Lumerview is a global platform dedicated to connecting creators through the stories behind their work — bringing together musicians, writers, journalists, and artists from around the world through exclusive interviews and in-depth features. Selected stories become part of a full-length documentary and a published book.
Anna Mészöly, won the Best Performance (Best Actress) award in the Cineasti del Presente section at the 77th Locarno Film Festival for her deeply human portrayal in Fekete pont. Anna spoke about her experience working alongside Adrien Brody in A24’s The Brutalist, a collaboration that tested her limits and reaffirmed her belief in the precision and presence that true acting demands.
"I was very pleased that he (Adrien Brody) took me seriously as a colleague from the very first moment."
Lauren Ash received a Hollywood Independent Music Award nomination for her standout pop-punk track "Whiplash" from her critically acclaimed debut concept album Call Me When You Get This. Lauren spoke about pivoting from her six-season run as Dina Fox on NBC’s hit comedy Superstore to the raw catharsis of rock music—a creative evolution that tested her limits and reaffirmed her belief in the unfiltered authenticity, sharp timing, and sheer presence that true artistic performance demands.
" I’ve released 10 songs, 7 of which are originals and started playing live shows at places like The Viper Room and Whisky A Go Go in LA as well as the Phoenix in Toronto"
Bay Area born, Oakland dwelling guitarist, songwriter, and producer Andrew Levin, after graduating from USC’s Studio/Jazz Guitar program with full scholarship, became a first-call session guitarist in the Bay Area, playing with GRAMMY® Award-winning Fantastic Negrito, the San Francisco Symphony, hip hop project Zion I, rapper Lyrics Born, and music director Rickey Minor (American Idol, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Alicia Keys). Levin has opened for notable artists such as Sting, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, Third Eye Blind, and Lauryn Hill. Levin is also a Professor of Sound Design at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
" I think a lot of people have unrealistically lofty expectations for where their music will take them, and when they don’t reach those one-in-a-million goals, they beat themselves up and aren’t able to enjoy their lives to the fullest."
Noam talks about identity, queer visibility, and what it means to write songs that make people feel they are not alone.
"I want someone to hear my music and know they don't have to pretend anymore."
Danny from Big Eleanor Records on what independent music actually looks like from the inside — the struggle, the strategy, and the love of it. An honest conversation about running something real.
"Running an indie label is equal parts faith and stubbornness."
Started singing at 3, songwriting at 7, and releasing postpartum after realising you don't need a label. Markoe on motherhood, "Birthday Song," and what success actually looks like when you define it yourself.
"Success for me is releasing music on my own terms and having it matter to someone."
Bay Area session guitarist turned Ubisoft sound designer and conservatory professor — on playing with Sting, Robert Plant, and Lauryn Hill, and still showing up to his studio at 8am.
"Playing with legends doesn't change your routine. The work is still the work."
Working from the mountains near the Swiss Alps, Adik Angel composes, produces, mixes and masters everything himself — and films the landscapes that become his videos. On solo practice and music with a breath of life that AI cannot replicate.
"The landscape doesn't just inspire the music. The landscape is the music."
Jakko from Mantaray explains why he is following his dreams — a conversation about ambition, band life, and what it costs to keep going when the world hasn't noticed yet.
"Ambition without community is just noise. You need people who believe in it too."
Words drift between music and memory in one of the most intimate episodes in the series — a late-night conversation that asks what it means to make art that outlasts the moment it was made in.
Danny from Big Eleanor Records on what independent music actually looks like from the inside — the struggle, the strategy, and the love of it. An honest conversation about running something real.
The episode that started it all. Jakko is following his dreams — and this conversation sets the tone for everything after: honest, meandering, and quietly necessary.
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