads to greater self discovery and understanding of the world around you. The mysteries of life, the intricacies of love, and the connection of all things.

How do you define success?

Being able to support yourself, your family, and your community doing something you love.

What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?

I’ve seen violence that I wish I hadn’t seen. That I wish didn’t exist. I’ve seen a man fall fifteen feet in front of me and almost die. I’ve seen deliberate and intentional betrayal of the worst kind. I’ve seen tents filled with people that have no where else to go. I have seen rich cities that look the other way and don’t offer services. I’ve seen vacant houses owned by banks that should be housing people. I have seen wealth inequality. I have seen a man get laid off from a warehouse job become homeless and start sleeping in the doorway of his former employer, and then die within five months from the cold. I’ve seen atrocities. We see them every day. I want to know, what are we going to do about it?

Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.

I have something doomier inside me that is percolating. I look forward to expressing those ideas. But, I am also excited to make another Blood Moon Wedding album and to continue making the Blood Moon Wedding film.

What do you believe is the most essential function of art?

Expansion. Enrichment. Connection. Creating Beauty. Exposing monsters. Accessing that which is divine. Communing with each other. Healing the beings on this planet. Expressing human truths. Helping others to feel seen.

Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?

I am looking forward to being back in England this summer. I used to say that I wanted to be in an international art community like Picasso and Cocteau in the 1940’s, and travel around to each other’s homes for months at a time, making art, having laughs, and discussing ideas. That wish came true for me and it is endlessly fulfilling.

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Blood Moon Wedding, “HEY MIA DO YOU REMEMBER?” video premiere

Mia Dean on “HEY MIA DO YOU REMEMBER?”:

This song came out like a dream. We were experiencing very spiritual altered states while writing this album. This came out as a stream of conscious idea from Steve and then the harmonies exploded out of me. It’s kind of a sinister tale, but it builds into the repetitive “the moon came up.. the stars came out…” I think we’ve all felt that sense of awe and wonder in our lives before, no matter what our circumstances.

Steve Lake on “HEY MIA DO YOU REMEMBER?”:

It takes place in Death Valley and Lone Pine. They used to make cowboy movies in Lone Pine. Its full of mythologies, ancient and modern. And Death Valley is one of the most spectacularly beautiful places in the universe. But there’s a reason they call it Death Valley. We tried to capture that with the record.

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