The Baltimore band City Line Kids has been around for about 2 years. We sat down with founder and principle songwriter, Alex Carle, to talk a little bit about his experience performing his music and recording the band's new album, About Time.
A student of Towson University and a promising local artist, Alex has played with a progressive metal group, performed in musicals, and he is currently playing the ukulele and singing for his new album.
A brief excerpt from the interview:
About the ukulele....
"Graduated high school, yeah...[was when] I picked it up, and it was a good transition from guitar. I also used the ukulele a lot more because during that time in my life, when I was like 18 and 19, I was doing a lot more traveling. And so the ukulele is a lot more accommodating for long plane rides, bus rides, what have you, so I think that I was kind of stuck with the ukulele rather than the guitar. And because that was the case, I played that more, and maybe just because I was used to playing the guitar at home and playing the ukulele when I was away at other places in the world, maybe my mind just associated more excitement and happiness with the ukulele."
A venue he recently played in New York....
"AC: Billy Joel played there. Bob Dylan played there.
JH: It's in Greenwich Village, right?
AC: Yeah, it's in Greenwich village, yup. Uh, Bill Cosby played there. I don’t know if that’s one that they’re so eager to include any more, but is still a fact [laughs]."
In our next installment, Alex will discuss the recording process and what it feels like to work through and complete a two-year long project. We'll have that and much more next time...stay tuned!
City Line Kids music can be found:
band website: http://www.citylinekidsmusic.com/
CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CityLineKids
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/citylinekids
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/artist/1gcq8vbr11yQeRYDhH...
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/city-line-kids/...
Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citylinekidsband/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/city_line_kids
Instagram: @citylinekids ---- http://www.pictaram.com/user/citylinekids/2537843769
and their music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UMT-iyuOHY
