{"id":4384,"date":"2011-06-09T13:37:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2011-06-09T13:37:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:37:56","slug":"gimme-five-brice-randall-bickford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2011\/06\/gimme-five-brice-randall-bickford\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Brice Randall Bickford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4480\" title=\"Brice Randall Bickford\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31-360x239.png 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-31.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Brice-Randall-Bickford\/#!\/pages\/Brice-Randall-Bickford\/190563300985646\">Brice Randall Bickford<\/a> was once a struggler, but now he&#8217;s conquering the stage under his own name.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;ll take his campaign to the Cat&#8217;s Cradle this Saturday, June 11th to celebrate the release of his new self-titled record. Before you rush off to note it in your calendar, see how Bickford tackles our five questions after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>1. If your music were a monster, what sort would it be? (and why?)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4479\" title=\"Picture 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-21.png 298w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-21-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-21-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWilford Brimley from John Carpenter&#8217;s The Thing. My casting makes way better sense with time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What are the pressures\/pleasures of recording\/playing out under your own name?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the 90\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it was cool to play under a band name if you were a singer-songwriter, and I was influenced by that. You could cultivate a mystery plus also not feel so lame that you were just singing about yourself. Many things about the aughts made the band-in-name-only thing feel a little pass\u00c3\u00a9. Plus I felt like stepping out and owning the identity of a singular artist. I was finally old enough, maybe. Plus I&#8217;d just grown to hate the band name.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4481\" title=\"Brice Randall Bickford\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41-300x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41-308x300.png 308w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41-82x80.png 82w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-41.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>3. Describe the recording process of the new album.<\/strong><br \/>\nI wanted to take a different approach and bring the songs to a real producer, and let him and some of the band collaborate with me to arrange the songs. I gave up a little control, which was scary but worth it. Like Burt Reynolds says in Deliverance, &#8220;Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.&#8221; There were things that worked and things that didn&#8217;t, as with anything, but above all it was a great education you can&#8217;t get any other way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nAre we talking mild surprise here? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tough to surprise people anymore. Look how hard everyone is trying. Two influences people might not automatically assume would be: Christopher Ryan and Spencer Wells. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve informed what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing now in a big way, and should be read widely.<\/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 \/>\nThe first thing I probably really dreamed of being when I was a kid was a rock guitar player. Which I guess I sorta am, so that turned out alright.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Charge on down to the <a href=\"http:\/\/catscradle.com\/schedule.html\">Cat&#8217;s Cradle<\/a> this Saturday, June 11th to celebrate the new record. And by all means, give BRB a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brice Randall Bickford was once a struggler, but now he&#8217;s conquering the stage under his own name.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;ll take his campaign to the Cat&#8217;s Cradle this Saturday, June 11th to celebrate the release of his new self-titled record. 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