{"id":3606,"date":"2010-10-14T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T22:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2010-10-16T09:10:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T17:10:59","slug":"gimme-five-seth-kauffman-of-floating-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/10\/gimme-five-seth-kauffman-of-floating-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Seth Kauffman of Floating Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3675\" title=\"Floating Action\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1-360x225.png 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1-120x75.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Picture-1.png 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>Other than a few backing vocals and a single bass guitar line, every moment on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatingaction.com\">Floating Action<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s self-titled debut release was performed by lyricist, musician, and producer, Seth Kauffman. \u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 14 tracks of Kauffman-style vocals, keyboard, bass, drums, sitar, ethnic percussion, and guitar takes. \u00c2\u00a0It may be DIY in spirit, but the end product is an expertly produced, charming mismatch of folk, Motown, Caribbean, roots, and indie rock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/floatingaction\">Floating Action<\/a>, in many ways more a pseudonym for Kauffman than an all out band, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t his first musical foray.\u00c2\u00a0 He released a debut full length and EP under his own name in 2006, played with Band of Horses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tyler Ramsey both on his solo release and the subsequent tour, toured with Shannon Whitworth, and produced, recorded and wrote much of hailed tropicountry maven <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2010\/03\/best-of-whats-next-courtney-jaye.html\">Courtney Jaye<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s record <em>Queen of Sabotage<\/em>. \u00c2\u00a0With Floating Action heating up (and based in Black Mountain), Kauffman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the move so while be sure to catch him while he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in town, tomorrow night with his Floating Action bandmates helping The Tomahawks celebrate their record release at the <a href=\"http:\/\/local506.com\/\">Local 506<\/a> this Friday, October 15th.<\/p>\n<p>And now the five hardest questions in faux business:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a sunken treasure, what would it be?<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3676\" title=\"floating action\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/floating-action.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA perfectly preserved case of light-emitting caramel apples.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. When did you start to think music might really work out as something more than a living room hobby?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was living in a cabin in the San Gabriel mountains in  California, around 2001; trying to make it happen with a band that didn&#8217;t happen (the Choosy Beggars).. As it was disintegrating, i contacted this bluesman Abe Reid in N.C., to try to play drums for him.\u00c2\u00a0  He said &#8216;i&#8217;ll put you to work,&#8217; so i moved back to N.C. and started  gigging hard with him for a couple years.. that&#8217;s really when it kind of became established that music was what i was going to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe the pressures\/pleasures of producing your own records.<\/strong><br \/>\nPressures:  Tricking yourself into not thinking about what you&#8217;re thinking about,  then thinking about what you&#8217;re not thinking about. Then having to  switch back and forth between those when you&#8217;re not ready to.<\/p>\n<p>Pleasures:  \u00c2\u00a0No one knows your thoughts, not even yourself, at least while you&#8217;re  tapping from the purest source. So if you do it right,  you can eliminate the middle man and make leaps and bounds beyond  conventional methods; losing very little original energy in translation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3674\" title=\"PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/PAULAabdulShutUpAndDanceMix.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nPaula Abdul&#8217;s &#8216;Shut Up and Dance&#8217; remix album. \u00c2\u00a0Maybe the best  album of all time. \u00c2\u00a0Marianne Faithfull. \u00c2\u00a0Old Italian cars.\u00c2\u00a0 Karl Barth.\u00c2\u00a0  Surfing. \u00c2\u00a0Baja Marimba Band. \u00c2\u00a0Saabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (how \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nNever established that.. too busy snowboarding and  skateboarding.\u00c2\u00a0 Started to be a meteorologist for a second in college;  then realized it&#8217;s all staring at a computer and hard math.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m  terrible at math.\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, Dad.\u00c2\u00a0 (He&#8217;s a (Duke) phd electrical  engineer&#8230;but has become at peace with my genetic shortcomings.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Mosey over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/local506.com\/\">Local 506<\/a> this Friday, October 15th to hear Floating Action up close. And, by all means, give Seth a high  five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other than a few backing vocals and a single bass guitar line, every moment on Floating Action\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s self-titled debut release was performed by lyricist, musician, and producer, Seth Kauffman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3685,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions\/3685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}