HYDRA MELODY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
How when and where did you Jason: For me it's oddly enough guys meet? Third Eye Blind, they were the first band I listened to and I grew Jordan: We me about four years up listening to them and they're ago when we were both in probably my biggest influence different local bands back home contemporary music wise. and really respected each Listening to them an old school other’s music and when things 60s and 70s stuff my father went south we formed together. brought me up on like Elton John and Billy Joel also influences the Have you guys always been stuff I do. Hydra Melody? Jordan: Yeah I'm kind of in the Jordan: We've been Hydra same boat I love a lot of the Melody for about 8 years and classics like the Beetles and have recently been pushing and Zeppelin I grew up listening to getting serious over the last two them, but I really liked I a lot of to three years. underground music growing up like RX Bandits, Circa Survive, How did you guys come up with Minus the Bear. the name? Most personal song? Jordan: A long time ago when we first started our music was really Jordan: For me [it's] Fire really crazy and solos on top of breather it's one of the first solos and the name was really songs that Jason and I really fitting back then and Hydra wrote together. I felt it was the Melody just kind of stuck and first point for us as a writing started catching on as the music partnership and I could really feel started changing and we figured that growth in the song and why change the name when we whether or not the lyrics are already made head way with it. really personal and I feel like that for me is really one of those What bands have inspired you to songs is like the first step for make the music you make where we're at right now. today? Jason: For me it's this song we
started writing that is tentatively named "Ways to Go" and Jordan wrote these lyrics that are really apropo to what we're going through right now of being on the road trying to get where we want to be with our career and our musicandrightnowit'sallveryin the moment and the lyrics are all about what we're doing right now so that one is a big one for me. Favorite song to play live? Jordan: We have a fan favorite back home called "You're What I Do on the Weekends" and that one I feel is the most fun to play live because it's really energetic and really catchy and we're able to get a lot of audience participation.Sothatoneisreally fun to play live because it gives us a real chance t interact with the crowd. Jason: For me it would probably have to be "Oceans" because when we are all vibing on stage and we become that unit and that song comes out the way it shoulditisoneofthepeaksofour show.