THE ORANGTANGS

Describe the orangtangs’ music for those who are unfamiliar.​​​

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​Sam - Lofi Indie garbage with some heart and love put into it

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Branden - For those who are unfamiliar I would say our music is more lofi indie. Our music sounds homemade I guess you can say, but I think that's a good thing because I think it adds to the feel of our songs.​

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How were the orangtangs founded and how did you two meet?

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Sam - We met in elementary school a long long time ago, but didn't actually become friends till high school. Fortunately the stars aligned just right cause thats when we also heavily got into music. There was this girl at our school who wanted to start a band, branden and i were really into it, but everyone else dropped out of it before we even played together. Us two still wanted to write and play together and lived happily ever after.

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Branden - I've known Sam since first grade if not kindergarten, but we didn't really talk much until around 6th grade when I just got a phone for my birthday and I though I was supposed to ask everyone for their number and one day I sat next to Sam when we were waiting to get on the bus and I asked him for his number, I don't think we texted much, but we really started to become friends in 7th grade when we both joined band and chose to play saxophone. The Orangtangs was founded when a mutal friend decided her new years resolution was to make a band we all learn instruments together, I wanted to learn guitar and Sam wanted to learn keyboard. then she dropped out and we decided to keep going

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Describe your creative process.

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Sam -  Writing usually starts with one of us writing lyrics and the other going "I LIKE IT!" After that, we try coming up with a chord progression we haven't used before and putting the words to a melody, and adding some more words after that to make it a full song. Most of the time it’s Branden on words, and me on chords, but we go back and forth a good bit. Recording wise, we record the song each section at a time, one instrument at a time. Recordin is also usually when the song changes completely and becomes somethin new.

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Branden -  I wouldn't say I really have a creative process, but I write most of my lyrics on late night drive, usually from work or when I'm about to go to sleep, I'm usually not saying anything just thinking, I'll have the radio or TV on and I'll hear something that makes me think of some lyrics and I'll write em down, if I'm in the car I'll keep it going and probably send a voice text to Sam or wait til I get home to write em down, but usually I forget them by the time I get home.

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Where do you find inspiration?

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Sam - Hearing good music always puts us in a mood to create (ex. the beatles, tyler the creator, steve lacy, richard swift etc.) Bein interested in a girl is probably the main one for me, thats probably when some of the best stuff comes out for me.

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Branden - I think it's hard to answer a question like this without mentioning the Beatles. I'd say they were my inspiration when starting to write songs, which they still are, but right now I'd say Tv Girl, Jordana, Wallows, and Tyler, The Creator is my inspiration.

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Any new music soon? Anything you'd like to promote?

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Sam - We've been workin on the mega album for about a year now, but we'll probably release another single in-between it all. Check out our latest single, Hope, incredible sax playin and lyrics by branden. Great stuff. 

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Branden - Yes, we are working on an album right now, if I was to promote something I'd like to promote our Songs Somethin Blue and Hope.

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What music have you been listening to most recently?

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Sam - Richard Swift, Chase Ceglie, The Sha La Da's, Dogboss558 and Quasimoto. Chase Ceglie needs way more attention than he has now.

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Branden - I've been listening to a bunch of different stuff, but what I have on repeat are songs from TV Girl like Lovers rock and Every Stupid actress. Jordana pretty much her whole summers over album. A couple songs from Wallows like Remember When, calling after me. Also a song called Tek It from Cafune

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