In today’s episode of LaunchLeft, Rain speaks with music artist José Gonzalez. José has recently recorded his new album, Local Valley, in his home and a studio in Sweden. José chose to produce this album himself to give it a raw sound and feel. His album drew inspiration from worldwide and includes songs in English, Swedish, and José’s native Spanish. Tune in to hear more from Rain and José’s discussion on his background, his music, and how he found inspiration from current events in the world on this episode of LaunchLeft. We close the show with his song “El Invento.” 

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IN THIS EPISODE: 

• [01:10] José speaks with Rain about his plans to play his new record live and the writing and recording process for the album
• [03:43] Rain asks José to explain his writing process because he knows  languages English, Spanish, and Swedish and sang in all three on the record
• [06:04] José explains his background with music and how he began singing and playing guitar
• [10:05] José’s musical inspiration through humanistic worldview, philosophy, and research that influences his lyrics and sound
• [17:05] José talks about how one thing different on this album is the playfulness and silliness of some songs and how that varied the guitar and vocals as opposed to his typical classic singing and songwriting
• [20:06] How visual art inspires José and enjoying visiting galleries and museums that he will use as concepts when he is writing music
• [24:07] José’s inspiration for his title track coming from world issues and people being able to communicate and understand others differing opinions

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

• José used his broad cultural background to write and produce an album that connects many thoughts of differing opinions and hopes to bring people to see both sides of issues
• José’s background in science opened up his eyes to research and philosophy which gives him different views on the world, nature, and cultural differences which help give him a broad sound in his lyrics and music 

ARTIST LINKS:

• Artist Website: gonzalez.com">https://jose-gonzalez.com 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jose.gonz.music/?hl=en 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/_josegonzalez_?lang=en 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josegonzalezmusic 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxQXnxLdxQjvu9FHk1jsdQ 
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/josegonzalez

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