We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Abel Gonzalez. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Abel below.

Abel, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

When I realized there are billions of people in the world who love and appreciate music. In that I found that there had to be a handful of them that would like my music enough to support it. I’ve had different areas of my life where I realized I wanted to pursue it. Often when I’m sitting in my home studio and I begin crafting a song, I feel a magic somewhere deep down that excites me like nothing else does. If it feels right, to me it is right.

Abel, 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 got into writing music around my high school years. Like many adolescents in that time I was ignited by the idea of playing live music, hitting the road, and experimenting with sound and colours. I found that I was often alone when it came to writing and recording. In that I learned how to play drums, bass, guitar, keys, and sing. Now I don’t like to act like I can do any of those things particularly well but I’m pretty okay at it. Although I do rip on the bass. I wrote and produced my own recordings at home. Most recently I recorded over at a friends house but am back to doing it solo. I take pride in the fact that I can do it all myself. It feels… good. In being a multi-instrumentalist, I play with a few different bands here in Albuquerque. I also have produced a few songs for some friends here as well as recorded some parts in the studio for people. My favorite thing to do is create a song from scratch and eventually get to a place where my band and I are performing it live. There’s nothing else like it. I describe my music as creamy indie rock with sprinkles of psychedelia. I like it to be melodic, catchy instrumental parts, with a unbeat feel while also slowing down and getting washed in a spacey wall of sound.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

I think getting more involved with the local community is a start. Go out to events with friends or even alone. You might be inclined to try different things if you do it alone. Break the routine, step out of your comfort zone, and try something new. Artists are interesting people because we all want to be seen. We all want support. In acquiring that we sometimes forget to support our peers as well.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

Non creatives… it’s hard to wrap my head around that. I think in some way all of us are creative by nature. The thing I think they might struggle to understand about my creative journey would be comprehending the time and energy it takes to learn to be vulnerable, to learn a skill, to channel an emotion, and craft all of that into something tangible. Some people will just show up or hit the play button and never understand what it really took to create that. There will be a deep misunderstanding.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @lowmello
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsCaFJwhmvBtbOyCeriUxIg
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