Squideo Submarine: Adam's L.yrics
As promised, this trip aboard the Squideo Submarine features Video Producer Adam Leveson. We’ve had a preview of his music style from our Squid Squad playlists produced for Halloween, Christmas, New Year and Valentine’s Day. But what will he pick for his voyage? Visit Squideo’s Spotify channel and give his playlist a listen!
A solo trip aboard a submarine can be a dream or it can be a nightmare. Will this be your ideal holiday or will you make a friend from a spork before you can say Toy Story?
I don’t know if I’d call it my ideal holiday, but it’d definitely be a fun experience! I’d love to see first-hand the different creatures underneath the waves.
If music be the food of love, play on (classic, thanks William Shakespeare). Music is about to become your only companion. How much of a role does it play in your day-to-day life?
It’s one of, if not the biggest, hobby in my day-to-day life. I listen to music constantly throughout the day when I’m working and when I have down time between activities in my free time.
When I was in primary school, I was offered the chance to learn an instrument and I chose (for whatever reason young-me had) to pick the flute of all things. All I’ll say is it didn’t last too long haha. If I could go back I’d tell myself to try and learn the guitar or drums.
You've got the entire submarine to yourself, so play whatever you like! Talk us through your playlist - are you a fan of one genre or era, or do you like to mix things up?
I’m a fan of a few different genres. Recently I’ve been trying to listen to older stuff which has ended up being a lot of David Bowie – he’s great.
I’m really bad at making separate playlists though, so the ones I do have end up being a mixture of everything I listen to. It’s easier listening to albums if there’s a particular artist or genre I want to hear.
You might be the only crew member, but space is at a premium aboard the Squideo Submarine! You’ve been given strict orders to bring only one bag of personal effects. What are you taking?
Well I’d definitely take my phone as it has all my music on it. I’d also want me camera so I can document everything I see down there. And if there’s enough space left, I’d want my Xbox too. I like playing all the different games and it helps me spend time with friends that live further away on a regular basis. Which would be perfect to keep me sane when I’m stuck alone in a submarine [laughs].
The team at Squideo are always prepared. Like Boy and Girl Scouts. Should the unimaginable happen, and you get taken in by the crew of the Pequod never to return to Nantucket again, what song do you think your family and friends would remember you by?
I’m not sure really. Probably just something that I listen to a lot, as I play music around my friends and family all the time. So I guess they’d associate me with that? Otherwise, I have no idea!
Do your musical tastes align with your family and friends or is it wildly different?
I like listening to a lot of different things, so sometimes it aligns with them and other times it’s totally different. I’m currently listening to a lot of David Bowie which I can talk with my Mum about, and also Nine Inch Nails – I have friends who are into hard rock and heavy metal.
Like I said, I listen to a variety of stuff so I usually have at least one artist in common with someone I know.
Like smell, music can have strong associations with certain memories. We don’t want to consider how the Squideo Submarine will smell after a week; instead, choose a song you associate with your childhood.
Probably something that my Dad listens to from the 1960s/70s. Whenever we went out in his car, he’d have the same radio station on that played those old hits. I don’t really remember any of the song names but if one of them played now I’d recognise it and know all the words.
Ah good times. Unlike the time you were stuck on a submarine for a whole... oh wait, that's still happening. Quick, think of something else. What music do you listen to at work?
I mainly listen to rock music based on the recommends Spotify gives me, but sometimes it can be more pop and other times more metal. Depends on my mood really.
Sometimes I bring out my records if I’m working on something that doesn’t require me wearing headphones.
We can’t open the windows aboard the Squideo Submarine (well you wouldn’t want to), but you can put on a dive suit and have a walk on the ocean floor. Would you go? What would you hope to see?
I know I’d be very hesitant to do that, I’d probably worry something would go terribly wrong [laughs]. I think I would though as it’s a pretty rare opportunity.
It is quiet in the submarine. Except, oh no – you have an earworm. What was the last song to get stuck in your head?
A few come to mind: Plug in Baby by Muse, I’m Afraid of Americans by David Bowie and the Hand that Feeds by Nine Inch Nails. I swear the last one is because Spotify constantly recommends it to me, so it just never leaves my head.
Squideo videos look inkredible, but there’s also a soundtrack! Which piece of Squideo-approved background music always gets stuck in your head?
Late last year we were all working on a series of videos for Spell With Me so their intro song just never left my head. It has over 25k views, so I guess I'm not the only one who got hooked.
It’s almost time to return home! The journey went a lot quicker with music, didn’t it? What song are you playing in celebration of your return?
I want to say How Not to Drown by Chvrches as I feel the song title alone would fit with that fact that I manged to get back okay [laughs].
We returned to the surface where the H.M.S Fifty Squid was waiting to welcome the Squideo Submarine and its crew of one back onboard. Sadly, Aquaman wasn’t discovered on this expedition but the excursion gave us a great opportunity to explore the depths and breadths of the ocean with the one and only Sarah Irwin.
Join us next time, when we’ll take a trip beneath the waves with our Video Producer: Adam Leveson.
