We recently connected with Cinders and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Cinders thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?
We recently released a song called Don’t Wait Up which encapsulates our thoughts on this super well. The chorus says “safety it scares me when it’s within my reach”, which specifically talks about our fears of the 9-5. Pursuing dreams is scary, but not as scary as being bored for the rest of your life in a job you don’t want. So yes, we definitely are happier doing what we love, even though there’s much more risk in it.
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.
We are Cinders (Montana Smith, Brad Bennett, Adrian De La Cruz) and we all grew up playing music, but came together when we wanted to do more than play in our bedrooms.
We didn’t want to write music that was just fun or catchy, but we wanted to write music that help people (including ourselves) feel accepted, not alone, hopeful, and to just get outside themselves. Singing these songs with people who are singing them back even louder is the most rewarding feeling.
Our music can be for anyone of all ages anywhere in the world, and we pride ourselves in the live performance where we can bring everyone in the room together, even if they’ve never heard our music before. We also take cardio very seriously.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
We’re from SLC, Utah, and we were so excited to play in Los Angeles for the first time. The other bands we were playing with backed out last second, and we showed up and nobody was there. We still played the show because we ain’t quitters, and the last 3 shows we’ve played in LA totaled almost a thousand people in the crowd.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
When we started as a band, we were pretty careless and just had fun with it. We quickly grew in our home town and started seeing a lot of success. Fast forward a few years, we started to take everything and ourselves very seriously, from our lyrics, to our outfits, social media posts, and what shows we did/did not play etc.. It really set us back. We almost developed a bit of an ego, and assumed taking it more serious would help us be more successful, but it ended up just being restrictive and not fun at all. It stunted our growth. Once we started letting things go and being more carefree, we started having fun again and connecting with more people.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.cindersmusic.com
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/cindersmusic
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindersmusic1
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cindersmusic
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/cindersmusic
- Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/cindersmusic
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