Welcome to Episode 33 of Tapestry, where today I chat with Greg Marquis, the vocalist of Boston-based post-hardcore band, Actor Observer. Our conversation is a heartfelt discussion of tons of things, including the difficulty of being authentic in your emotions as a performer without pushing away more vulnerable people at shows, how his classical vocal training ended up putting shackles on the idea of a “right” and “wrong” way to sing, and how rising rent costs in his Boston community galvanized him and other members of his band to take action in local politics and protect the creative people and places in his local scene.

📷: Isaac Armani

Find Actor Observer on social media here, as well as related pursuits:

@actorobserver (IG, FB, Twitter) actorobserver.bandcamp.comactorobserver.bigcartel.comActorobserver.comhopefortheday.org

Topics discussed in this episode:#activism#actorobserver#alexisonfire#allston#alternative#anger#anxiety#artistimpact#artspace#beck#benweinman#boston#brainstorming#brighton#capitalism#choir#civics#classicalvocalist#community#converge#depression#diy#diyart#emo#emotional#feelings#gentrification#hardcore#holyfawn#hopefortheday#housing#impostersyndrome#ladispute#localmusic#localpolitics#massachusetts#melissacross#mentalhealth#mosh#moshpit#nashville#newengland#normajean#pareidolia#posthardcore#psychology#punk#screams#skrams#songwriting#suicide#suicideprevention#syracuse#tdep#technique#thedillingerescapeplan#thefalloftroy#thereforeiam#thesleeping#thrice#typea#underneath#vanna #venues#vheissu#vocalists#vocals#voicecoach