There are talks that he will be releasing new music next year, including a full-length album. Will there be any more new music this year from Saxe? It’s possible. It gets better.”Ĭurrently, his favorite original song to perform is “ 3 Minutes,” commenting that, “f*ck you doesn’t always sound like a love song, but in this song it does.” Saxes continues, “‘F*ck them all’ is the lyric, but it’s hard to be that aggressive and still sweet at the same time, but, I think this song does that.” “I had no way of knowing how much more wonderful love would become not too long after that. “I think it was a song I needed to write to get over the feeling that I wrote it about,” Saxe comments. “We recorded the piano and vocals with Ben Rice, Ryan Marrone finished it up and Josh Goodwin mixed it like always,” says Saxe. Thanks to the encouragement of producer Benjamin Rice, Saxe was able to hit the octave in the song and production on the single continued. “I had written that song quite a while before I recorded because I didn’t think I could sing it at the octave the way I do in Chorus 2 and Chorus 3,” Saxe comments. On “A Little Bit Yours,” Saxe tells Elicit that he had the song written about two years before releasing. Since signing with Arista Records, Saxe has released a handful of music including an EP Hold It Together, followed by singles, “Hey Stupid, I Love You,” and “ A Little Bit Yours.” His advice for aspiring musicians is to, “Be yourself better and if you don’t know what that means yet, that’s ok, but that should be the goal to figure out what ‘be yourself better’ means!” In June of last year, Saxe was then signed to the label. Not too long after that, the singer-songwriter was recognized by David Massey, the President and CEO of Arista Records, while performing at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. He dedicated his life to pursuing beauty with the cello.” He continues, “Someday I’ll put mine right next to it.’” “‘I put it on the piano to intimidate myself when I’m writing. He jokes that it’s his and he won it at three years old, but then goes into a touching story about his Grandfather, Janos Starker, a Grammy award winning cellist, and an inspiration to Saxe.
There’s a moment in the video where he points out a Grammy sitting on his piano. “Your success isn’t measured by anybody else… The only way to win is your own way and accepting that being yourself is not only ok, but it’s your superpower! Sounds corny, but it’s real.” “As easy as it is to look at other people and think ‘they are winning, I have to do what they are doing to win,’ it’s not how it works,” says Saxe.
And, it’s here that people have to remember that behind every musician, actor, performer, you name it, is a real person. Here’s Saxe, singing his way into your heart with his candid lyrics and a dream to be successful. It’s candid, starting off with a shot of him on the couch as he sings, “All I want to do / All I want to do is write songs / and sing them sometimes / and occasionally eat ice cream / that’s all I need.”Īnd, as I watch this video, the words “be yourself, be yourself” keep popping up in my mind.
During this time, he also released a YouTube video introducing himself to the world. It wasn’t until 2017 with songs like “Changed”, “Anybody Else” and “The Few Things,” that Saxe started to gain traction in the industry. Unfortunately, you won’t find the song anywhere today, but we’re sure it was amazing in its own way. His first performance was in 7th grade singing John Lennon’s “Imagine,” but his own music portfolio started when he was 14 when he wrote his first song, “Just Too Me To Have You.” “It was very dramatic,” Saxe comments. So, I hope I’ve been honest enough to get myself out of the way to allow you to have your own experience with the music.” “I don’t make music to make you think something about me, I make music to make you think about yourself.