Questions Answered

It is now Thursday! the day of answers.
Please, continue to throw us questions and we will gladly answer them as best as possible.

Chris Asked:

First question.

Why the blog? haha no serioiusly.

-chris

PA Said:

we feel that this will be a more interactive website for us to talk to people who are interested in our music. besides...I can only handle so much myspace.

-Patrick

Well, I would say it started out as a pipe dream ha. But yes, Patrick has it right. We did want something away from myspace was more personal, and much easier to keep in contact with responses etc.

-Alex

Anonymous Asked:

Will Country be on the new album? I love that song.

-Anonymous

PA Said:

Yes Mr./Mrs. ? , Country will in fact be on the album! Hoorah! Although don't count on it having the same name.

-Alex

You'll be happy to know that yes, country will be featured on our full length. A lot of people have been inquiring about that song and we're all very excited to get it recorded and released.

-Patrick

Kristen K. Asked:

Your guys new stuff sounds way different than when you first started out. was there a reason for the change all of a sudden? on top of that what is driving the change for and whats going through your heads thats inspiring you?

-kristen k

PA Said:

As with every band,there is progress to be made. When we first started out we were very much in the beginning stages of crafting our sound. Now as we have gotten older, spent more time writing, and toured, the progression of the music has been something we all feel is necessary and healthy for us as a group of musicians. We are all very excited about the material we have been piecing together for the full length and hope that all of YOU will enjoy it! :)

-Patrick

Thats a very good question, and one I don't know if I have a good answer to, but I'll try. Yes, our music does sound very very different now. I wouldn't call it a 'Reason' that caused the change, but more that is just happened. I think our new 'sound', if it can be called that just yet, came from a lot of different things, thoughts , and experiences.

To answer the second part, I again, couldn't really say what is really driving it, but I do know , that for myself, I'm trying to stay far more open minded in the music I listen to, and maybe not that I listen to it, but try and get something out of any music I peruse. I know for a fact, that I've been getting a lot of burned CD's from an old friend. Mostly older 1920's-1940's jazz , and classical pieces, from movements or Arias. Not that I hate this style of music, but I never paid much attention to Jazz. I find though that with every CD he gives me, it may not be a Jackpot where every song sticks out in my mind, or that I enjoy , but there is always a handful of pretty awesome songs, and I try to pick the song apart to understand it as much as I can.

Another thing that really inspires me, is to watch documentaries on bands or musicians I enjoy. Recently saw a DVD on how U2 came to record and shape the sound for their 'Joshua Tree' album, which most people today don't realize had a stellar effect on music at that time. No one had honestly heard a song like 'With or Without You', something that today is very simple and commonplace. Now, I don't claim to be a massive U2 fan by any means, in fact, I Rarely listen to them. Its the fact though, that I am watching people that are so big, when they were at a possible struggling point in their career, that I find so interesting, and inspiring.

That was very long , I apologize ha. I guess I could have said "I just drink a lot of coffee and try hard".

-Alex


Well friends, we thank you very much for all that you've done, for helping support this experiment of ours, and I want to also thank all the fans who sent in questions to us. We greatly appreciate it. Tune in next week for another round of questions answered! Be well you all!

-PA