{"id":912,"date":"2020-09-22T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backstagepass.concertarchives.org\/?p=912"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T19:45:34","slug":"spotlight-on-jhariah-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/spotlight-on-jhariah-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight On: Jhariah [Interview]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This week we chat with Jhariah&nbsp;<em>about a lot of our favorite topics at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.concertarchives.org\/\">Concert Archives<\/a>&nbsp;like first\/favorite concerts, bucket lists, etc.<\/em>&nbsp;Jhariah released &#8220;To Mend The Sun&#8221; in March, and recently released the single &#8220;SPLIT!&#8221;. Follow Jhariah on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JhariahClare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jhariahclare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JhariahClare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;for more updates!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backstagepass.concertarchives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah-1024x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=1032%2C1032&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?resize=492%2C492&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.concertarchives.org\/backstagepass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhariah.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Shows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Backstage Pass<\/em><\/strong><strong>: What&#8217;s the first concert that you went to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: The first concert I ever bought tickets for was Panic! at the Disco in 2016. That was a very big moment for me. I think I&#8217;ve seen them four times now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em>: What&#8217;s the last show you went to before everything was canceled indefinitely?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Oh, that&#8217;s a good question, let me check! I&#8217;m always going to little gigs around town, but the last bigger show I went to was Waterparks back in November, and that was incredible. Dwayne Jackson opened and it was an incredible show. It was just unbelievable; definitely one of my favorite shows I&#8217;ve been to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em>: You did theater for a while. What was the first theater performance you did?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: So my relationship with theater is kind of funny \u2018cause I only ever did one musical, but thinking back on it, it feels like I did so many. I sort of accidentally got into theater through doing stage crew. I was the set designer for one of our shows, and after being there for so long, I realized I really wanted to just try doing it. Eventually I gathered the confidence to audition, and got a role in a musical called Urinetown, which was very cool. I was the supporting lead, and doing that was insane! I realized I love to perform, which is something I never thought I could do before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jhariah - SPLIT! (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrYrA1hY2UY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: When was the first show you played, and was that before or after you got into theater?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: My first show was a year and a half ago. I had been doing open mics here and there trying to build up a bit of confidence, get some experience performing. Somebody I met at one of the open mics was an organizer of local events, and she hit me up asking me to play a set at this thing she was organizing in the Bronx. And I was like &#8220;That would be amazing! It&#8217;d be so cool.\u201d That show was April last year. It solidified for me that I really wanted to perform, but also that it felt very comfortable, very natural, even if it was sort of difficult to build myself up to it. It felt like I belonged there, you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: So my next question is what&#8217;s your favorite show that you&#8217;ve been to?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Oh wow. That&#8217;s such a big question. Honestly I think in a different timeline, by now, I would have been saying MCR, but that didn&#8217;t happen [?]. Honestly, I think my favorite show I&#8217;ve been to has to be the last time I saw Panic! at the Disco, which was last year in January. I see them every time they come through, but last year especially was really special for me just because it was the closest I&#8217;ve ever been at a stadium that big for this band, specifically, and because it was right at the time in my life when I was trying to figure out who I was as a performer.&nbsp;It was just a few months before my first show and I was spending hours every day rehearsing and imagining what it would look like. They&#8217;ve always put on a show I really enjoy, but going to that show felt like such a perfectly timed moment that really solidified a lot of things for me. It lit a fire in me. And also, it\u2019s a great show; they&#8217;re incredible performers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Present<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: What inspired you to begin making music in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Hmm, kind of a long story, but to summarize: I started playing piano a little bit as a kid \u2018cause my sister had this really tiny toy piano, and she would never play it. And I thought it seemed pretty fun so I just kind of played around with it, and eventually I got pretty into playing the piano. I got my own keyboard. And that was just something I did as a hobby. I\u2019d practice and I learned songs I liked so I can play them myself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually I started producing music in FL Studio. My music teacher in six or seventh grade, we\u2019d talk about music and stuff since I was so into it, and he showed me he was getting into producing music. He was like, \u201cOh yeah, I found this cool program and I&#8217;ve been making these beats.