Sarah McLeod - About
Sarah McLeod is a musician in the old school sense of the word. She works from her home studio. She writes, plays and programmes. She produces and engineers her own music. She moves “studios” a lot because she keeps getting evicted for noise complaints. Oh yeah, and she can play legit air drums with her toes. She is the former front woman of “The Superjesus”.
She enjoyed much high profile success. Then she lost everything. She no longer knew who she was. She lived between New York City and London for three years looking for the answer to that question. She looked for comfortability. She wanted to become a better artist. She had many dark times. She found peace through writing music because it was the only thing that she felt justified her existence.
She morphed her sound from rock to electro because she discovered she could get more ferociousness out of a dirty low tuned synth than she ever could from an electric guitar. The new sounds and production techniques made her believe again.
She puts great thought, heart and depth into her lyrics. She didn’t always do this. Her ambition has always been to be respected as a songwriter and as an artist.
She sold 5 sentimental guitars, for absolute peanuts, in order to fund a tour.
She has been dropped by three labels through out her career. Her favourite breakfast cereal is crunchy nut cornflakes.
Her live show consists of two drummers, a DJ and Sarah.
Sarah plays guitar and a huge floor tom saturated with effects. She loves her new band.
A London A&R man once told her that girls who play guitar never make it in the music industry. She believes him to be a wanker.
She once built her own recording studio. She’s handy. She likes to re-arrange hotel room furniture so to give the room a cosier feeling. Her warmth is reflected in her surroundings.
Her favourite movie is Superman. Her hero is Marlon Brando.
She mentors a 15-year-old girl she calls “The Kid”.
She’s complicated. She often gets so frustrated that her body caves in and she falls asleep. She always wakes up, wipes the shit from her shoes and does it all again.
She is always changing her mind.
Every time she writes a song she thinks it’s the best thing she’s done yet :)
She tried to be so many things to so many people. It didn’t work. She can’t please everyone. Now she just works on being true to the people that support her. They are her family.
She has had dreams that didn’t add up, but she just works harder.
There’s a shrine in her home with two giant paintings that represent LOVE and the other WAR, side by side. She has a Buddga sitting in between them as a mediator; the Buddha holds a small emblem that says ‘Holdfast’. The Buddha wears a construction hard hat. There’s a sign next to him that says ‘Keep Calm Carry on’.
