An interview with Keep This Up
An interview with Keep This Up
What inspired the name of the band? What are your influences?
The band name was inspired by a song by The Story So Far – Keep This Up. Our influences range from a variety of bands and genres, we each listen to a wide variety and use this for inspiration.
How do you approach songwriting? Are there any themes that you are keen to explore when you start off?
Song writing is always fun in the band, we each are forever sending voice notes to one another with riffs, ideas, drum beats/fills, lyrics etc and between us we compile the ideas and create music we enjoy. We don’t tend to follow a theme we just write what feels natural and enjoyable mostly.
How do you approach songwriting? Are there any themes that you are keen to explore when you start off?
Song writing is always fun in the band, we each are forever sending voice notes to one another with riffs, ideas, drum beats/fills, lyrics etc and between us we compile the ideas and create music we enjoy. We don’t tend to follow a theme we just write what feels natural and enjoyable mostly.
Why do you write the sort of music that you do?
We write pop punk music because its fun, its an enjoyable style of music for all and because we’ve grown up around a lot of major pop punk / punk bands.
How do you decide what songs to perform live and how do you transpose them into that live setting?
As a band we decided that we would play the songs that we enjoy the most live. If it’s not enjoyable for us then the crowd won’t enjoy it and it’s not a good show. When writing songs, we see how the song works and if it’s fun to play, and if so, we transfer it into a live environment.
How do you decide what songs to perform live and how do you transpose them into that live setting?
As a band we decided that we would play the songs that we enjoy the most live. If it’s not enjoyable for us then the crowd won’t enjoy it and it’s not a good show. When writing songs, we see how the song works and if it’s fun to play, and if so, we transfer it into a live environment.
What plans do you have for the future?
So shortly we are recording our debut EP with Pete Godly of Violet Studios and then we are looking to hit the road and show everyone what we can do.