Quick Hit Artist Interview: Lijie

Lijii at Chinatown Summer Nights

Interview with the artist. Enjoy:

What is currently influencing you as a musician? Reading poetry, listening to BeeGees, classic soul music (Solomon Burke, Etta James, Sam Cooke), Fleetwood Mac, SYML (I used to listen to this artist when he was in a band called Barcelona, from Seattle Washington, check him out he is AMAZING), Sia, Lana, Rihanna, Fiona (Apple), any artist whose name ends with an "ah" sound, and Khalid.

What's a dream venue/festival you'd love to play at and what about it intrigues you? Oooh, this is a good question. There are so many venues I would love to play, the first one that popped into my head is the Hollywood Bowl, because I have seen some of the BEST concerts in my life there (Radiohead, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bjork, Seal...). It's a giant venue, but you don't feel lost inside of it when you're there. It would be a dream come true to play with a live band and full orchestra. In the background the sun slowly sets and the stars appear in the sky, and the audience is enjoying the live music and falling in love with their date while drinking wine and eating sandwiches and crackers with fancy cheese. It would be a beautiful moment/memory for everyone (except maybe the traffic police working the event).

Own unique info: a friend took me shooting for the first time (it was terrifying) and we found out I've got good aim!