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Check out our newest interview with Montreal Native WADR (With All Due Respect). Their music is mesmerizing and captivating. The music takes the listener on a journey that will have the listener wanting more. Junior’s Cave just LOVES their music and thinks you will too.
The members of the group consist of two professional Audio Architects. Their background is in sound design. One of the members of the group’s influences is from reggae & hip-hop the other from Electro & Industrial; together they create a fascinating sound. Check out the interview to learn more about them.
Isaac: Briefly describe how you entered into the music industry.
WADR: Skinny Puppy and Lee Scratch Perry.
Isaac: What is the most rewarding aspect to making music currently for you?
WADR: To be able to pay my rent while making it.
Isaac: What has discouraged you the most about making music?
WADR: To not be able to pay my rent while making it.
Isaac: Do you have a personal philosophy about music? If so, what is it?
WADR: No boundaries, if we want to make a polka version of a Johnny Cash cover; we will at least try it…
Isaac: When you are performing live in front of an audience, what are the thoughts that are running through you head?
WADR: Is there enough bass? I wonder if there’s enough bass…
Isaac: Why is being an independent musician important to you?
WADR: Well, when an artist is financially independent, he can do so many interesting things with much freedom. Sometimes, depending on record labels and contracts, you are trapped doing this and that and to us it takes its toll on the long run. I think we will try to stay independent for as long as we can, or if we do sign with someone, it will be with a label that understands exactly what we do and we want to do; because if not, what is the point, right ?
Isaac: Do you think the Internet has altered the path of music as an industry; If so, how?
WADR: Good Question! It did! Obviously, it did adjust the industry. I think we are just starting to see the impact of what is to come with the INTERNET issue. With all new medium and changes coming to a market, it makes some people grind their teeth, and others stuff their bank account. The only negative side to this new market I see for now is that young consumers don’t seem to be caring for the quality of the audio they buy anymore. It’s not the amount of songs you have in your portable player that counts; it’s the file quality--unless you want to use sign language to listen to music in a couple years… We do need to get rid of the drm/locked/can’t do attitude. And I wanna say something here, this is strictly my opinion, but we seem to live in a world where celebrity equals talent and where make-believe is called reality. Do you really need Paula Abdul to tell you what is good for you? Wow! I feel much better now... ;)
Isaac: Any advice for other musicians out there when it comes to using the Internet as a medium for getting their music heard to the masses?
WADR: Spammers are the axis of evil of the Internet (Damn! W, get out of my slang!!) Be creative on how you use the free tools of the net (We don’t need to specify them), always be polite, an email can be perceived in many, many, many ways. Trust me on this one. And very important, take the time to do your research. It is not because someone somewhere affiliated with some A&R from some big labels is offering you a service to promote or sell your music that they will do it properly. Read all the policies before you click -I AGREE- Make sure to ask a lot of questions first, and then send the credit card details. Last but not least : be very patient, GOOGLING gives you fast results, but if you are serious about your music, know and understand that it takes time to build an independent career, unless your are financially wealthy. Fiou!
Isaac: What kind of recording software do you use?
WADR: We use many many software. Some things we will record with Ableton Live; we have been using LIVE Since Version 1, for mixing. We work closely with a friend of ours, and he is a LOGIC monster, don't even start trying to make him test another software. He will bite your head off. So, for composing and arranging we use Ableton Live. To mix, we go directly into logic. On the recording side, we use mainly NATIVE INSTRUMENTS (all of them...hungry on the CPU, but orgasmic on the end results) and Spectrasonics software. The rest is mainly hardware including Moog Voyager, MV8000, Andromeda, and others. I could go on and on about gear so I will stop now before my girlfriend gets jealous… :)
Isaac: I know that everybody has his or her idea of a dream artist, someone who for whatever reasons that person would just love to listen to and admire. As an entertainer yourself, if you could play with one of your "dream" musicians, anyone at all, who would it be and why?
WADR: I would probably scream for hours knowing that I just finished a recording session with Leonard Cohen for our new album. Him coming to our studio, without any lyrics, we open a bottle of wine and just start talking and listening to music, than all of a sudden, the idea emerge in his head. And he just start writing a song about a girl he once loved and we take the track over some instrumental track we did the night before and BAM! It fits perfectly--that to me will be perfect. The same scenario with Hope Sandoval (singer from Mazzy Star) will also give me goose bumps, except we need to change the idea for the girl to a guy, I think!...
Isaac: What are you hoping to gain from your experience of being a musician and making music?
WADR: If you read my answer to your previous question that sums it up really, to collaborate with other artists that inspired us to make music and to do what we love; each day. :)
Isaac: What are you hopes for your music in the year 2008?
WADR: That more and more ears get the chance to listen to it [their music], and enjoy it, and to be able to start to work on a follow up to Blueprint for Destiny.
Isaac: This is our Shout Out time. Please give props to anyone and everyone that matters the most to you.
WADR: A big up to : ydaunais.com, JWLKR, Kali, Millimetrik, 7578.com, Sue, a different Muse, Jimmy Hayes, bob+amy50, descendo.com, Nat Gadoua xx, Donzelle, Eve B, FX, jeje Boyer, Martin Charette, Phil, bap.fm, melopia, Solotech, woolflapin.com, fred+mm et rob, Swayzak, etc…WADR loves you ...
Isaac: This is Shameless Plug time: Give us some updates on new releases and other projects in the works.
WADR: Our album Blueprint for Destiny is now on sale on all iTunes store, Amazonmp3, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody and lala. A Remix project called RE:PRINT FOR DESTINY is in the works, remix by Swayzak, Intercom, Millimetrik and much more. Plus new versions of some tracks from the album, covers, and much much more to be released only in Vinyl and Download. AND, we should start the paperwork to get financing for the next album; hopefully with help, if not, from our own pockets. :(
Isaac: Final Thoughts:
WADR: Support your local Scene and thank you so much Isaac for doing this: Check us out at www.virb.com/wadr, www.myspace.com/wadr, and www.withallduerespect.ca.
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