{"id":4936,"date":"2011-10-27T16:08:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2011-10-28T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T20:11:46","slug":"gimme-five-wesley-wolfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2011\/10\/gimme-five-wesley-wolfe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Wesley Wolfe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4937\" title=\"Welsey Wolfe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM-300x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM-360x280.png 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM-102x80.png 102w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-17-at-6.13.55-PM.png 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleywolfe.com\/\">Welsey Wolfe<\/a> may have perfected the art of making his own records&#8211; down to writing the parts, playing the instruments, singing the words, recording it all AND <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indyweek.com\/indyweek\/wesley-wolfes-complete-pursuit-of-his-own-finished-product\/Content?oid=2685133\">cutting his own vinyl with a lathe in his personal studio<\/a>&#8212; but that&#8217;s no guarantee he&#8217;ll survive this five question assault! Okay, anyone that DIY can probably handle the apocalypse with ease&#8230; but seeing as you&#8217;ll have to wait for that to happen, check out how he faces down our questions after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>1. If your band (or music) were a sandwich, which would it be?<\/strong><br \/>\nProbably some kind of sausage sandwich. I&#8217;ve been told I my music is &#8220;Sausage Music.&#8221; The wave files look like a sausage because of all the compression I like to use when mixing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What do your hope listener&#8217;s discover through your music?<\/strong><br \/>\nI can only hope they discover they like my music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe the pressures\/pleasures of a DIY approach.<\/strong><br \/>\nAt my level the pressures are very minimal. There is of course wanting to not embarrass myself in any aspect of releasing a record, but I am comfortable with what I do. Also, now that my records have gotten mentions in the press there is a desire to please reviewers. That will probably fizzle out in time since I&#8217;m going to start reviewing my own records. I&#8217;m sure anyone that makes an actual living off of writing music would consider my sales goals to be pathetic. My expectations have lowered throughout the years. It&#8217;s all about self preservation. I love doing this, I&#8217;ve tried to give up and focus on finding a &#8220;career&#8221;, but this is what I want to do until I die. I&#8217;m at a place now where I can build a website, write and record and album, design the artwork, cut 25 vinyl records, sell them out, break just about even on the cost, and repeat. I&#8217;ve found a home here in Carrboro where I can live out my dream in my own little bubble. Life is good!<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nScrapbooking has been a major influence for releasing a homemade vinyl record. The standard size for a scrapbook is 12&#215;12.&#8221; It is the closest thing to a LP cover. I&#8217;ve gotten a ton of helpful information trolling the scrapbooking forums.<\/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 \/>\nWhen I was a kid I dreamt of playing Major League Baseball and being a billionaire. That changed drastically in high school when I discovered punk rock and minimum wage. I&#8217;m doing almost exactly what I wanted to do since then. I have given up on one day owning Neverland Ranch. Life is full of compromises.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Click over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wesleywolfe.com\/\">WesleyWolfe.com<\/a> to find out your next chance to see his band in action. And by all means, give Wesley a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsey Wolfe may have perfected the art of making his own records&#8211; down to writing the parts, playing the instruments, singing the words, recording it all AND cutting his own vinyl with a lathe in his personal studio&#8212; but that&#8217;s no guarantee he&#8217;ll survive this five question assault! 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