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| Wormbox : Email Interview with Mark of Wormbox : April 25, 2006 |
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1. What was it about the five of you together that works? Well that’s actually pretty odd timing for someone to ask that question. The reason being we just recently went through the biggest line-up change any band could experience. We parted ways with our singer, which was a very difficult decision but nonetheless - it happened. Initially we were expecting to go through another six months of auditions in the basement, but once we came to the decision that we should start to have a look at who was out there, the first email that was sent out put us in contact with the right guy. So things definitely moved along a lot quicker than any of us expected. 2. What drives you to work at Wormbox? As cliche as it may sound, it's just a love for the music. We all have varied influences and interests as far as what we listen to and what we play on our own time, but when we get together and write we really tend to all end up at the same ground. It's just what we want to hear and what we want to play. We're happy that other people seem to like what we're doing but that's really just a bonus. 3. How is songwriting handled within the band? There's not really a set formula, we'll get together and rehearse our set and in between songs we'll start goofing around and something will catch our ear. We normally record our rehearsals in their entirety, then sift through it later to pick out any good stuff. Some songs start with a riff, a bass line, one of our songs was launched by a drum pattern that James came up with. 4. What was the recording process like for your EP? Where and with who was it recorded? The EP was done very quickly at a friend's basement studio. We got started at about 7:00 in the evening and finished at 4:00 in the morning. Most of what you hear on there was done in one take, although there was more time spent mixing later that week. 5. Was it released independently or through an indie label originally? Initially it was only available through us at shows and through our website. 6. How did you hook up with Cyclone? There was a compilation CD in the works featuring Calgary Metal Bands and part way through the preparation for that, Cyclone got involved and decided to release the compilation themselves. After hearing the track we had submitted, Brad who heads the label, got in touch with us and things kind of went from there. 7. What made you decide to re-issue your self-titled as a digital release? Well it was a new concept to us, and when Cyclone approached us about it we thought more exposure is a great thing and with the extra promotional work that Cyclone has been doing to get our name out there, there just didn't seem to be a down side to it. 8. How did you go about the recording for the Cyclone comps? For the track "Hate Therapy" which appears on the comp CD we thought we'd try things out at Alchemy Studio in Calgary with Jeff Mueller. We did it in about as much time as we spent doing the entire EP. We were happy with what we had by the end of the day but had planned to tweak the mix a bit more, but with time constraints and computer problem like files being corrupted and not working we weren't sure what the final product would sound like. Brad assured us that the fine people at The Lacquer Channel, who were mastering the CD, would look after us and do what they could with what they had. They did a great job and we're completely happy with how it turned out. 9. Anything in the works we should know about? Well we had planned to record a full length CD to be released later in the summer this year but as I mentioned, we have a new vocalist now. And although some of the songs from the EP and compilation disk were going to be re-recorded for it, as well as a lot of newer songs that haven't been recorded yet, we will be re-writing all of the lyrics which will be left up to Derek. This way rather than just filling someone's shoes he'll be contributing and making the songs his own. We like to ask everyone this one: List any 5 songs in your most current (last listened to) playlist. I'm pretty bad when it comes to song titles but the last things I remember coming out of the ipod would probably be some Children of Bodum, In Flames, Vex Red, Old Metallica, and maybe some Lamb of God. |