Scott Colesby, perhaps better known as So-called Someone, is a deep-rooted blues man currently hailing from New Orleans. Scott has a sound that mixes various styles of the blues that traveled I-55 before it came into it’s own.
From early pioneers of Robert Johnson & Son House, through John Lee Hooker & Muddy Waters, ending with Black Diamond Heavies and Left Lane Cruiser, So-Called Someone is a trip through what the blues will always be: Raw, honest, working man’s music.
Table of Contents
3:51 – If you had to describe yourself as a band, song or genre, what would it be?
6:01 – How did you get started in the music business?
9:40 – Looking back at your career, what stands out to you as your proudest moment?
15:07 – What’s been one of your biggest failures?
22:38 – Two things artists should be doing today to grow their fan-base and move their careers forward
If you had to describe yourself as a band, song or genre, what would it be?
It’s gotta be a left turn from what we’re talking about: Punk. It’s about the Punk mentality of “by any means necessary.” That’s how I’ve always run everything. If I have to play a show, I say yes first, then figure out how. You do it by any means, it doesn’t matter what it is, you do it by any means necessary. That’s always been the punk mentality.
How did you get started in the music business?
I actually got started in the music business through sibling rivalry. When I was a teenager, my brother got a guitar, and I was like “oh no, I can’t have this! He is not going to get all the attention.” So, I picked up a bass.
And two years later, he had stopped and I had found something I loved. I just kept going and going and going. Eventually I picked up the guitar because it can be difficult to write songs on bass. I got into the rock and modern rock genre, and played that for a good ten years in the Chicago area before I started playing the blues.
Looking back at your career, what stands out to you as your proudest moment?
Getting to a point where people are starting to…I don’t want to say acknowledge, because I hate the arrogance that a lot of musicians tend to get into when someone says something good about them. I don’t tend to look at it that way. I always have that fear that people are going to figure out one day that I’m not as good as I am.
My proudest moment? Finally getting to a point where I can play shows on a regular basis in [in New Orleans]. Coming in after six months of open mics, and being able to email people saying, “I need a show for this date” and then hearing, “ok.” Not questioning, how many people can you get? How much money can you make at our bar? It’s now like, “find another band, and you’re good.”
What’s been one of your biggest failures?
My biggest setback came after I had just moved [to New Orleans], I had taken way too much time to make my plan. I had the plan when I first moved down. Then I sat on my backside for eight months to a year doing nothing. And knowing that my plan worked in hindsight, that eight months could have been better spent. That would have to be my biggest downfall.
Two things artists should be doing today to grow their fan-base and move their careers forward:
- Social media. Be out there, be consistent, and don’t take breaks. Don’t tweet 30 times one day, and wait a week to tweet again.
- If you are going to do it, then do it. Don’t wait for something. Say yes, and then figure it out.
The best ways to reach Scott:
On the web:
http://www.socalledsomeone.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/socalledsomeone
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SoCalledSomeone
Outro Music:
Walkin’
To Hell or New Orleans (Pre-Release)
So-Called Someone
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