We recently connected with Adam Putzer and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Adam thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a musician. I used to dance around listening to The Beatles, playing guitar on a plastic baseball bat. I used to constantly drum on the end of my bed, annoying everyone at home. And when I started learning guitar I couldn’t put the thing down, always noodling. I don’t know what attracts me to music. It’s something instinctual.

Adam, 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?

My name is Adam Putzer, and I have a musical project called asalone. Previously, I was in a band for ten years called The Tins, which managed to gain a decent audience. I think we have something like seven million streams on Spotify, which for an completely independent band is a pretty good number. I’m pretty proud of that. But I have to say, asalone has been more emotionally fulfilling than anything I’ve done previously. I feel like I’m finally learning to be myself.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

I won’t get into all the details, but I learned a lot about myself during 2020. Obviously, that was the year of the pandemic, so we all went through some rough times, but a lot happened on top of that that made it a real turning point in my life. My band broke up, which was devastating. I had my first child, which was amazing and joyous, but also terrifying with everything going on around us. To top it all off, I found out I had kidney cancer in June. I had to undergo surgery and chemo. Somehow, I made it through, and now it’s 2024, and I’ve played over 80 solo shows and released two singles. 2020 showed me something about myself for sure.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

Honestly, just showing up for your favorite musicians, and not just to the shows. Buying their merch and albums, preferably directly from the artist. Getting their songs from Bandcamp instead of just streaming. As we’re all well aware, Spotify pays a pathetic amount of money per stream. Now, they aren’t paying any artists that have under a thousand streams a year. That’s two-thirds of the artists on the platform. We have to bypass that and go directly to the source. It’s already a huge struggle to make a living playing music. They’re making it exponentially harder to do so.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asalonemusic/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asalonemusic/
• Other: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asalonemusic Threads: https://www.threads.net/@asalonemusic

Image Credits
Photos by Lexi Tamrowski and Heather Chrosniak