We had the chance to sit down with Island Records own, Eves Karydas for our on the rise series!!! We talked new music, women in music & more! Check our our conversation below!
For readers who aren’t familiar with you and your music, can you share with us how you began your musical journey?
Hi! Nice meeting you 🙂 I’m Eves, I’m Greek-Australian. If I’m taking it way back to the beginning – my career started out in my bedroom when I was 14. I used to make homemade demo CDs and sell them while I busked. Songwriting has always been my passion, and I was so desperate to get my songs out there and perform. I did everything from playing in empty cafes to ringing up radio stations. Slowly I started writing better songs and eventually met some good people and found the right collaborators. Getting to travel around the world and hone my craft is something I’ll never take for granted. My career has been years in the making and I’m so proud of where I’m at.
Tell us more about your new track “Get me so high” what was the inspiration behind it?
I wrote this song in Stockholm with two friends of mine, Madde and Amanda. I like to joke that this song is what you get when three girls in their twenties sit in a room together talking about their disastrous love lives.
Someone had said “being in love is like being given drugs for free”. It perfectly summed up where I was at in my relationship… I was in a place where my happiness was so heavily reliant on a guy giving me attention. I was addicted to him! And my behaviour was slowly becoming more and more manic. I needed to write this song in order to check in with myself and get a grip.
What does your typical songwriting process look like?
I love writing songs with just a vocal and a guitar. When I start stripped back like that I feel confident I’ve written a decent song. Even though my songs get produced up in the end it’s so important that the production leaves room for the lyrics to be front and centre. I like to spend a lot of time on lyrics. Melodies usually come really quickly, and if they don’t then I tend to move on to a new idea.
It’s been two years since your debut album “summerskin” what doors have your first body of work opened for you?
I’ve done a whole lot of touring. I even got to tour with some of my heroes like Dua Lipa and George Ezra. But personally speaking, I think writing summerskin opened a creative door for me to really explore my love of pop music. I’ve met some incredible music-makers all around the world since, and feel like my craft is only getting better and better. I love rising to the challenge of working with people I admire. I feel very lucky to have been sent to Sweden especially, where I’ve met so many amazing writers, producers and like-minded people.
Being a female artist, what is your stance on women in the music industry as artists and professionals, do you see a need for more inclusivity?
Absolutely. 1000%. Pay no attention to anyone who says otherwise! We women have so much to contribute to music, creativity and from an industry perspective, but often spend half our time proving ourselves worthy enough to be taken seriously. The female perspective is pure magic. I’ve found in the times I’ve worked solely with women that my ability to create feels so freed and uninhibited. Writing Get Me So High was that sort of experience. I think we’re definitely heading in a good direction!
As a musician do you enjoy taking part in creative elements of music like music videos, cover art, photography etc?!
Yes totally, it comes like a package deal. I usually know if I’ve written something decent by whether I can imagine the full vision (video, art direction etc) or not. I like to think of songs as concepts, or worlds. And it either arrives fully formed or it doesn’t.
Besides the pandemic, how has your 2020 been? are you feeling more or less creative?
The year started off so promising. Lockdown finally brought a chance to slow down and have all the time in the world to be creative. If only it was that simple! I’ve learnt this year that I need busyness and movement in my life in order to write and find a flow. So yeah, there were some really dull months, but recently as things open up again in Australia I feel like I’m returning to myself.
What would your advice be for younger musicians?
I’d say to have patience. NEVER compare your journey to someone else’s. They’re doing their thing and it literally has nothing to do with you and your path to success. It wont make or break your career if someone else achieves something faster. It took me way too long to learn this. So keep at it and keep believing in yourself.
And lastly, where do you hope to see yourself in five years?
Depending on the state of the world, hopefully touring! I’d like to see my success grow overseas and would especially love to tour America.
thank you SO much for chatting with me today!
Connect with Eves : INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | SOUNDCLOUD | OFFICIAL WEBSITE
