The Obelisk Questionnaire: Liam Shanley of Bin Chicken, Meleyahnsali and The Mausoliam
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Liam Shanley of Bin Chicken, Meleyahnsali & The Mausoliam
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
I play guitar and a few of the other instruments one could expect to encounter in a rock setting. I also record myself and others. Lastly I make electronic music as Meleyahnsali. I’ve been fortunate enough to try these things out enough times to have gotten alright at them.
Describe your first musical memory.
Listening to classic rock and Irish music at the house or in my mom’s car.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
Putting out my band Bin Chicken’s first album.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
I like to think I’m capable of achieving my loftiest ambitions but I’ve had collaborations end up being disappointing despite my best efforts.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
Hopefully towards something truly unique and original. But in a less literal sense, to a great understanding of life and one’s place in it.
How do you define success?
Finishing and releasing a project is the hard part. Anything that happens after that is icing on the cake.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
An opossum that had recently been run over but wasn’t dead yet lying on the street, hissing.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
I haven’t yet put something out on vinyl. I’d also like to release an album in the zeuhl style.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
A work of art should capture something meaningful or beautiful about life so that you can experience and ponder that thing through the given work of art.
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Whatever David Lynch does next.
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