BUEL

Talented Pop Artist

We caught up with talented artist named, BUEL.

Tell us a little bit about yourself?

I’m Buel, I write songs and make music videos. I live in LA.

How did you come up with the name BUEL ?

I wanted to find a name that wouldn’t chain me to be a certain type of person with it’s own meaning or associations. B, U, E, L were some of the letters I had to use because of my birth name, I wanted it to phonetically sound close to me. With this mission in my head, I was just surfing on Google, I don’t remember how I got there, but I found myself reading Liv Tyler’s Wikipedia. I saw her mom’s name right there. Bebe Buell. I started to read about her, looked at her pictures, listened to her music and just felt a weird affinity. The last name Buell, could be my name with one L. So that’s the story.

Which artist inspired you the most growing up?

Kurt Cobain did. His lyrics, interviews, level of non - judgmental acceptance, neutralness, respectfulness, and his open mindedness is what inspired me.

How did you get into Pop Music?

I don’t know, I didn’t realize I got into it until people heard my music and said it’s Pop.

Who would be your dream artist to collaborate with?

The last alive member of Bee Gees, Barry Gibb. Their music always made me feel safe and comfortable and calm. It makes me feel like everything is alright, which I need to hear pretty often. So it would be great to have that spirit at least in one of my records.

What’s something you learned early on in your career that made you a better artist?

That I can never be controlled by others’ vision. I was in a lot of bands before I decided to go solo and I had a lot of uncomfortable experiences. Being a musical artist is like a body for my soul and if I let other people’s decisions represent me then It’s worse than not having a body.

What does Pop music mean to you?

I think it means that music is easy to listen to by people. When you get used to hearing certain sounds it becomes pop. When you hear something new and feel it’s foreign, you call it other names, until you feel a familiarity to it. So I think pop means popular = familiarity.

What’s an important cause or issue you support?

I support that people with Down Syndrome and Autism should not be excluded from society and be treated like they can not add something to our society. I find people in these conditions to have very unique and authentic perspectives on people and life and that we can learn from differences, instead of comparing other people’s skills with ours and thinking they don’t qualify.

What’s a subject you’ve always wanted to write a song/sing about?

There’s not many subjects I put on hold for a while. If I want to write about something I just do :)

Do you think there’s a double standard in the industry, or in entertainment in general?

I think so. I see people who get privilege from fame and money, accusing others on doing the same. I think lack of self awareness or being too programmed to protect our ego causes this trouble.

Who are some of your musical inspirations? and why?

Mazzy Star, because it felt good knowing I can sing without having to push my voice to where it doesn’t want to go. Kate Bush, because it felt good to see someone so unique with their movements and facial expressions and hysterical lyrics. Yoko Ono, because it felt good to see someone who writes amazingly simplistic lyrics, poems about the most complicated ideologies in the world. It encouraged me to try to

If you could cover any song what would it be?

I think I just covered Smells Like Teen Spirit because it was the one.

If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be?

If people could stop making rationalizations about why things did or didn’t work. Because things usually work for a bit until they don’t anymore or don’t work until they do. I think if people could quit treating time as a linear thing and accept that things are in constant change, the music industry would be a better place.

What makes your music so different compared to regular music?

This is not something I focus on much, but people say it’s different and I don’t ask them why either. Because I think it has a lot to do with delivery and it’s hard to describe. All I could say as an answer would be that, I try to stay focused on myself while creating. simplify mine and to write about conceptual things. Meredith Monk, because it felt good to see someone who is free to do whatever she wants with their voice. Morphine, because I liked Mark Sandman’s way of angling others from himself in his lyrics and of course I’m a huge fan of his voice and delivery.

Do you have social media and/or a website?

www.buelmusic.com, www.instagram.com/buelmusic www.facebook.com/buelmusic, www.twitter.com/buelmusic