Also on the "Ten For Ten" Tour is technical death metal band Starring Janet Leigh. Members Matt Zadkovich and Justin Brown reiterate the great opportunity the tour...
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Also on the "Ten For Ten" Tour is technical death metal band Starring Janet Leigh. Members Matt Zadkovich and Justin Brown reiterate the great opportunity the tour presents to young music fans and the challenging, niche nature of the group's music.
POSTED ON: NOVEMBER 02, 2009
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00:00:00:14 [Music]
00:00:26:28 I think the 10 for 10 Tour is important because
00:00:29:10 hardcore is really a community of people and a lot of the times
00:00:34:13 I mean obviously everybody has got bills to pay
00:00:36:18 and bands just can't travel on the road for free,
00:00:38:12 you can do a tour for this like for $10 you can get out so
00:00:41:14 many kids who would ordinarily not come out to a show
00:00:44:11 because it's actually feasible for them.
00:00:46:19 When I started to go out on a hardcore show it's 5 bucks,
00:00:49:22 10 bucks the max you pay for a show
00:00:51:25 and you would get a whole community of people out
00:00:54:10 to relly appreciate it and really be a part of it
00:00:57:09 and I think that it's really cool the bands of this size
00:00:59:13 and this caliber are willing to do something like that
00:01:01:17 because you don't see that very often these days.
00:01:03:17 Shows these days are like 25-30 bucks to see bands like these
00:01:06:10 and not a lot of kids can afford that
00:01:07:22 especially with the economy the way it is right now,
00:01:10:09 it's really cool, to see bands pulling together
00:01:12:23 to do something like that, it's pretty awesome.
00:01:15:08 [Music]
00:01:33:13 I think in general, the response to the album
00:01:36:07 has been pretty positive.
00:01:38:28 I always found that we were a really
00:01:40:27 love and hate kind of band,
00:01:42:06 either people really like us or they really don't
00:01:44:04 and quite honestly I wouldn't have it in any other way.
00:01:46:09 So that's how I prefer it, so those love it, love it,
00:01:49:04 those who don't, don't.
00:01:51:02 [Music]
00:02:19:28 We are appealing to a niche market,
00:02:22:14 not everybody is going to be in the tactical death metal.
00:02:25:12 So it's not enough to sell a record to be a touring band,
00:02:29:25 you don't make much off the record it's all touring,
00:02:33:12 door guarantees, merch sales and stuff like that,
00:02:38:13 and that's what allows us to keep going.
00:02:40:12 It allows us to eat.
00:02:43:28 So that niche market with the response we have been getting is
00:02:47:02 more and more people coming out,
00:02:50:13 which gives us bigger opportunities,
00:02:52:01 which puts us in front of more people and then
00:02:53:11 more people start coming out the next time we are there,
00:02:55:27 it's just been a building process on that.
00:02:58:18 So the response on the album it's just really great for that
00:03:01:05 because it's definitely demonstrated that
00:03:03:03 we are starting to move forward.
00:03:05:09 [Music]
00:03:29:03 There is the part where we are trying to write
00:03:31:06 a lot of groovy stuff,
00:03:32:28 we are trying to get people to really get into the music
00:03:35:27 and stuff like that but, there is that other element
00:03:38:10 where we want to challenge ourselves
00:03:39:14 and so we really want to play like
00:03:41:00 there is a lot of Jazz influence in what we do
00:03:43:03 and that's in there because that's just what we like to do
00:03:45:00 and yes it's complicated,
00:03:46:20 yes it's hard to play, yes it's hard to understand at times,
00:03:49:10 but that's just how we like it,
00:03:51:01 and people seem to especially when the first time they see us,
00:03:56:08 that tends to be the fist thing they spot is like,
00:04:00:08 these guys are playing really fast.
00:04:02:20 [Music]
00:04:18:03 I think what we do is kind of a good combination,
00:04:20:04 and there is good solid grooves,
00:04:22:11 but there are a lot of chaotic rift going on
00:04:24:28 and I prefer music that challenges me as listener,
00:04:28:18 I like something that when I go to listen to it again
00:04:32:05 I am going to hear something different,
00:04:34:04 the next time I hear it and the more
00:04:36:01 that I hear it the more what I hear what's going on.
00:04:37:17 I find, I prefer records that
00:04:39:21 grow on me that take time to internalize,
00:04:42:04 now that's not for everybody, some people want to...
00:04:45:26 and that's cool if that's what they are into.
00:04:48:01 I prefer music that is really colorful
00:04:50:29 and it's challenging as a listener.
00:04:52:28 [Music]
00:05:12:05 Starring Janet Leigh is been a band since about 2003
00:05:14:20 and through the course of that we have gone through
00:05:17:02 right like now I am the only original member,
00:05:19:07 we have gone through,
00:05:20:18 like we are on third bassist, almost fourth.
00:05:24:28 We think it's our second or third singer, second drummer,
00:05:28:23 second guitarist, yeah it's been really challenging
00:05:32:09 because especially the kind of music that we play
00:05:33:28 there is a certain kind of player you need to do it.
00:05:36:28 We have had I guess a string of bad luck when it comes to
00:05:40:13 the guys who talk big and then when it comes down to it
00:05:46:03 they are checking out, or they have got other priorities.
00:05:48:16 I think it's made us stronger as a band as a whole
00:05:51:25 and it's really kind of helped to solidify both our sound
00:05:54:01 and I guess our vision for what we want to do.
00:05:57:28 I mean at times adversity is friendly...
00:05:59:25 that's probably the best way to put it,
00:06:01:05 there were lot of times where I was sitting there saying
00:06:03:26 what the hell I am doing with my time,
00:06:05:17 why not just go and join touring band,
00:06:07:21 but I really believe in the music that we are making
00:06:11:23 and I believe in the guys who are doing it with it us.
00:06:17:18 So it's a struggle, but you know what, no good things come easy.
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00:06:33:28 [Music]