Liam Aldous
By Coco Wu
Joining Collingwood in kindergarten, live music has been a lifelong and intense passion for Liam Aldous, who often enjoys playing his own music as well as covers of other artists. Throughout his journey, his art has evolved significantly alongside him. Liam often incorporates newly gained knowledge into his craft, diversifying his music. He remarks that “This has encompassed learning new instruments, experimenting with new recording software, and exploring new musical genres or art movements and styles…” Recently, he finds that visual artistic elements help to elevate live music even more, which is something that he wishes to experiment with.
Nature is a large creative inspiration for Liam. He finds the balance between chaos and precision especially compelling, and wishes to channel this idea into his art. He notes, “I find it so interesting how nature evolves and unfolds in a way that mixes calculatedness and randomness.” His creative process reflects this sentiment too. He explains that it usually looks like simply sitting down with an instrument, or just his voice, and seeing “where [his] hands take [him], playing semi-random notes and ideas.” Once he begins hearing parts that he likes, he starts developing it into something with more structure, and it begins to unfold in a more deliberate way.
Like all artists, Liam faces creative burnout too. For him, he thinks that the best way to deal with it is to simply allow himself to enjoy the media and artists that he loves the most. When seeing the finished works of the artists that he admires, he is reminded of the payoff and importance of hard work and inspired to continue creating. Some artists that he defaults to include Animal Collective and Tim Hecker. One piece of additional advice that Liam recommends to all artists is to never leave ideas unfinished. He solemnly believes that no matter the idea nor the value, bringing it to fruition can bring important insights. “Even if you lose hope in it a little bit and do the second half lazily, it's worth it. You never know what kind of deeper value you can carve out of it just by making it a finished product.”
Liam looks forward to his future in art and wishes to make a livelihood of it. He is also thrilled to work with like-minded artists, where everyone can contribute their own unique parts.
By Coco Wu
Joining Collingwood in kindergarten, live music has been a lifelong and intense passion for Liam Aldous, who often enjoys playing his own music as well as covers of other artists. Throughout his journey, his art has evolved significantly alongside him. Liam often incorporates newly gained knowledge into his craft, diversifying his music. He remarks that “This has encompassed learning new instruments, experimenting with new recording software, and exploring new musical genres or art movements and styles…” Recently, he finds that visual artistic elements help to elevate live music even more, which is something that he wishes to experiment with.
Nature is a large creative inspiration for Liam. He finds the balance between chaos and precision especially compelling, and wishes to channel this idea into his art. He notes, “I find it so interesting how nature evolves and unfolds in a way that mixes calculatedness and randomness.” His creative process reflects this sentiment too. He explains that it usually looks like simply sitting down with an instrument, or just his voice, and seeing “where [his] hands take [him], playing semi-random notes and ideas.” Once he begins hearing parts that he likes, he starts developing it into something with more structure, and it begins to unfold in a more deliberate way.
Like all artists, Liam faces creative burnout too. For him, he thinks that the best way to deal with it is to simply allow himself to enjoy the media and artists that he loves the most. When seeing the finished works of the artists that he admires, he is reminded of the payoff and importance of hard work and inspired to continue creating. Some artists that he defaults to include Animal Collective and Tim Hecker. One piece of additional advice that Liam recommends to all artists is to never leave ideas unfinished. He solemnly believes that no matter the idea nor the value, bringing it to fruition can bring important insights. “Even if you lose hope in it a little bit and do the second half lazily, it's worth it. You never know what kind of deeper value you can carve out of it just by making it a finished product.”
Liam looks forward to his future in art and wishes to make a livelihood of it. He is also thrilled to work with like-minded artists, where everyone can contribute their own unique parts.