#066 Sandy Little on Big Fright, DIY Art, and Why the Human Journey Matters
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Post-punk artist, illustrator, and unapologetic DIY advocate.
Sandy Little - vocalist of Bristol post-punk band Big Fright and visual artist behind festival and band design work across South Africa and the UK - talks honestly about building a music career from scratch in a new country, making handcrafted merch, and why she believes AI is stealing the most valuable part of creativity: the messy, difficult process of figuring it out yourself. This episode is for independent musicians and artists who care about doing the work with integrity, and who want to hear from someone who is actually doing it.
Sandy Little - vocalist of Bristol post-punk band Big Fright and visual artist behind festival and band design work across South Africa and the UK - talks honestly about building a music career from scratch in a new country, making handcrafted merch, and why she believes AI is stealing the most valuable part of creativity: the messy, difficult process of figuring it out yourself. This episode is for independent musicians and artists who care about doing the work with integrity, and who want to hear from someone who is actually doing it.
Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction - Meet Sandy Little
- 01:06 Why Sandy Started Making Music
- 02:19 Musical Education and Early Influences
- 04:29 No Formal Training - and a Prophetic Music Teacher
- 06:04 Playing Music in the UK versus South Africa
- 08:33 Can You Make a Living as a Musician in the UK?
- 10:17 The Story of Big Fright
- 12:52 Finding Bandmates with a Music Passport
- 14:26 What It Is Really Like to Be in a Band
- 16:18 DIY Merch, Visual Art, and Handcrafted Aesthetics
- 19:32 AI in Music - The Journey Is What You Are Stealing
- 22:27 Playing to Small Rooms and Resilience
- 24:13 Current Favourite Bands - Mould, Echo Vandal, and More
- 30:44 Where to Find Big Fright and the Spindle Platform
- 32:34 Closing Thoughts
