We were lucky to catch up with Trystan Jennings recently and have shared our conversation below.
Trystan, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
My band – Eleseer – recently recorded our first album. Getting to put music out into the world that is uniquely ours is a feeling that is beyond words. Many of the lyrics and themes throughout the album are quite personal to me, and are reflective of a time in my life that I’m very relieved is in my past. Seeing those lyrics out in the open has been therapeutic, as it almost feels as though the voice that was pushed down all those years ago is finally being heard.
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?
I started playing the guitar when I was in third grade and absolutely hated it. Going to lessons was the bane of my young existence, as all I wanted to do was be a rockstar – not to go to school for guitar after my day at regular school. I pretty quickly fell out of touch with the instrument.
I made another attempt in seventh grade at rock-stardom, and haven’t fully detached myself from the guitar yet at 23 years old.
I played in a rock band in high school, and many a rock, prog, jazz, metal, and hardcore band in college.
While in college, I met Tyler Tompkins. He and I would venture through many of those bands together, and eventually started writing our own music.
In the aforementioned hardcore band, I taught myself some of the grueling technique of safe, distorted vocals. Learning how to scream without spitting out blood ended up being the ultimate musical voice.
Tyler and I play in a band called Eleseer now, in which I take care of the vocals (screaming and singing) as well as some guitar work. Check out our album “Infinite Sky”
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
Creative expression trumps all else. While money and all its associated paraphernalia certainly aren’t anything to turn down, I care primarily about speaking my voice in our music. Really, it’s metal anyway. It’s pretty hard to sell out in a genre that people, in a broad sense, already don’t like!
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
Someone telling you that they resonate with your art.
There’s nothing more rewarding than hearing that your expression of your feelings through your art struck a chord with someone else.
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