10 QUESTIONS HAUNTERS
CURRENTLYMID-TOUR, andwith an album on the way, tautahi/Christchurch musicianAdam Hattaway is a busyman. But he makes a little time for our 10 questions:
Describe yourself/your music inone sentence?
Drop. Dead. Sexy. I knowthat’s three sentences, but give a guy a break.
What brought on your change in musical direction?
I just like lots of different kinds of music so I end up dabbling in different genres . . . The first and second albums were more conscious decisions to write in those particular styles; Indie rock for the first one, and classic rhythm and blues/ soul-based writing for the second.
This next album we’re releasing soon is more of a natural mix of the two— it just came out that way without too much planning.
How will your new album reflect your development as a band over the past few years?
I believe we’ve really found our own unique sound from exploring different types of music over the years, and here you have it, Alternative Rock and Roll!
How have the event sand climate of 2020 affected the new album and your musical lives?
Itmade the process longer and made someof us depressed/drink more and stuff. Kinda like everyone else I know really.
What one instrument could you not live without and why?
Well, actually, I think I’d be able to resist blowing my brains out if, for whatever reason, all instruments were taken away from me. It wouldn’t be good. But I’d live.
What does success as a musician mean for you?
Getting up in the morning, doing what Iwant to formy waking hours and then going to bed again. Bob Dylan said that.
What has been the best development in the music industry in the past few decades?
Possibly the push to get female musicians equal opportunities in music, and that they’re finally being recognised more. Still a long way to go of course. O¯
What’s one thing you’d change a bout the music industry if you could?
I’d have more moneyfrom streaming services going to the musicians.
If you could only listen to one album by a nother artist for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Time Out of Mind by Bob Dylan.
If you were curating a dream music festival, who would be on the bill, alive or dead?
It’d probably be all over the place. I guess it’d have allmy favourite musicians on it right? From Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, TomPetty to Mazzy Star, Talking Heads, Bill Callahan, Big Thief. James Brown would be there too as he’s probably the best performer of all time.
Adam Hattaway andthe Haunters’ album Woolston, Texas is out inMarch2021. Remaining dates on their national tour include Wellington, Whanganui, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, Leigh, Dunedin, and Queenstown.