Meet Lucas Cooper

We recently connected with Lucas Cooper and have shared our conversation below.

Lucas, we are so appreciative of you taking the time to open up about the extremely important, albeit personal, topic of mental health. Can you talk to us about your journey and how you were able to overcome the challenges related to mental issues? For readers, please note this is not medical advice, we are not doctors, you should always consult professionals for advice and that this is merely one person sharing their story and experience.

Surrounding myself with people and things that make me feel I have a purpose has helped a lot when facing mental health issues. Keeping positive people in your life really changes your perception on the world and how things really aren’t as bad as they may seem, and it makes facing those challenges much easier to tackle. For a long time, I have battled with anxiety and depression, feeling as if I don’t belong or don’t have a purpose. But, turning towards the positive people in my life, as well as writing songs, has always been something I can rely on. Writing music based on my emotions and having an outlet to express that has always helped me get what I need to out and then continue to move on.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am the leading frontman of Lost in the Forest, a two piece band from Denver, Colorado. I started the project back in 2020 during the pandemic, teaching myself how to produce songs and release them. I write all of the songs you hear, plus produce. mix. and master all of the tracks. I also create all of the artwork, so if you see anything that we’ve pushed out it is highly likely that I created it. On November 15th, we released our newest single ‘Come Home’, which is our best work in my opinion and I’m most proud of the mix and master that I did on it. Since I started, my production skills have only gotten better and I am very proud of how far they’ve brought me so far. The best feeling I’ve had so far with everything was having a random person recognize us and complimenting how professional the production sounded on our work. It means a lot to me considering how much time and effort I’ve put into it.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Learning that nothing I do is going to be perfect, on the first or final version of a song was something that really changed how I work on my music. Watching YouTube tutorials and explanations on what specific tools do was also an important piece for me to learn and make mistakes while starting out, and I highly recommend that to anybody looking to start producing and/or recording their own stuff. The last quality I’d say I’ve started to learn is impactful is being outgoing and asking questions. Whether that’s questions for artists that you see after a show, or even just somebody in school that is in the same field of work as you, it’s important to talk to people and ask questions about how they do certain things. My favorite thing to do at a show is after a band’s set is over, I’ll meet them either outside of the venue or at their merch booth, introduce myself, and then ask them what their best piece of advice that they’ve learned is. I’ve gotten a different answer every time, but the one thing they all have in common is “never give up. don’t quit”. And they’re right, quitting would mean all my effort was for nothing. So, I’ll give the readers and listeners that advice, as well as to just make mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes, you’ll never grow and you’ll never find what you want to do exactly with a piece of art. Sometimes, those mistakes can turn into something you would’ve never thought of initially.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?

For me, my biggest area of growth has been becoming comfortable with my voice and getting heavily into the production of the music in the last 12 months. Taking vocal lessons through my school has been a game changer, and has helped me understand what good technique works for my music. The production has become a lot easier for me to grasp and know what I’m doing, and I’ve learned a lot more around creating the music for my voice rather than trying to strain my voice for the music.

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