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Skylines

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Fade Away

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Interstellar Synthwave music. Clay-Jae aka Everlasting Friday, Driftwood Kingdom, & 51 Jump Street has a new side project - OCEANLIGHTS. "It's the synthwave side of my stuff" says the 25 year old college student. "I figure I made a lot of 80s synthwave/vaporwave music but I got tired of mixing it in there with the Tropical house music or the typical indie pop music. Everlasting Friday was a consolidation of all my genres. The problem with this was people who knew Everlasting Friday for a rock song would go on there and hear a bunch of Tropical house songs and be disappointed and so on. Well, not everyone was digging one side or the other." So I decided to split up these genres into their own respective projects. Driftwood Kingdom is more chillwave/tropical stuff. 51 Jump Street is oriented towards more Trance/Deep House type stuff. Everlasting Friday was initially a rock project. It will stay that way now. Now you are here - OCEANLIGHTS - which is synthwave stuff."
So what's new besides OCEANLIGHTS?
"I'm hoping to eventually put some more talkbox stuff in this project eventually. I mean, talking with a plastic tube in my mouth feels pretty gross. If you think about it, it is LOL. But once I can get over that shit there will be more of that in there. I got some basic phrases out of the way but it's gonna need work before I can throw it in there & not have my ears commit suicide from it later. I'm trying a lot of new things. But it's February 2nd & I haven't produced a song all year! It sucks. I been so wrapped up in other things."
What led you to produce music?
"Honestly it's just a skill I randomly adopted lol. Growing up I didn't have a lot of friends (I still don't, honestly LOL). So one day I picked up my dad's old guitar and played it & like how it felt in my hands. I practiced so much I just got good. But honestly, music was never more than just a hobby to pass the time for the benefit of mental health lol. I'm shy. I rarely ever go out of the house with a musical instrument. I'd never do a gig lol!
Does your music ever go appreciated?
"I've gotten messages from people from across the world. One kid told me that he's in school & hates it cuz his classmates picked on him. But he said my music helps gets him through the day. Obviously I try not to let any message go unanswered but this was one that actually hit me pretty close so I dropped my plans & took some time to respond & give him some advice. This is just one of several cases but yes I do get legitimate people who have something positive to say."
You previously said you "buried" Everlasting Friday. Are there any plans to resurrect it like you did with Driftwood Kingdom?
"Everlasting Friday will have a new single out this summer! I never truly buried it. I just need to take the time to organize it a little. Like I said, it was a big cluster-fuck of genres."
So these songs you have on here now, are they new?
"Oh gosh no! That "Fade Away" song is pushin' 3 years old. It was previously called "The Illuminati" but I changed it because I thought the name was unfitted for the song. The "Skylines" song is pushing 2 years old. This one has had about 2 names previously but "Skylines" will be the name that stands. These were just older songs to kickstart the profile. If you're gonna create an artist profile you may as well put some songs up!"
Will OCEANLIGHTS be typical Claytronica stuff or will we be surprised?
"A little bit of both! Claytronica is not something I will ever ditch. My style is my style. Hence, the name after me LOL! But there will definitely be elements in there that will be different and previously unheard of from me before. But nothing too distinct."
What kind of elements?
"Well you're gonna have to wait and hear! ;) "