| NYC-based songwriter STOLAR who Village Voice described as a “poly-genre multi-instrumentalist” and his music as “a contempo brew of soulful pop-rock, unveiling a style and craftsmanship that earned him comparisons to Darryl Hall, Bruno Mars, and… Adele,” is launching an ambitious campaign called RAW EMOTIONS that kicks off this month and runs a full year.
With a goal to release two finished singles a month, Stolar’s focus is to redirect his struggles with bipolar disorder and depression into a creative channel, shedding a light on mental health. “Obsessed. Creating. Writing. Everyday. It’s how I work through emotions.” explains Stolar. “I create so I can connect. But songs are empty without people. And I want to share this music in its purest form. Music should be listened to as it’s written, it shouldn’t sit on a shelf or on a computer. That’s why I’m launching this project. Raw Emotions.”
His Raw Emotions project, which kicks off this month, is an exploration of his own songwriting process which finds him writing songs daily as part of his own personal form of therapy. The direction of this finds Stolar isolating emotions – be it sadness, jealousy, fear, etc. – and focusing his songwriting based on that particular emotion. Hence, the name of the project. The emotion chosen for October 2017 is DESIRE.
Set for release today, “Kurt Cobain T-shirt” The second song released for Raw Emotions, captures Stolar musing about a girl he is attracted to who is wearing that iconic t-shirt. “‘Kurt Cobain T-Shirt’ is about desire,” he explains about its connection to this month’s theme. “It’s about wanting someone so much that you can’t help but tell them. It’s that moment when you realize that what you are feeling is not some bullshit emotion. It’s real and you have to do something about it.” |
