Today we’d like to introduce you to Saint (Joshua Peters) Svintskvstle.
Hi Joshua, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I got my start at age 9 when I picked up a cheap guitar, and my family quickly realized I had a natural connection with music. I started taking lessons and eventually formed my first band at 13. By high school, I had landed my first record deal and began touring, which I continued until 2019. When COVID hit, I shifted my focus toward production, which eventually took me to Los Angeles, where I had the opportunity to work with major artists like Doja Cat and Mayday Parade
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
There’s been a lot of struggle behind the scenes that people don’t always see. You deal with people who doubt you, people who hate on you simply because you’re doing something they’re afraid to do, and sometimes even people within the industry who want to control the direction of your art.
There were definitely moments where I felt like I had to fight to maintain my identity and make sure I wasn’t becoming what somebody else wanted me to be. The music industry can be very political, and sometimes talent isn’t the only thing being judged. You have to navigate egos, business, expectations, and people trying to tell you what you should sound like or who you should be.
And honestly, there’s a loneliness that comes with chasing something this hard. You can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone because not everyone understands how much you’re sacrificing. While other people are living normal lives, you’re working late, creating, touring, producing, starting over, and constantly wondering if everything you’re putting into this is going to pay off.
But I think those struggles became part of the reason I kept going. Every person who doubted me, every setback, every door that closed, and every lonely night pushed me further into figuring out who I actually am as an artist. I stopped trying to prove myself to everybody else and started building something that I could genuinely call mine.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
To me, SVINTSKVSTLE transcends the realm of music. It serves as a haven for those who feel unheard, invisible, or burdened by unseen burdens, yet persist in waking up and showing up every day. Everyone is welcome here.
My work revolves around transforming moments of pain, isolation, frustration, love, and all the emotions in between into relatable experiences for others. Whether I’m performing live, writing, producing, or dedicating another day to studio creation, my unwavering goal is to provide people with something that alleviates their sense of loneliness.
I take pride in the fact that SVINTSKVSTLE is not built on the facade of perfection. It embraces honesty about the challenging days and immortalizes those experiences through music and art, allowing others to resonate with them and find solace in knowing they’ve felt similar.
I aspire for the connection to extend beyond simply releasing songs. I want to engage with listeners and fans throughout the creative process. By being present in the studio daily, writing, creating art, performing live, and continuously building something, I offer people a sense of belonging and participation in the world we’re crafting.
If I can take something I lived through, turn it into a song, and have someone else hear it and feel understood, then that’s what makes all of this worth it.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
Luck has definitely played a role in my life, both good and bad. I’ve been lucky enough to cross paths with people who opened doors for me, put me in rooms I never expected to be in, and gave me opportunities that changed the direction of my career.
But I’ve also had plenty of bad luck. Things haven’t always happened when I needed them to, and there have been opportunities that fell apart, people who didn’t believe in me, and situations where I had to start over and figure things out on my own.
I’ve learned that luck can put you in the room, but it can’t make you stay there. The only thing I could control was how hard I worked once I got the opportunity. That’s why I’ve spent so much time in the studio, writing, producing, performing, and constantly creating.
For me, the biggest kind of luck is being able to turn the things that happened to me, good or bad, into something meaningful. Sometimes the worst days have given me the best songs. Sometimes the closed doors forced me to build my own.
So I don’t really look at luck as the thing that made this happen. I look at it as part of the journey. I’ve just tried to make sure that whenever luck gave me an inch, I was prepared to turn it into a mile
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.svintskvstle.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svintskvstle
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ErGmRUntZ/
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@svintskvstle