\u201d and I thought, \u201cOh, that sounds fun! I&#8217;d love to try and actually make something that&#8217;s tangible that I can have in my computer and maybe even release.\u201d So I went home and I tried it and ever since then I&#8217;ve loved FL Studio. I did a lot of electronic music to start. And then when that coincided with me doing theater, and my music tastes growing throughout high school, I realized that maybe I should try to sing. Maybe I can try making music that&#8217;s more like the stuff I&#8217;m listening to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BEHIND THE TRACK - &quot;PRESSURE BOMB!!!!&quot; [Production Breakdown]\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jV8-iPVCSTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Your first on Spotify was a 12 track concept album. What inspired you to make such an ambitious first release?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Honestly, a big part of it was just lack of knowledge of how this stuff works. It hadn\u2019t occurred to me that most people don&#8217;t come out of the gate with a big concept album. In hindsight, if I knew what I know now, I probably would have done things a bit different, but I definitely don&#8217;t regret it. It&#8217;s \u2018cause I wrote this first song and I thought it was a big idea, it was too much to tell in one song. I was getting so many more things that would kind of stretch off of it, so it was like, \u201cOkay, this definitely needs to be a record.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved concept albums \u2013 My Chemical Romance\u2019s The Black Parades is my favorite album of all time. That was my pinnacle concept album. And I thought \u201cI want to try doing something like this. I know it&#8217;s a big task and this is the first song I&#8217;ve written, but I think this would be the best medium for me to tell this story, and then I&#8217;ll just do my best with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Well, it definitely worked. Maybe I&#8217;m biased \u2018cause I also love concept albums, but if Panic! at the Disco can do it, why not?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: That was actually another thing that I remember thinking about, like what it must have been like to have never heard of Panic! and then have them drop <em>A Fever You Can\u2019t Sweat Out<\/em>. It felt like such a power move. I felt like I had to at least try to do something of that scope, and I don&#8217;t really think I reached that level, but I definitely think the ambition was there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP: <\/em><\/strong><strong>What&#8217;s your creative process, since you do almost everything yourself?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: The process really changes every time. Most commonly I&#8217;m a music first kind of person. Well, really it\u2019s the idea first. I have a lot of stories and concepts that I want to tell, which is usually before I even have an idea for a song. I\u2019ll typically have something on the back burner that I really want to write about, or tell the story of. Then, when I get a musical idea, it&#8217;ll usually fit perfectly with a concept I had written down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I almost produce a song moment by moment. I&#8217;m not usually somebody that will write out all the lyrics or produce a song in full and then try to write words for it. I\u2019ll literally be like, \u201cWhat does the first 10 seconds sound like? &#8211; full production, full vocals.\u201d And I&#8217;ll just keep going, measure by measure. And then, naturally, stuff will grow; you&#8217;ll figure out what you want to do. It&#8217;s not always gonna be that linear, but I love the music aspect and that&#8217;s the core of all of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jhariah Live @ Playground 52 HIGHLIGHTS [August 17th, 2019]\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dsa4QLxqZ2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em>: Being a solo project, how does your music translate to a live show?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: For the live shows, it&#8217;s an interesting situation. It took a bit of time to develop it to where it&#8217;s at now, or at least where it was a few months ago. Right now, and I think for the foreseeable future, we perform as a duo. Cole will be on the drums, and I&#8217;ll do vocals, occasionally I&#8217;ll do keys or guitar, but usually the majority of the show relies on backing tracks. In that way, it&#8217;s a lot more like a pop show than a rock or pop punk kind of thing. It\u2019s always interesting on gig lineups, since our gear set up is much different than the other artists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em>: I recently saw people discussing that more small venues need to get a good PA so that artists who use tracks can play and still sound good.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Yeah! It&#8217;s so hard getting a good sounding mix without having a bunch of instruments and amps. That was really discouraging for a long time. I remember our very first show, I asked a bunch of friends and mutual friends if they would play with us for the show. I&#8217;m in another band with them currently, but when I first asked them, they were like, \u201cYeah, that sounds cool. We don&#8217;t usually play shows, but we love to play and we like your music, so we&#8217;ll give it a try.\u201d And it was really a disaster, honestly. The show went great, I think, but it was such a stressful experience trying to break down all of these parts I wrote &#8211; I&#8217;m a pianist and pianists are notorious for making arrangements that are just not comfortable to play on any other instrument, and that was very much the case for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had two guitarists and a bassist with minimal music theory knowledge, but very good at their instruments. And straight up, they&#8217;re like \u201cThis isn&#8217;t something you play on the guitar, you&#8217;d have to do this differently.