EPISODE 4.11: L7’s Donita Sparks talks legacy, the power of social media and their documentary
“I don’t think that [today] we would sign to a major and I don’t think that a major would want us. […] However, back then, if you got on a major label you could get on MTV, and you could get into mainstream press. And that was always very important to me, because I feel […]
EPISODE 4.10: Eric Sardinas on the changes in the biz, bootlegs and more
“I don’t have the piracy thing. … I kind of get flattered a little bit. I mean, you went out of your way to make [a video of our live performance].” – Eric Sardinas Eric Sardinas is one of the most renowned blues-rock guitarists with a reputation for being a must-see live act. We’ve had […]
EPISODE 4.07: Olli Herman of Reckless Love on publicity, technology, the 7-year rollercoaster of Rock N’Roll and more
“[Music listeners] don’t really listen music, they hear music, which is kind of cool in the sense that they live through music.” Olli Herman, Reckless Love In this #fhtz episode Olli Herman, frontman of Finnish hard rockers Reckless Love, elaborates eloquently on the difference between ‘listening’ and ‘hearing’ music, being a sucker for old-school, the two extremes […]
EPISODE 4.04: Wild Lies’ Matt Polley on longevity, the value of music and future label
“I don’t think that it belittles the music at all, because people are going to download it anyway. As long as they listen to it, they like the song, they think, ‘yeah, I’m gonna go see that band live,’ and that’s what we want.” – Matt Polley, Wild Lies Not only did we get to […]
EPISODE 4.03: Dj ASHBA from Sixx:A.M. on building his business, diversifying, and introducing a good cause
“What I miss about no Internet is the mystique about ‘rockstar’.” – Dj ASHBA, Sixx:A.M. Dj ASHBA took ten minutes off his busy tour schedule with Sixx:A.M. to talk with us about the necessity of diversifying one’s business as an artist, their cause #reasontorise, and he told us how his multimillion dollar company Ashba Media […]