We were lucky to catch up with James Lord Parker recently and have shared our conversation below.

James, 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?

It was early on for both of us. Jad was born with a guitar in his hand and was shredding before he could walk, and I was ten when I started taking acting classes and writing terrible poetry. By high school, we’d written an unimaginable amount of songs that will hopefully never see the light of day and performing at talent shows.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Before creating Keep in Touch, the two of us met back in middle school and quickly became best friends over our shared love of music. We spent years playing in countless bands before realizing that the only constant across all these projects was our shared vision. We decided to branch off in order to write songs and perform as a duo.

Our philosophy has always been to put the song first. Whether we’re writing for ourselves or another artist, we leave our egos out of it and always try to go in a direction that serves the song. This often means we’re spending days or even months meticulously parsing through every lyric and musical component to understand what the heart of the song is trying to say. Even though it can be a taxing process, it’s a labor of love and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For us, it’s always been about the creative process, even more than having a finished song. There’s a brief moment of peace, like a sigh of relief, when you’ve finished a song you’re happy with, but usually, as soon as we’re done one, we’re midway through writing three more. It’s like an itch in the back of your head and I can feel myself grinding my teeth when I’m not working on music. To be honest, I don’t know what either of us would be doing if we weren’t artists. It’s like a compulsion. But after seeing artists come and go over the years, you kind of need that sort of drive and love of the craft if you want any sort of longevity.

Alright – so here’s a fun one. What do you think about NFTs?

Trash.

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