Interview with Eric Peters - Part 2 [Gourmet Music Report #28]

Most folks I talk to have not heard of Eric Peters. I completely understand. Last year at this time I had not heard of him either, but someone who I want the world to know more about. He admits that times are tough for an indie artist, and financial strains are higher with the addition of his second child in early 2009. But in both conversation and music, his vulnerability and honest portrayal of life and faith has won me over. Let's continue the conversation with Eric:

DT: When did you begin writing songs?
EP: I went away to go work at a youth camp in 1993 and I wrote my first couple of songs. People were just very encouraging to me about it, and so I stuck with it. People were very nice & I've been doing it ever since.

DT: Tell me about your 2003 CD "Miracle of Forgetting."
EP: In hindsight I do know that I was trying very hard to get on the radio. I wanted a record deal, so I tried to make more of a pop/rock [album], but still some folk vibe to it. The title "Miracle of Forgetting" shared the idea that God's memory is apparently a bad one because he chooses to forget our past - putting our sins as far as the east is from the west.

DT: Were you artistically growing on your 2006 CD "Scarce"?
EP: Scarce was definitely folkier. I just love the way it turned out. I hired a guy named Brett Milligan, who has a great mind & just some really creative thoughts, and he really captured what I was going for. Just simple, sparse for the most part, but full... if that makes any sense.

DT: How has your brand new CD "Chrome" been a next step as an artist?
EP: A lot of these songs are narratives where I just try to put myself in someone else or some object's shoes and just to try and tell their story the way I might have experienced. In some ways "Chrome" is much more cohesive than any of the records I've done before in that the central theme is story. We all have stories to tell, whether they are pleasant or unpleasant. We all have great moments of faith & we have great moments of doubt in life. For that reason I'm really excited that there is thematic substance to this record, and I hope it certainly will ring true to those who hear it.

Check out episode #42 of "Under The Radar" for conversation and music with Eric Peters.
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