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As Falcon, Amanda Lindsey Cook is crafting a poetic pop sound, influenced by her classical roots, informed by her life experiences, and enlightened by imaginative melodies. The reason for “Falcon”? She wanted a new canvas for for a new endeavor. The name is borrowed and expanded on from a family name, “Falk”. “It just felt right”, she pauses, “to name this artistic endeavor after my original surname. Like a sort of integration, perhaps. We have so much to learn from our ancestors, our family lines. I have barely scratched the surface....but I wanted to be intentional in my own quirky way, about embodying the stories that have shaped and informed me.”
But why call herself “Falcon” when she already has a career under her current name? The idea came about in a conversation with her long time friend/collaborator/producer, Jason Ingram.
“We were having a conversation about the different kinds of music I want to make, and how I don’t want to be confined to one genre, sound, or theme. I have to explore. I have to be able to write about everything - it’s a path of clarity for me...a way of interpreting and understanding my experiences. He suggested that “I go Falcon” on this next album, and that was that. It felt like being handed an ancient key to a room in my own house I hadn’t explored yet.”
Amanda believes that a great piece of music holds space for what she refers to as a bright sadness. “We can’t truly be open to joy without being open to sorrow as well. Our lives are filled with the vulnerability of both delight and disappointment. It feels important to have a soundtrack for all kinds of experiences, songs for every proverbial day of the week.”
“Music is a language insistent and committed to finding the golden thread that can make unlikely friends out of all of us,” says Cook. “I hope that all the different projects I make, under any name, would create little worlds of safety, expression, and belonging.” In Spring of 2020 Amanda joined the Sony family. Her first album as Falcon releases later this fall (2020). She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.