Hi and welcome to another "In The Spotlight"
Today I have the huge pleasure to introduce you to Bad Bubble!

Thank you for spending this time with us..
Thank you for having me!

Who/What is Bad Bubble?

I’ve thought about this nonstop for 3 years. I’ve concluded, Bad Bubble is a display or a showcase of the scope of human emotion. I have gone way out of my way to highlightevery single known and experienced emotion I can honestly say I know. However,sadness and hopelessness are the most common visited. This is not a bad thing. It’s a good thing. Do you want to hear from someone or want your art displayed to you by someone who hasn’t suffered anything? What on earth do you hope to achieve by doing so? Bad Bubble wasn’t always how he is now. He morphed himself on in organically. Originally, I wasn’t going to show myself at all. That’s what a lot of artists do nowadays. You have no idea who they are. But generally, it can’t be like that when you’re singing your own lyrics to the songs you, yourself wrote. When you pour yourself out, it makessense to face up. Even if partially. This way people can put a face to the name and know you’re not a bot or a fake of some sort…

What was it that drew you into music?

I’m not sure. I was so young. I probably at the time felt it was normal for everyone to listen to music at the age of 3, literally all day, every day. I always preferred music over TV. It’s not even close…When I first got bit by the bug, it was listening to Talking Heads,Prince and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I would hang out in the parking lot of a museum I lived across the street from. It never had people in it and was always empty. So, I would sit on the steps and listen to everyone back then. Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Husker Du, Ween, Sex Pistols, Misfits, and countless other bands that had long broken up. What drew me in was the mystique. The level of danger that is so nonexistent today. And I miss it very much. Now everyone is in their rooms at home. Wonderful…

Growing up, where did you find your inspiration and has that changed muchover the years?

Yes and no. It’s changed in that I tend to not waste time with something I know for fact I will not like. I do not listen to any mainstream anything. That is just about pointless. For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would. But I digress. So, in that sense, back then I wasted time in this regard. Back then, I had no real account of just how fast life zips by.

You don't show your face in your videos, is there a thought behind that?

I have in the past. Album 6 I had the mask off the entire album presentation as far as video goes. For those who don’t know, I release an album one song at a time, every 2 weeks, for (an 11-song album, the usual) 22 weeks. I did not wear the mask for that album and for a few other videos. Hozar & The Latch come to mind. I did put it back on. The mask became a part of my identity. Funny when there is a part of your physical identity which covers up your physical identity. Consider this. Rey Mesterio Jr, for those who do not know, is a professional wrestler. He wears a mask. He has utilized one now for several years and it is a part of who he is. Very few know what he looks like. Or cares to know for that matter. His fan base sees the mask as a part of who he is. From there, everyone gets over it and moves on with the show. Same thing here. Without it, it’s just different and it is not a positive different…

What are you currently working on and what are your plans for the future?

I’m always several years ahead of myself. Currently I am releasing 2 albums at a time. A Well Devised Plan, which is a story album. I have 8 albums, 8 EP’s, and several singles which all tell one long story. I call the work in this story a “story album” or “a story EP”, “story single”, etc.. I’m almost finished with this story. I released the first album of this story titled Future 9 in March 2022. I am now on the 7 th album, a Well Devised Plan. I have one more EP and finally, the 8 th and final album for that story. The story material is easy to spot. It has a yellow house and either a yellow man or a yellow
woman in the window of the house. All 8 albums are like this, Very easy to spot in Spotify, Apple, Pandora, etc. There are however other albums which do not have the man/woman/house on the cover. These include as of today, January, an album I released with Electric Eden Records, an Intricate Cacophony, and I am about finished releasing the Triumph of the Puissant. These albums are not telling any story as they are your more traditional album releases. So to answer your question, I am currently releasing a Well Devised Plan and the Triumph of the Puissant both at the same time. I must do it this way or it will take years to release everything, and I do not have thatmuch time.

My plan is to retire. I no longer wish to be in this business doing what I am doing. For reasons which will take a long time to list out and explain properly. But I’ll say this. I’ve felt this way for a very long time. Probably mid album 5 release last year around this time. And it has not changed since. It is very stressful and often painful to see things go the way they do. The way the industry structure operates. The way things turn out. I’m convinced there is no way around it or even through it directly. It is sad, but the status quo will continue. I do not see it changing. I just don’t. Some are optimistic. I regard that
outlook as naive. Not unintelligent or poorly thought through. Creating something out of thin air and calling it hope is not hope. And that is not true optimism. A famous person from here in the States once said, hope is not a tactic. True words. I may be an artist & I may be a poet. But I am also a realist. And I choose not to create hope out of thin air.

What can a new listener expect from your music?

Integrity. I play instruments. I recorded everything on a TASCAM 24. Old school mixing board. Right in front me where my hands chiseled it all out without a mouse in sight. If I make a mistake, I start over. On every track. Drums are the only thing I program as this cannot be avoided. I cannot bang on drums where I live. My next-door neighbor is a kind and good man in his retirement. I’m not going to do that to him. I work mostly in the middle of the night. But everything else is meat and potatoes. What you hear are my fingers on the keys. My lyrics are as honest as I can possibly make them. And they are
created through experience and a life built with mistakes. I have a lifetime of events and experiences I wanted to share. And I did. Any listeners can expect honesty. But they can also expect tough love. They’re not off the hook. They play their part in why things are the way they are. That is what artistic honesty looks like.

What is the one thing you would want your fans to know?

There are people in this world who this world will never be right for. That is a fact of life. These people are noticed only to be looked at as an example of what not to do or what not to be. They fully know who they are. And no matter what anyone does, this world will continue to take from them. Some of the “self-help” & “self-love” sects of society will say otherwise. They’ll say, “they can choose to do X, Y, and Z”. I assure you they cannot. I know because I am one of them. That is who I am here for and who I have been trying desperately to reach every day for the last 3 years. I failed. I tried so hard and left no rock unturned, but I failed. I hope one day they find my work. That is what I would want them to know. To find my work. If you are a happy person, this does not apply to you. There is plenty of content out there for that and they’ll have no trouble finding it. As will any target audience. But I’m here for another group. And I have love in my heart for these people. The hopeless. The truly and unequivocally hopeless. I want them to know that I tried my best to find them. And soon I will stop trying. They will haveto find me.

What is the one thing you would like the music industry to know?

I would want the music industry to know loud and clear, it deserves itself. You made your bed; now go lay down and go to sleep for a very long time. You did this to yourself. And you can only blame yourself. Yes, you ruined it for everyone who tried coming up behind you. But you also will be looked to as the reason why. I am thoroughly enjoying the downward spiral into the toilet. I want it to know that is where it belongs. My only regret is it needs to happen faster. However, the music business is not the music industry. I separate the two. The music business is Bandcamp. And Shopifys. And
circles on social media. They are hurting and everyone knows it. The music industry is the one hurting them.

That was my chat with Bad Bubble.. Amazing artist and such an interesting person.

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