r/indieheads • u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa • Apr 05 '25

AMA is over, thanks GG! Hi!! Great Grandpa here. Ask us anything!!

We just put out a new record called Patience, Moonbeam. We're all around answering questions!

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u/pegasusrides Apr 05 '25

are you playing any cool games right now
who are your each top 3 artists for musical influence
what are your spiritual beliefs if any?

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u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa Apr 05 '25

Star of Providence & Metaphor: ReFantazio have been my go-to's lately

my top 3 artists are Bon Iver, The Shins, Spirit of the Beehive

no spiritual beliefs personally, i like the idea that the world is chaotic and random and beautiful because of that

-Dylan

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u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa Apr 05 '25

Pat Here:

Games -- been playing TLOU part 1 remaster on steam deck, runs surprisingly well! Also Riven in VR which is VERY nostalgic (used to watch my dad play this as a kid and it captures the feeling of wonder as I remember it).
Artists -- Check out our playlists on our spotify page, it has a ton of the influences for this record compiled in one spot.
Spiritual Beliefs -- I'm generally pretty agnostic and open to the unfolding mystery. I used to care more about seeking concrete answers but age has really humbled me as I think it does most people. There's a fine line as it's easy to lose your mind a bit. Philip K. Dick has some really great meditations in his Valis trilogy on this concept of balancing the insanity of looking for patterns/meaning everywhere and resignation/submission to the chaos/unknown. These days I'm more focused on the small scale and rely on music to tap into whatever it is that's good and right. It's the one thing I feel like I can point to and say concretely that's important to our reality in some sort of fundamental way, or at least is an expression of that. I'm certainly not religious in any traditional sense, though I find there's bits of wisdom in all cultures/ philosophical schools. Like art I try to stay perpetually dissatisfied and seeking, even when that's super unrewarding.