We recently connected with Able Machines and have shared our conversation below.
Able machines, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Are you happier as a creative? Do you sometimes think about what it would be like to just have a regular job? Can you talk to us about how you think through these emotions?
We were just imagining the other night about how it must feel to be done with our jobs at dinner time and have the night off to relax, watch TV and spend time with our friends and family. When you are a creative, it seems like you are always “on” from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep. Our brains are always spinning with marketing ideas, song ideas, video concepts and to-do lists.
Also, it must be nice to be able to have a fixed income so you can budget your money! Being a musician can sometimes be “feast or famine”, so when you get some income you usually end up hoarding it for when you don’t.
Having said all that, we can’t imagine living our lives any other way. We love making music and videos, We love creating a body of work. We are our own bosses, and we are the masters of our own destiny so to speak (or at least as much as we can be).
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
We are Los Angeles electro-pop duo able machines. We came onto the music scene in 2019, and set the blueprint of our sound — coupling (often) dark lyrical imagery with concise pop hooks and melodies over electronic soundscapes. 2021 saw the release of our debut album “Pathological”, and with our second album “Digital Precision” in 2023 we further cemented the foundation for our sonic style.
able machines started when singer Tay Côlieé was perusing Craigslist in search of musical gear and stumbled upon a “wanted” ad posted by producer Linus Dotson. Upon meeting we quickly discovered we had both been floating in the same musical circles. Linus (professionally known as Linus Of Hollywood) has made a name as a diverse songwriter and producer. Tay got her start acting as a teenager and transitioned into music as a ghost writer for Capitol Records, co-writing hits for other artists.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
We are still building our audience, and to be honest it’s quite a challenge because there are so many bands and artists trying to vie for the public’s attention. The main thing that we’ve learned is stay true to ourselves and be authentic. There are a lot of social media trends that garner attention but they might not be something that we are comfortable doing or runs contrary to our identity, but sometimes we try and take those ideas and figure out how to make them our own so that it’s coming from a natural place that we feel good about.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.
It’s wild in this day and age that you can spend so much time and money creating things only to wind up posting them online and have people scroll right past it. Sometimes it takes us weeks to make a song or a music video and there’s so much build that when we finally release it, it can seem anti-climactic. Also even when people are fans of your music, they don’t always engage and share your music and that makes it hard too because at our level all we really have is word of mouth. So it’s a constant struggle to try and predict what will get listens and engagement while still maintaining our dignity and sense of self.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://ablemachines.net/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ablemachines/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ablemachines
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ablemachines
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