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Right now I am a full time musician.
Itís
very early days for us but what I can say is that it seems the amount of support you
D c c T
receive across the board is relative to the quality
of
your
songs,
your
live
perfor-
mance and your level of commitment.
W
7 - What do you think about sharing music on the internet? I think that for all itís conveniences it has really hurt the industry. That said, things are the way they are and what we need to do as a band is find a path that will get us to where
TOY SOLDIER
we
musician/in a professional band?
be satisfied?
To
be
a
professional
musician
in
a
really.
and bassline, others I start with lyrics, much of the
I c a n re m e m b e r.
I have always either
time a song starts with me humming a melody into
consciously or unconsciously pursued
my phone and saving it. The songs are more or less
this and count myself lucky to be in a
arranged before they make it to the practice room.
band with two people who share my
Sometimes
passion.
recording process. Composing a song that the band
2 - Who inspired you and why?
and I are satisfied with usually requires a lot of
have
been
successful band my whole life.
in
a
I grew
arrangements
hard work.
can
change
during
the
Every now and again though a song
comes along and it pretty much writes itself. Those are always the best ones.
they do and I guess it sowed the seed
Itís a great feeling to hear it all come to life when
for my own pursuits.I taught myself
we jam a song for the first time in the practice
guitar and began taking song-writing
room.
seriously after hearing Oasis for the
g o d s e n d f o r a n y s o n g w r i t e r.
first time.
5 - What was your funniest and most embarrassing
Fergalís
groove
and
Ciaraís
vocal
are
a
gig experience?
3 - If you were to describe yourself as
My funniest moment would probably be a gig we did
a band, what would you say?
in Newmarket On Fergus during the summer where
We like to describe our sound as Elec-
we realised during our pre gig vocal warm ups that
tronic
our dressing room was actually a funeral home!!!
The
music
is
melody
based with a clubby feel.
Very unusual.
Iíve felt embarrassed on stage. 4 - So tell me how do you create your songs? When you compose a new song,
6 - Can you survive on music alone or do you have other work?
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any favours.
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like;
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I think that all those bands have
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Time
is
bands a
that
Thief,
I
Slow
Itís
great to see Irish bands like 2 Door Cinema Club do so well on an international scale. I think
T
s there
Heroes.
on
an
international
level
there
is
definitely room for an era defining rock band
E c a o s
A
to emerge but itís hard to say if it is possi-
M
ble on a grand scale given how the music
b
industry and media have evolved.
b
9 - Yo u a r e w o r k i n g o n y o u r fi r s t a l b u m a t t h e
b
in
moment, how is that coming along? Our first album is done. Itís called ëCalling Up the Duskî and is currently available on We are very proud of it.
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10 - Have you taken your music abroad yet? If
(l
yes, what was the feedback?
fi
We have taken our music abroad from the
in
minute we were roadworthy.
We have twice
been across the Atlantic and many times to the UK.
I canít really think of a time where
b
moralities of file sharing is not going do us
iTunes.
been an inspiration to me.
Rock.
business.
tionally?
Sometimes I begin a song with a drum beat
up always being very proud of what
Noel Gallagher has always
this
music scene locally nationally and interna-
IRELAND
parents
in
national and international potential.
dreamt about since almost as young as
my
be
8 - What do you think yourself about the
The song-writing process differs from song to song
professional band is something I have
Well
to
p
Y
Versives, is it easy to bring it all together with your band and
want
te
Spending too much time thinking about the
Locally 1 - How does it feel to be a professional
W
G
I think our music has an interna-
tional appeal.
The audience reactions have
been very encouraging.
I
hope
to
download
s
th
th k
w
11 - What are your hopes for the near future? To n i g h t
h
our
album
illegally online ;) Joanne Collins & John Hough