“I've known the players for years and they are all just such fantastically talented and dedicated musicians,” Spector says.
I caught up with Maya Spector last week:
More compassion and more fluidity.
Giving back to the communities you come from.
I can’t find the energy to perform anymore and when I’ve saved enough of a nest egg to live a comfortable, chilled life.
I have discovered I’m not really into hiking. I like a good solid, flat walk. The incline ain’t my thang.
Music to me is best summed up in a little personal quote I use: “I don’t live for music, I live because of it.”
The adventures and mis-adventures of my dear heart.
Jimmy Nevis.
The dog park, to people watch.
Definitely that I hardly ever have to wake up early and sit in traffic.
My original song entitled My Simple Little Song because it always makes me smile and it turns into a sing-along, even if the audience doesn’t know it at first.
I’m a super clumsy person and I’ve tripped (and sometimes fallen) on stage more times than I can count, especially when I’m in heels.
My mother, Ruth Jacobs-Spector, and my father, Brooks Spector. They have both overcome great hardships in their lives and have made it possible for me to live and have the life I have today. And all the people that protect our earth’s wildlife.
Tracee Ellis-Ross, she is such a style queen.
Cardi B, she seems to be true to her authentic self and she makes some of the hippest noises. I love a good sound effect.
My upright piano. Her name is Felicia and I inherited her from a family member.
Pink drinks.
Blue Note (Tokyo, Japan).
My ability to adapt to new environments and situations fast.
Maya-Papaya, Maya the Bee, Airport (because all I do is, ‘com-plane, com-plane, com-plane’).
I would be an interior decorator.
Jennifer Lopez, because a girl can dream!
Emotional, indecisive, loyal, empathetic and hungry.
Pieces of Africa - Kronos Quartet
Out Time - Melanie Scholtz
Leyland - Josie Field
This is My World - Concord Nkabinde
A Cry, A Smile, A Dance - Judith Sephuma
Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton.
At the moment, I am re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert and Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes.
Don’t’ Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.
My furbabies - Lilu and Lala.
Deliciousness.
Gold-hooped earrings.
I don’t really use ‘proper’ slang, I just make up things as I go along, for example, ‘Plesieriel’ meaning ‘You’re really welcome’.
To go skydiving.
Recording a self-funded album.
Loud noises and hunger.
That I’ll lose my sense of humour.
The path of least resistance. Sleeping with lots of blankets on the bed, eating Japanese food everyday and sitting in the sun.
Tell the back stories to what inspired all my songs and how I’ve met the band members that I’m playing with, no matter how embarrassing the stories are for me or the band.
Everyone has a role to play in your life. You just get the choice to decide if you want to continue playing alongside them.
I have never been interested in sports.
On stage.
Pre-Covid-19 times I used to volunteer at a local soup kitchen, called Souper Troopers and I taught music at a couple community centres around the city.
That my music will help me to see more of the world. World tour is big on the dreams agenda.