Spencer Griffin is a 22-year-old Aspie who not only writes a weekly blog reviewing indie music but he also writes poetry, composes his own songs and is studying linguistics at a local JC. He’s planning on recording a CD on his original songs this summer.
3 Quick Questions with Spencer Griffin:
What made you want to start your blog?
“I just figured people might want to know about songs I really like, since only a handful of people seem to already be aware of these songs. This way I can give more exposure to music I feel deserves a slightly bigger audience. The songs I review are relatively new to the airwaves but performed by mostly established artists. Through writing my reviews I hope to engage the reader to seek out and listen.”
When did you start getting interested in indie music?
“It’s a little hard to say…I’ve been listening to Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Rickie Lee Jones since I was in first grade. Typically these artists are not classified as indie however, one day in middle school I discovered a station that played not only their music but others that had that folk-rocky, singer/songwriter-ish sound, and through that I developed a love of indie music.”
If you could spend 1 hour with any musical artist – living or dead – who would it be and why?
“Hooo-boy! That’s a difficult one!!! (long thoughtful pause) Probably John Lennon.”
Why?
“Because I feel like he comes from the same background as I did – being a musician who has poetic, creative ideas, yet doesn’t quite manage to understand people the way a typical musician of his time would.”
What’s Spencer’s latest indie music pick? Read his blog, Spencer Griffin’s New Music Wednesdays. Watch Spencer at an L.A. area poetry slam via YouTube.
