Interviews
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An interview with Oppenheimer
What type of music did you listen to growing up? Rocky:I bought my first album when I was six, It was piece of mind by Iron Maiden. After that I liked Guns 'n' Roses for while. When I was eight i started listening to Nirvana, and then…
An interview with Half-Handed Cloud
What's your biggest influence in writing music? In general, The Beatles have had the biggest influence, but as far as this album goes... I just thought of this--there?s something that happened fairly recently that could?ve had an influence…
An interview with Black Ramps
Who are your major musical influences? Warren: Well, I have to say pavement. not because they had a defining impact on my musical taste but because SM is our 'friend' on myspace and without him the whole thing would collapse like a pack of…
An interview with Hussain
What approach do you take to writing music? I don't really have so much an approach, the music usually just writes itself. I listen to the music that I favor at the time and get inspired by what I hear, though I don't usually just tell…
An interview with This is Exploding
From where do you draw your influences -- and how do you manage to combine them in a way that remains true to your intentions? this is exploding writes its music together as a group. Sometimes one person will bring in an idea and we'll all…
An interview with Hypatia Lake
Where do you draw inspiration for your music? From a combination of sources both musical and spiritual. Spiritual in the sense of the interconnectiveness of art w/ the Universe, not spiritual in the sense of dogmatism. I think there is a…
An interview with Cary Judd
You have a unique method of creating a live sound -- how did it develop? A few years ago I was playing in a band, all the guys I was playing with were great musicians and friends, but also in other projects. I was ready to tour and not…
An interview with My Sad Captains
What are your thoughts on having been featured on KCRW/BBC Radio 6? It was a pleasant surprise really. We didn't know much about it, particularly the KCRW thing. When it was on radio 6 they phoned us up about a minute before it went on so…