We were lucky to catch up with Bluedive recently and have shared our conversation below.

Bluedive, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

It was a different experience for all of us individually, but the moment we all decided that Bluedive was something to take serious was literally the first practice together. I (Jad) had just been invited by Aidan after we jammed as just the two of us, and when the four of us played the stuff Aidan had shown me, something just sorta clicked. I had written some parts to work with Aidan’s, and Nate and Seb both were super down for them. And for me, hearing what they had to add really solidified for me that these guys knew what they were doing. They told me that we were playing a show in a couple weeks and we should do some more practices, and everything else came from that.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

The four of us, Aidan, Sebastian, Jad, and Nathaniel, got together for the first time in January of 2023, just to jam out and see where we went. Bluedive was originally formed in 2020 by Aidan and Sebastian, but that first jam with the four of us really solidified the sound that we are now. We like to call our sound beach emo, since it’s got a surf rock sort of vibe paired with riffs and chords more in line with midwest emo. We all come from different musical backgrounds, so there’s also bits of indie, jazz, new wave, math rock, and a whole bunch more.

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

There’s been a trend over the past few years where people have started taking music for granted, what with streaming services making it so easy to hear whatever you want whenever. And because most of the money coming out of those services is coming from major artists, there isn’t much incentive for them to care about building up budding artists or encouraging the community of music. It’s also hard to get people to come out to shows just for fun, or to actively look for new artists, because they’re either so expensive or not accessible. A lot of problems in the music scene would be— well, probably not completely solved, but definitely made better, if everyone took some time to check out a local show every so often. Get involved with your underground scene, look for small artists making music you like, or buy your favorite album instead of only streaming it; the $10 it costs is probably more than what most artists will get through streams.

Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?

Man, the public library system is awesome. A lot of people first looking to get into music can get stuck, either not knowing where to go or by the mass amount of people looking to make money off of their confusion. The library, especially here in LA, is completely free to get a card and check out books, CDs, or make accounts on learning websites that are otherwise locked behind a paywall. A lot of the core knowledge that went into mixing our EP and the singles that came off of it, “The Trip” and “Bliss”, came from spending hours on those resources learning what ‘good’ music sounds like a how to make it. When in doubt, for sure check your library.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluediveband/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Bluedive/61552315380870/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluediveband
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSnPBAWyseeZZSsY77dZCQ
• Other: https://bluedive.bandcamp.com/

Image Credits
August Suchecki, Colin Zhu, Kyra Saldaña