We were lucky to catch up with Julian Fulco Perron recently and have shared our conversation below.

Julian, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

Anytime I have a chance to work with actual cinema film, the stakes are always much higher. And with my upcoming release, this was no different.

The music video for my new single “Not So Fast” which is set to be released May 27th, features a mix of old 60s archive footage, Super 8 footage that I shot personally, as well as some digital footage to show a blend of the different film mediums and to also show the parallels between the lifestyle of someone from the 60s and how it can be possible to embrace and envision a similar lifestyle with a carefree spirit and overall love of life even in today’s world.

Unlike shooting digitally, each shot captured to film is so crucial and critical. You don’t have unlimited takes, unless you want to be spending a fortune. It can be a long and tedious process to first purchase the film; in which you get about 3-4 minutes per $40 roll; but then to also process and develop the film, and then scan the film. There is a lot that goes into it before you’re actually seeing what you shot.

Julian, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I have been the lead singer/keyboard player of Denver rock band 21 Taras since 2014. During the pandemic, I decided to pursue more of a solo venture. Mostly to try out different genres and creative ideas. I’m heavily influenced by guys like Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson and David Bowie and I wanted to explore their creative processes a bit more and apply that to my own art.

This new record I have coming out later this year came about during the shutdown from Covid. I sort of went back to my roots of writing on the guitar, in this case acoustic; and built a lot of the songs around that. The new record features full horn and string sections, a mellotron, and other vintage keyboards.

The mellotron is an instrument that originated in the 60s that features classic instruments such as flutes, strings and horns all recorded to tape. When you pressed a key on the instrument, it would actual trigger the tape of the recorded performance of these classical instruments based on the note you were playing on the keyboard. It’s an instrument maybe most known as being using in the intro to “Strawberry Fields” by The Beatles.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

I am very much in love with old technology and the limitations that come with it. Every art form has really changed with the advancements of technology, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just think that the limitations of a format like film before shooting digitally was an option. Or tape before recording music digitally was an option. I think it forced those artists and filmmakers to really want to say and do something special. They had to be masters at their craft to get their vision across on such a limiting format at times. Although we live in this tech savvy world today, I try to place myself in those similar situations and creative limitations to better understand how they worked.

I have all of my photoshoots taken with an old 35mm film camera. I try to have all of my video shoots shot with film (as much as possible). I have had both of my solo records pressed to vinyl, and I plan to have some cassettes made up for the new record.

I guess the next step for me is recording to tape, which I have certainly wanted to dabble with at times.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being creative?

I enjoy all the trials and tribulations of being an artist. There are lots of little failures along the way of each record or project I am working on. The goal for me with each project I make is to take each of those failures and have them come together in a positive and progressive way to help shape what the record can turn out to be. I very much see myself as a reactive artist. An idea always ends up shifting in the end from where it initially started, it’s all about how you react to each hurdle along the way.

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