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Do you feel it’s more rewarding or more industry, that’s what it’s going to be. Bands are
challenging or both? going to release songs once every few weeks and
Both absolutely. Like I said, we have to do those songs may compilate into a new album but
everything on our own now. We have a great they may not. It’s just a matter of feeding fans
team of people that are involved with us. I’m and keeping them intrigued.
sure you’ve spoken to Rick and Tony, they’re
doing publicist and radio, and manage the team Absolutely. So, with the cinematic version
-- booking agency, all this is new to us. It’s all of “The Evening Hate” -- you said it was
been put together over the last several months previously part of a bigger script to put out a
and we’re all excited to see where it goes. movie, are you going to do more cinematic
releases to eventually have a movie?
The cards are definitely on the table. We have
When is the first album going to be available? to be able to create the financial freedom to do
As far as album goes, we’re not sure if we’ll release that. The band is completely separate from our
a full-length album. There has been a lot of fan personal lives and everything. When you’re on
comments saying they want an album now. The a label, a lot of people don’t realize that 80% of
goal originally was to release a song every eight our income was gone before we even made. The
to ten weeks, but the music business changes so label takes such a huge chuck of everything that
fast and everybody is desperately trying to figure once you pay the label, once you pay to have a
out ways to break new ground and be the first manager, booking agent, transportation, all those
to do something or just be able to hang in there. costs, the last people that get to see any money
Our goal was to just release songs and release are the artists. And unless you’re an A-level
them at-will instead of having to wait every two Ariana Grande or Katy Perry or whoever, they’re
and half years to really fortunate to
get an album. And be able to have so
we’re looking at it much expendable
this way: you take income. But it’s
a bucket of water all relative too. At
and you splash it that level, so much
on your fans and more money is
they’re soaked for being spent and
a minute but then saved. We would
everything kind of be spending, but
dries up and they’re at the same time,
waiting for the next so much more
thing. Well, we is being made
want to create this and bands are
torrential downpour struggling to find
that doesn’t stop. new ways to create
opportunities to
make money. Bands are folding because they
Oh okay. That’s different. I’ve heard people can’t and we see ourselves sort of on this middle
doing you know -- you do an EP which is a ground where we have the fan base that’s growing
really small album but this sounds different. to help us get started and we have to create the
That’s the thing is none of that stuff is off the content and the music that they’re going to want
table. You can do an EP, you can do an album, to stream and buy and come out to shows and
you can do a single, you could do a cover song, see live. You’re essentially a business. It’s not
you could do all this content. It’s about keeping considered work when you love it.
content constant.
This one sounds like more like “Red - the Well that’s true. If you love what you do, you
Channel” versus “Red” you know what I don’t work a day in your life. Would going
mean? Like when you go out and you watch back to a label be a fallback plan or is that not
-- or binge watch things. It’s kind of akin to even--?
subscribing, it’s just going to happen when It’s certainly been talked about. We’ve been
you want it to happen. offered deals. We’ve looked at them. We’ve
I think that’s the sort of the way things are going. had meetings, we’ve had phone calls, there’s
These YouTube stars and stuff, they just have still opportunities for us that if we want them,
constant content. There’s a new video every they’re there. But again, we felt like we owed it to
day and something new or funny to watch ourselves to see where we could take this on our
or whatever. I think sooner or later the music own and I think there’s a lot of artists that would
kind of be in our position we’re in now and not together the music and now possibly working
have a label calling the shots and telling you what towards an album, we feel like being you know off
kind of music to make and telling you when you the road to finish that is important but also take
can release music and then taking all your money. some months of planning to put a tour together
We certainly had a great relationship with our and pull that off. So, the goal is with our new
label. They did give us a lot of creative freedom. agency, expect to go hard in 2020 and be at as
Moulded a lot of friendships out of that and a lot of many festivals as we can. We want to be in Europe
great people to work with and they were the ones as much as we possibly can next year. That’s the
that originally took the risk on us. And from there goal. We were conscious in coming off the road
it was up to us to keep things going and they gave this year.
us the freedom to do that and we’re grateful for it
but it’s come to the point where we have to do all Putting business together and get some music
those same things but do them for ourselves now out and then playing --
and reap the rewards of that tenfold. Catching our breath and watching our kids play
sports and do the family thing so we can kind of
recharge enough to get what we’re doing and hit
Absolutely. So, what’s next? Are you going to the road with a fresh perspective, fresh team, fresh
tour? everything in 2020 and go hard. That’s the goal
We’re only going to do a few shows here in and we’re going to continue to release music and
October and September. The goal was to 10-year possibly and album. It just depends because it’s all
anniversary of Innocence & Instinct which is this feel from here.
year but the way things have shaken out, putting
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