Hello!
First off, I'm happy to announce that I've got a hold of yet
another artist/music blog (name to be revealed soon so stay tuned). I'll be posting my interview with them once it's completed...
Anyways, if you haven't read our previous post with the first part of our interview with the founders of music blog SYFFAL, check that post out before reading this one by
Clicking Here. It will give you all the 411 on who SYFFAL is, along with their link, then you can come back and read this continuation of that interview. Enjoy!
M Pire: How do each of you feel about what music has evolved into over the years?
Tim: "I think when you get old enough to have some distance you realize that it is all cycles. Sounds need to go from fresh and exciting, to the norm, to tired and sucked dry, to dormant, to rediscovered by a new generation of artists that add their unique spin. Music only tends to suck when it becomes a commodity. That is the death nell. So I think right now it is really exciting because most of the control is with music people. There isnt a shit-ton of money to be made off music. You can do well, but you aren't going to have board rooms full of share holders deciding what is fresh. It's organic. Well, as organic as it can be at least. I think it's an exciting time. I have never listened to more music, from more people, with more exciting points of view. It is truly a free form of expression."
Joel: "I'm impressed with how music went from relying someone else's opinion of tasty and turned into a movement of millions of people all creating and sharing from the one place that music didn't necessarily genuflect to: the basic desire to share what makes you happy to create. I love that I receive in upwards of three dozen albums a day from people all over the planet, and there are very few differences, as far as quality is concerned, between an everyday Joe and a band or artist with a record label doing their best to make them into heroes. The internet gave us a level playing field, we're just trying to sift between the shit bands in it for kitsch and the bands that are the shit because they shit on the kitsch."
M Pire: Do you cater to a particular genre of music or do you cover all genres?
Tim: "We will never tell one of our contributors they can't write about a genre or an artist, as long as they like it they can cover it. Music fandom is a journey, it is a path that you follow, you never know where it is going to take you, or what you might be craving hour to hour, week to week, year to year; so we cover it all. With the exception of pop punk, nobody should be subjected to that shit."
Joel: "Tim is a dick. I love me some pop punk. Check out the new wallet chain bro."
M Pire: Who are your favorite mainstream artists, and who are your favorite artists that you have featured in your blog?
Tim: "Mainstream...I really like FUN, like seriously love them. They are the new Queen. Gigantic anthems, the dude's guitar even sounds like Brian May. Thanks to my daughter I have grown to appreciate the shit out of Taylor Swift, that girl is mega, she can write the shit out of a song. I also love that song "I crashed my car into a bridge just to watch it burn...I DONT CARE, I LOVE IT" I have no idea who sings it but whenever it comes on the radio I drop all the windows and take my shirt off bro.
With regards to artists we have featured, I love the ones that get it, that play along and understand our approach. Artists like Toby Goodshank, The Doppelgangaz, Rare Monk, Higgins, Lightouts, etc. I also get a hard rubbery one when we get to cover an artist that is amazing but doesnt really get coverage because they don't have the money for a publicist or experience promoting their music. They are always so appreciative, it reminds me of the whole reason we got involved."
Joel: "Mainstream style, I love me some Fun too. There's nothing like looking in the rearview mirror and seeing your kids jam the fuck out. My kids love some Fun, so I'm all over it. I'm also a huge 30 Seconds to Mars fan, and make no qualms about screaming like a fangirl when my preorder of their latest album landed on my phone unannounced. I also experience lower back moisture for Ray Lamontagne, Andrew Bird, (his drummer DOSH is my soulmate), Tool, Radiohead, Atmosphere, Sigur Ros, the Allman Brothers and Etta James.
As far as on the indie tip regarding bands I've covered, lately I'm all about P.O.S., Ballerina Black, The Neighbourhood, A Silent Film, The 1975, Gold Fields, Time Travels, Broken Anchor, Ancient Mariner, brotherun, Balthazar and this band from Wisconsin called PHOX. I seriously want to abduct the entire band and legally change their names to my own so I can tout them around in matching outfits and wipe tears from my eyes as a proud parent (of thievery bro)."
M Pire: As far as expanding your blog, do you guys have any plans in the future?
Tim: "Pretty much the same shit that we have been doing, trying to raise awareness of music we love, speaking about it the way we would actually speak about it with our friends and maybe bringing in some ads....other than that no plans, plus I found the most sure fire way to guarantee that something doesn't happen is to talk about it in interviews. So many interviews from my rap days about projects that never even got started. Embarrassing bro bro."
Joel: "My only plan is to start deleting emails from PR companies where you can tell they haven't listened to the shit, or they're pulling these bland generic claims of awesomeness out of their ass as what they're usually trying to sell me is the opposite of awesomeness. I am also going to avoid interviews as long as possible because no one can give an interview like Slug from Atmosphere, so what's the point in trying to chase that grey haired dragon of adorability?
Oh, but we ARE getting into the reusable grocery bag game in 2013. Mark my twerks."
Again, SYFFAL will be featured in the August issue of M Pire Magazine. Check out the free digital version of the May issue below for some really good information!
