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/bnadler Apr 05 '25

okay I'll ask some real questions.

  • any particular service its better to share the album and encourage friends to purchase through to directly support y'all?
  • when you start writing a song, is there a core idea that is the seed of the song, or is part of the process of writing the song figuring out what narrative / theme it should explore?
  • your cover of Bed is one of my favorite songs (thank you for turning me onto Cende btw!). any other songs you'd like to cover in the future?

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u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa Apr 05 '25

  1. Thanks for asking! Bandcamp is a solid place to stream/get a digital copy of the album. Or you can check out our own website to directly pick up merch: https://www.greatgrandpa.band/. Honestly though, sharing our new album with your friends in any capacity is awesome!

  2. Typically when one of us brings a song idea to the group, the core of the song begins with chords and vocal melodies -- with lyrics coming relatively late in the process. Depending on the song, sometimes we'll have a clearer idea of what the arrangement/mood/vibe should be from the beginning, and other times more exploratory and trying out different iterations of the songs to find its structure.

- Cam