Episode #150 - Storytelling with Lindsay Schoolcraft
It’s not often that you hear the words harp, piano, metal, gothic, and award-winning in the same description of someone, but here we are.
Lindsay Schoolcraft is a one-of-a-kind musician and talent. Her music is the perfect blend of beauty and emotion with some haunting, darker tones. She combines her classically trained voice and talent with the energy and power of metal music.
To see her perform and listen to her messages in music is an absolute game-changer, to talk to her and get to know her is a blessing.
In this episode, we discuss her musical upbringing, her passion for storytelling, and how she blends her unique sound to capture the hearts and minds of millions.
We also discuss the critical nature of discovering your voice in the world and not being afraid to own who you are and how you feel. This approach has allowed her to have a genuine connection with people and fans all of the world and she shares messages on how everyone can own their story and connections in the world.
She also shares how the pandemic affected her work style and how it’s opened up new opportunities to perform and to coach and consult other musicians.
You can learn more about Lindsay on her website, Instagram, or Patreon. You can also follow her Spotify channel to hear her amazing music.
It’s such a special opportunity to mark 150 episodes, on my birthday, with one of my favorite singers and people in the world!! Thank you for all your support!
About Lindsay
Juno Nominated Lindsay Schoolcraft composes and performs Ethereal Gothic music exploring orchestral soundscapes and heavy metal. From the small city of Oshawa, Canada, LINDSAY is a hauntingly enchanting Singer, Harpist, and Pianist, and was presented with the 2021 Oshawa Music Award for Artist of the Year. Releasing her own solo work since 2010 with the debut full length metal album Martyr, co-written by Grammy Award Winner Rocky Gray (Formerly Evanescence), releasing in 2019, and her harp-driven, orchestral offering Worlds Away in 2020.
Her music is elegant and yet powerful, delivering a compelling sound fuelled by raw emotion. Lindsay’s style prevails effortlessly through every composition whether focusing solely on orchestral instrumentation or delving into the realms of heavy music. Lindsay received her musical education from established vocal instructors, the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), and briefly at York University for Opera and Theory studies. She continues today to study in the fields of business, musical theory, and music production.
Lindsay works with a wide variety of artists and different sub-genres in metal. She has recently featured on gothic-metalcore hitmakers MOTIONLESS IN WHITE’s “Cyberhex”, hardcore outfit CANCER BATS’ “Hail the Acoustic Destroyer”, black/folk metal artist MYRKUR’s single “Rivers Blessed” on harp, and released “Stolen Light” with Sarah Jezebel Deva. Lindsay embraces the creativity of musicians around the world leading to the production of some extraordinary collaborations.