\u201d And we just didn&#8217;t have the time to rearrange the album. It really ended up just being like, \u201cThat was fun, but I don&#8217;t think we can go on doing that.\u201d After that, we had to figure out, if it&#8217;s going to be the two of us, how we can put on a good show. So definitely the PA thing is always an obstacle, trying to get a good sound, getting the tracks to sound decent, and not like a karaoke night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jhariah Live @ Bronx Beer Hall HIGHLIGHTS [April 19th, 2019]\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGis7icgqG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Shows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Do you have any plans to tour once it\u2019s safe to do so again?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Yeah, I\u2019d love to! I&#8217;ve never toured before and I really want to. I was hoping, before this whole mess happened, to start figuring out plans to tour next year. I wanted to do something over the summer and play a few shows on the East Coast, but now things have changed quite a lot. It&#8217;s not really looking like that\u2019ll be a possibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was thinking as for the scope of the tour, it would be very, very small, just to start. I had a very small audience and I still do, but it&#8217;s actually been growing quite a lot! I&#8217;m really excited to see what shows look like after quarantine, since before this started, I was playing shows to like 15 people in the back of bars. So hopefully we can do something a little bit more than that next time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: You&#8217;ve released a couple of songs since there&#8217;s been shows. Which songs are you most excited to play live?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Oh man. Let&#8217;s see&#8230; The stuff that I&#8217;m really excited to play is the stuff I haven&#8217;t released yet! But as far as things that are out.. \u201cPressure Bomb,\u201d I&#8217;m so amped to finally do live. I really wanted to do it before quarantine, but the release show was literally days after everything shut down. That&#8217;s one song that, even since writing it, I feel like I&#8217;ve gotten so much better at performing it that it&#8217;s going to sound so much better live than it does on the track version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jhariah - PRESSURE BOMB!!!! [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1032\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-HNL3fAk7dI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Any idea of when we&#8217;re going to get to hear those as-of-now unreleased songs you mentioned?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: Yeah! I really am planning on releasing a bunch of stuff this year, just \u2018cause I really want to keep getting things out there to people. I&#8217;m hoping to release another song on Halloween. That&#8217;ll be really fun if I can get everything in order in time for that. And then there are a couple of music videos that I have in the works. I&#8217;m hoping to get at least one out this year, if not two of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bucket List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em><\/strong><strong>: If you could tour with anybody, who would you want to tour with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: It&#8217;s probably cliche, but it has to be My Chemical Romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a more practical level, there are a whole lot of bands right now in the scene I really want to tour with! Glass Beach is one of my favorite bands in the world right now. Obviously there&#8217;s Pinkshift, they&#8217;re incredible and I really hope we get to play a show one day. Sarah and the Safe Word are also incredible, and I feel like that\u2019d just be such a show. Us and them on the same lineup would be such a theatrical time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BP<\/em>: Do you have any festivals or venues that are on your bucket list to play someday?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jhariah<\/em>: I have a whole bunch of bucket list stuff like that, but definitely the one I think about a lot right now is Webster Hall here in New York. That&#8217;s just a venue that&#8217;s really special to me just because some of my favorite shows have been there. It&#8217;s just such an iconic venue. I want to play there really badly. There are definitely certain spots around that would be really special for me to play, and that&#8217;s definitely one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks Jhariah for taking the time to chat with us! Be sure to follow him on<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JhariahClare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jhariahclare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JhariahClare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;for more updates!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Want to hear more? Follow Jhariah on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5iMYu8Sj8dZEDsWJxSFwPP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/jhariah\/1273493034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we chat with Jhariah&nbsp;about a lot of our favorite topics at&nbsp;Concert Archives&nbsp;like first\/favorite concerts, bucket lists, etc.&nbsp;Jhariah released &#8220;To Mend The Sun&#8221; in March, and recently released the single &#8220;SPLIT!&#8221;. Follow Jhariah on&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Instagram, and&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;for more updates! Past Shows Backstage Pass: What&#8217;s the first concert that you went to? 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