“I was battling myself so hard to get the best out of myself that I really wasn’t looking after the state of my mind.”

HIGH HØØPS AKA Jordan Arts talks about the danger of expecting too much of yourself as a creative person, and how we can harness our current circumstances for a stronger local music scene.

Sound Check is a series where we check in with musicians who were on the verge of breakthroughs... before a global pandemic happened.

Animation by Luke Toth. Made by Four and Five Films, with support from NZ on Air.