So if you haven’t seen me play live, I’m basically moving the entire time. I keep the live performance in mind while creating songs.ĭC: When you are performing live, do you incorporate some sort of dance? I think dancing in general has something to do with why and how I make music. But my Latin roots – my dad’s from Columbia and my mom’s from El Salvador – and all the Latin music, all the Latino music I listen to at home definitely has something to do with it. I’ve been listening to hip hop a lot, I think because of the dancing.
RH: I would just say just to keep it general. Whatever the album sounds like, however I preform, it’s very inspired by that era of music.ĭC: What are some of your biggest inspirations? I listen to a lot of funk and disco inspired stuff. I wanted to be a singer.ĭC: So why the change in genres? What made you want to get into the funk genre that you do now? RH: I guess there was a point in time where I had vigor to create my own music. So, I was 16 and I’ve been playing guitar ever since, so little by little accumulating other skills.ĭC: What made you take the leap from Neon Indian to what you do now? Up until moving to Colorado when I was 16, where there weren’t a lot of, or any music schools in public Colorado and I guess instead I started something else up that wasn’t a sport and ended up being just playing guitar. I don’t have family who are musicians so I grew up in Houston loving dancing and that’s what I wanted to professionally be. RH: I was dancing when I was younger and I never ever thought of music. So what made you want to start getting into music? I think Flying Lotus was pretty much the only person I saw.ĭC: It is a pretty cool performance. I came here, since I didn’t have to perform, I went straight to the Green Room and took pictures with the photographer upstairs and ate a bunch, you know I kinda stayed up there accidentally for a long time. I kind of didn’t get to see many people yesterday. RH: I would say the Flying Lotus performance was really good.
How have you liked it so far?ĭC: What have been your favorite artists to see? Local artist Ronnie Gierhart decided to forge his own path when he left electro-pop group Neon Indian to start a solo funk career under the name “Ronnie Heart.” At Fortress Festival, The Daily Campus had the opportunity to talk with him at the Modern Art Museum about his music, influences and the art of smoothie making.ĭaily Campus: We know you’ve been at the festival even though you got canceled. Ronnie Heart at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Photo credit: Kylie Madry
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