slayr Interview - The Backlight Podcast Ep. 41

i sat down with slayr to talk how he went from being blocked by Yeat to going on tour with him, performing at Rolling Loud, & the biggest problems in modern gaming. you can find slayr on all platforms @countdragons or follow him directly here: instagram ▶   / countdragons   twitter ▶ https://x.com/countdragons soundcloud ▶   / slayr   spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SL3l... special thanks to jane, owen & bern for helping out on this shoot! you can follow them here: owen:   / owens.view   bern:   / bernasty   and you can follow BACKLIGHT here: https://solo.to/backlight and you can follow noah, the interviewer, here: https://solo.to/noahsellers intro sound/graphics supplied by our amazing graphic designer bryce, you can find his work here: https://bryceterry.com/ timestamps for each question: 0:00 intro 0:09 does Yeat still have you blocked? 1:00 what should change about the way sampling is treated? 2:09 if you won the lottery but couldn't tell, what's the purchase that'd give it away? 2:29 favorite video games? 3:38 biggest problems with modern gaming? 4:51 silver lining of getting flamed on twitter? 5:50 any artists reach out to you during that wave of attention? 6:15 advice on how to overcome a wave of hate? 6:50 how has it felt to watch people's expectations of you shift? 7:19 what do you think the RL lineup says about the music industry? 8:09 any anxiety headed into RL? 8:44 did you know people would go crazy for Half Blood's transitions? 9:32 advice on how to improve at performing live? 10:07 how do you approach being taken seriously as an artist? 10:48 what needs to change about the way underground music is covered by media? 11:49 a bit about the digicore scene 12:22 how do you look back on your earlier music? 12:45 genres you want to try out next? 13:02 best small artists we should listen to? (links in desc) 13:19 artists you want to collaborate with? 13:42 are you inspired by a lot of emo vocalists? 14:11 things you want to accomplish this year? 14:44 outro and here are each of the artists slayr mentioned in the interview! jane remover:   / janeremover   lucy bedroque:   / lucybedroque   kuru:   / kggn   vax:   / vaxfr   witty:   / ayowitty   skyte:   / skyteee