Arone Dyer

This interview with Arone Dyer was conducted at her home in Greenport, New York, on June 23, 2024. Arone is a 44-year-old musician, composer, and landscaper who’s lived in theHudson area since 2011. During the interview, she talks about starting her musical career in Minneapolis in the late ‘90s, and the jobs that sustained her when she moved to New York City at 19 — from arranging flowers to becoming a competitive bike messenger and mechanic. She also describes her varied musical projects, from touring as half of the duo Buke and Gase to developing Dronechoir, a choral performance experiment connecting female vocalists in Hudson. She talks about the collaboration that brought her to Hudson, the differences between this region and the Minnesota farming town where she grew up, and what community has meant to her here —including her experience running a youth bike repair co-op, her interest in local politics, and what it means to be a good neighbor. She also reflects on the ways the city has changed over the years with the arrival of more transplants from New York City. She considers her goals, relationship to family and religion, and the ways that money structures a creative life. And she talks about her garden, and her bright yellow house.