We recently connected with Travis Bradford (False Teeth) and have shared our conversation below.
Travis Bradford, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
I started my “career” way later than I feel like I should’ve. I always did art since elementary school and it was a big passion of mine. I eventually fell in love with music very late and didn’t start taking it serious until senior year of high school and a year or two after. I created a band with my best friend and played a few shows and spent a lotta time putting work in , but there were differences and I was kicked out of the band that me and my best friend had made. I started focusing on making my own music and posting videos to instagram and tiktok shortly after. My other best friend and I spent a year making my first album. I loved it, I love making music and it was prolly the best feeling to put everything into the songs. I had a lotta shit happen in my life and music had come to a halt for a bit and one day I decided I wanted to try painting. I always always wanted to paint but I was so scared to. Im not sure why. I think from the outside it just looked super hard and I just never really did it in all the years in school. I regret now, that I didn’t quickly use my skills to make a name for myself and find a fan base. I wish I started painting sooner and started putting out music and playing shows as fast as I could. Its alright though because theres still time and Im not doing anything else but dreaming and working!
Travis Bradford, 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?
I’ve had a pretty easy, I guess life, on the living side. My family is maybe lower middle class? Every family struggles though and we all wish we were millionaires in this society but my struggles came from my experiences and my battles with my mental health. I’ve had a rough go I believe, and it has been really hard for me to get to the point I’m at now. Im thankful that im still alive but I’ve battled with years of not wanting to be. I brief summary though, I struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, ptsd, add, and ocd. I got the fun lottery on this run of living haha but I’ve spent a lotta years and therapy and it does help, I promise. The battle is always with yourself even though it feels like the world is against. Majority of the time the world is against you but its a little different. Anyway music has been my outlet for getting my thoughts, I always struggled with telling people how I feel and expressing my emotions and It was so easy saying those in words in my songs and putting my feelings into the music. Thats why I love it so much! I’m not sure exactly what my style is, I’d say my music is like folk-emo-punk and my art is straight up just abstract, a little bit of everything and anything I wanna paint haha. My dad always says “I wanna be different, like everyone else” and it’s a funny saying and very true, but we ARE all different and thats why Im so desperately in love with art. Individualism. Art is so fantastic and amazing because one person did that, every little detail and reason was on purpose and done by one and no one else can recreate that. I wanna say I’m different because thats how I feel but I think its up to the people on they perceive you. I love this shit and it’s my passion and I’d die for it. I have a different voice and a different perspective and you can see that in my art and music. My art is me and I’m my art. I want to go down as someone they’ll remember, someone who had a different perspective and a new message to put to the table. I believe someday I will be.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
I love art , it is the most freeing thing imaginable. You can do whatever you want. Art is practically anything and that’s whats so amazing about it!
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
I just want to be remembered. I want to have a voice to speak my thoughts and show my feelings. I want people to be inspired by my art and fall in love with art itself. I want to be the biggest!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FalseTeeths
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/false._.teeth?igsh=MXQwbHZ4aGphaWwxMg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/oZHzXgNxnL82Jhzi8
