The Obelisk Questionnaire: Samantha Marandola & Andrew Marandola of Oldest Sea
The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short or long, and that reveals something in itself, but the most important factor is honesty.
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Samantha Marandola & Andrew Marandola of Oldest Sea
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
Sam: I put my current emotional state into sonic form. My music is highly autobiographical, and the process of writing and performing it is like a form of self-therapy.
Describe your first musical memory.
Sam: I was laying on the couch with my dad watching a Roy Orbison concert on TV. If my memory serves me right, it was not long after he died and they were airing a bunch of his filmed performances. I’d never heard a voice like that before. It was so ethereal and I was completely mesmerized. I was only 4 or 5 years old.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
Sam: I think my earliest musical memory is probably also my best musical memory.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
Andrew: I’m never married to any set of beliefs. I do not take offense to my personal ideas being challenged. I embrace the possibility of being incorrect.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
Andrew: Artistic progression leads to more questions than answers. Writing and imagining is a never ending labor.
How do you define success?
Sam: When you feel like what you’re doing has purpose and meaning, then that’s what I consider to be success.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
Sam: There’s this really gory scene in the movie Bone Tomahawk and the visuals haunt me to this day.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
Sam: I’d like to eventually score films.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
Sam: I mean, art elevates. I truly believe that the action of creating something from nothing raises the collective vibration of the world. You make the world a better place when you make art.
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Sam: Oh man, I’m in my late thirties so the things I look forward to usually have something to do with home repairs. We’re getting our deck replaced soon and wow that’s pretty exciting.
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