JohnJulian at Beatniks

JohnJulian getting their poses down

Warming up before the show

Music can move your soul, wake you up, energize you, and soothe pain; it's a force in itself. It is no surprise then that JohnJulian was asked to kick off the Beatniks fashion show in LA. Check out my interview with the laid back not to mention fashionable duo ( check out that studded jacket). 

PolishedPractical: Is tonight something you do on a regular basis, you know fashion shows, or is this a new thing for you?

JohnJulian: This is our first fashion show actually, we just started performing together this year so…

PP: Oh my

JJ: Yeh [smiles knowingly] we did the Roxy, Whiskies, the House of Blues, Viper Room…that whole little Hollywood type of thing. We took a break for a little bit, cause we’re trying to get our band together, we’re tryin’ to really figure out who’s gonna be in the band fa’real. Each time has been a new line up, we’ve added pieces every time. We’re in the process of dwindling it down to just two or three extra pieces outside of us, so a drummer, urr a base player, maybe an instrumentalist, but yeh this is our first fashion show. It’s just me and him tonight, acoustics.

PP: You named some pretty serious big time places that you’ve performed at so then does it feel different coming here and setting up, and being around fashion people or is it just the same for you as an artist because you’re performing?

JJ: I mean each time is going to be different. Different feeling, different day, different spirit, different vibe, different people (you know what I mean). Some of the same faces, but ultimately each experience is going to be different so this one is definitely going to be different. But I’ve never been in a spot like this – type of rented out loft type of environment.

PP: I really like the vibe.

JJ: Yeh it looks cool. It’s a dope little vibe. It’s a cool spot to perform.

PP: When your asked to do something like this do you have all the creative freedom or are you told “oh I want you to perform these songs/this style of music”?

JJ: Fortunately for this one they just wanted us to come sing some songs so it was kind of up to us how we wanted to do it. We thought it would probably be cool to do two songs, scaled down version of a couple of our records.

PP: Ok if people wanted to hear more from you where would they find you?

JJ: Right now they just have to stay tuned and look out for us. John Julian – it’s a name you won’t forget.

PP: Are you on social media? Tell us how we can find you.

JJ: Yeh we’re jhnjln. JohnJulian without the vowels.

PP: Thanks, good luck out there!

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