Ep. 131: Aaron Gillespie Interview | The Making of Underoath's Voyeurist (Aaron’s Personal Story)
Aaron Gillespie returns to the podcast to talk specifically about his personal experiences and favorite moments of writing and recording Underoath's brand new album, Voyeurist. This ended up being an extremely personal interview in the best possible way. He shared such an honest perspective of what it was like to write this album with the rest of the band completely from his view.
In addition we also talk about the pursuit to make honest art, our thoughts on overcoming doubt with creativity and some really great stories from the very beginning of Underoath.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:10 - Taking stock of where you’re at in your life as a creative
4:00 - The ebb and flow of doubting your creative abilities
8:25 - Why Aaron doesn’t like writing goals
10:55 - The pursuit to make honest art
11:40 - The 4 things that Aaron truly values
13:10 - The story of Underoath’s first show back in years
16:05 - The Bathtub Skunk House
19:10 - Aaron’s favorite parts of the come up of Underoath.
22:40 - How emotional Aaron got when he heard Tim’s episode on the Labeled Podcast
23:50 - Reminiscing on the good ole days of Underoath
25:25 - Aaron’s biggest priority with Underoath
27:50 - Aaron’s personal experience and feelings going into recording Voyeurist
30:15 - The moment Underoath started to get back together
39:00 - Self-producing Voyeurist
44:20 - Resolving a vocal power struggle between Aaron and Spencer
58:50 - Voyeurist is the realest album Underoath has ever made
1:01:10 - Why it’s the hardest to have the internal confidence to do things for yourself
1:05:10 - At the end of the entire process, what did you learn?
Aaron Gillespie: @aaronrgillespie
Underoath: @underoathband
Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse
Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw
Bonus Patreon Aaron Episode: Here