Abigail Adamo
PHOTO BY LUKE MADDEN, COURTESY OF MAINE ACADEMY OF MODERN MUSIC
17-year old Abigail Adamo knew from a young age that she wanted to make music. She grew up listening to a diverse range of melodies - Taylor Swift, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, along with some folk, bluegrass, and classic country thrown in. During 8th grade, she really got into the band My Chemical Romance. “That was my first introduction into music that wasn’t just what was on the radio, or music that my parents were listening to, and I just kind of took it and ran with it.” Taking guitar inspiration from Elliot Smith, with her voice ranging from celestial, light, and airy on the solo tracks, to strong and deep when performing with her band, Moxxy, Abigail solo work live. “There’s 6 of us in Moxxy. Kyle and Alex are guitarists and brothers. Cam, a guitarist. Isaac is our bassist - he's insane, I don’t understand how he does what he does. Owen is our drummer, and he also blows my mind. They are all so talented. My favorite performance was at G-Force Entertainment on Halloween last year. It was so much fun. We were all in costume, and a lot of the audience came dressed up. I had these little fake blood tablets in my mouth while singing, and even got some on the microphone. It was pretty fun to pull off.” Abigail's pre-show rituals are more about controlling her anxiety than superstition. “I’ll usually go into the bathroom and take deep breaths and remind myself that no one is paying attention to me as much as I’m paying attention to myself,” she said. When asked what she thinks the most difficult thing about being a female musician is, she replied, “A big challenge for me, about the possibility of more people discovering my music, is that I want the product to be my art and not me. I feel like a lot of times, with female at you first became interested in becoming a musician at 7 years old. “I wanted to be a pop star, as a lot of young girls do. I idolized Taylor Swift, I wanted to be her. So, I started singing. And I was told that I was good at it. I guess I took that and ran with it, also, I started writing music and poetry in 5th grade...and I just never stopped,” Abigail states. At 8, she inherited a piano from her great aunt. “I took piano lessons for a year or two, but I mostly taught myself. I had fiddled around enough on the piano by the time I started the lessons, that I had a pretty decent foundation (of) knowing chords. Then I got my first guitar when I was 12. It was a little Yamaha one. I loved it. I would shut myself in my room for hours and hours, and figure things out, and I guess that’s how I learned guitar,” she laughs. Performing with the band is what Abigail prefers, as she has yet to showcase her musicians, a label will try and sell you, instead of what you create. And I want to make sure I don't fall into something like that.” 5 years down the road, Abigail sees herself still making music. “Music has to be involved. I don't think I could be here if music wasn’t involved. I would love to be making music with the same people. My hope is that we will already have a couple albums out. And that I would be able to sustain myself off of my music - in a dream world, of course!
FMI ON MOXXY PERFORMANCES PLEASE VISIT MOXXYTHEBAND ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM. LISTEN TO ABIGAIL’S SOLO WORK ON SOUNDCLOUD, PLAYLIST SPRING.
