A break of seven years, and almost complete record on stage, "once thought that everything was going to end? Josema : If, in fact I had already settled completely and did not want to continue. The first year I was very frustrated. I had mono. We were playing all the time, going, going ... But then at least I made myself comfortable and once had left the wheel-disc concert album, it was hard to get concert again. Now we are moving slowly, little by little and the change is not drastic.
Once submitted your tour to present Waiting for a sign. Did you see at concerts that were from before or there is an audience that was lost and must be retrieved? Josema : We've lost a part. Also people have got older. Almost all have children, and then you realize that many things have to match for a person who has children can go to a concert. Is more complicated and we notice that a lot. What is now very difficult for us to reach a young audience, leaving the public who knows us well and we have heard and get new audiences. It is very difficult for us right now, as is the market right now.
The presentation tour Waiting for a sign included in the band, and Benji Octavio Montoya Perondi, putting instruments like the accordion and the mandolin. Did you get yourself to miss it before, a greater volume and power? Josema : No, the body asked us down a little rhythm and noise. We realized that playing acoustic songs might also be powerful, even faster, and took out a part of the song which was previously hidden under electric guitars. Then, thanks to Benji accordion and percussion Octavio we give a new perspective to all the songs. The case is that it is more expensive to move the sound that power. Then, without leaving the final sound, electricity is what works best now. And perhaps it is also what we are asking. Call
attention recently that artists such as Ariel Rot, Sidonie and Quique González tours have raised alone or nearly alone. I do not know whether to accede to economic reasons but in this case, and if they need ... How should be the situation for others? Josema : I think they have something to do, surely. There are many acoustic a guy alone. It is a way out of crisis. Now, concert halls also charge for playing. You have to pay for putting up posters and then are small rooms, but to fill, they would not have so many benefits. But we must adapt, must adapt to the times.
How do you plantéais the current tour? Josema : Right now we're doing a concert a month or so. If summer come two or three concerts would be pleased. And after the summer we'll see if we continue with the tour, if we do something new or if we return to sound. Let's say we are doing always what we ask the body will not have a defined strategy.
currently not you work with a management office, as contratáis concert on your own. "Without office is difficult to get into the summer festivals? Josema : Impossible, you have to have some contact there. We do not yet have known no festival. We've thrown a pass at some but we have not been answered yet.
still do not know if we have time to come. It would be nice because it is one of the most fun for groups. Soon
publicaréis a live DVD of the acoustic tour Waiting for a sign but are there plans for a new studio album? Josema : The option that would follow what we're doing now but we still have not gotten. I tell you, we always do what is coming. Perhaps following a strategy we should have set and to compose songs for, when we'd just pull the disc and the sound, have something to go on the market, but right now is to head a new disk. Above all I had the illusion that Waiting for a sign not to stay there in the drawer. You know it is normal that someone tells you that his latest album is the best. I have always believed that this album is and what I want is to teach people.
you worked with producers such as Hendrik Rover, Paco Loco and Kurt Bloch, now repetiríais "with one, find another or prefer longer working on your own? Josema Man, on our own I think we have learned but with any of the three could repeat for we had a great time. The three friends have been producing. Have adapted to us and we them. We have allowed many things that maybe many producers will not let you.
You are considered a legendary group in the pop and English rock. It's almost 20 years since Hollywood Lights , your first demo What do balance sheet? "You would change anything? Josema : I would change a few things. We have noticed over time that we have done wrong by the momentum or the mentality you have when you're in music for money. When you realize that over time, and keep your status up not say, "if I had changed something before, maybe we would be higher." Or not, what better
would 
worse. We do not regret but I think we could have done something different, not to give anything but have changed a few things to that things had gone a little smoother.
Carlos : I agree. And I'll ask a question, with your permission. If now you give a contract to allow us to live music ... Clearly this is not a lottery but if we offer something like to start work with enough. So what would you do?
Josema : I would, because I think there are contracts and contracts. They called us once to sign a contract with a company for five years and five albums. They said they would do a promotion that was a bit silly and we had to be available to play two or three months. Eventually dropped all but I a tour of these bestial itself would make, of these three months you play nonstop.
Carlos : You take the drugs ...
Josema : You take drugs and go.
Carlos : And in terms of creativity, musical style. Instead of having exploited the pop side, which was where we had touched the hearts of the people, began to exploit more the punk side after
Vitamin D . That's losing a little north.
You are a famous band do very good versions, are you particularly proud of any in particular? Josema : We try to versions like our tunes. Thanks the versions we have learned to play, and many other things. We have learned melodies, how to make songs ... Today, for example,
we play
Downtown Train, Tom Waits, which is one that we are especially proud to have done, and then we also touched version of the Pink Panther (Pink Panther
) gave us a lot of output at that time, although commercial stations would not support it. From The Top 40 would not support it because they said he sang in English. And then came Dover, Australian Blonde ... a lot of groups singing in English. Was that, not wanting to support a group that gave money to a station commercial. I think that if they had worked the single had reached far more people.
Today you are in Madrid because it celebrates the 40th anniversary of Disco Grande, the program Julio Ruiz, who was very supportive of you in your beginnings. What did this support to you? Josema : The truth is that they hear on Radio 3 is one of the strongest things we could have because we were fans of the program. Julio Ruiz was the first one we got. We did a concert in Madrid, in the room Revolver. It was like a trap, only for press people. And, among others, was Julio Ruiz. We talked after the concert, said he liked me and we took and recorded in my studio the songs he said he liked. And then we did the first demo. Not all songs that were part of the first demo disc. Today for example we play
Hollywood Lights, which was in the first model but was not the first album. We were going to burn and the disc and all that, but the people who had been hearing so many years had given us was great.
In that sense, how you see the music journalism of the day? Was previously more powerful or respected? If someone like Julio Ruiz put you on the radio, did you have more impact? Josema : On Radio 3 for example, new people are also breaking through. Perhaps now we are back again and I for one do not control the newest part of journalism.
Jesus : To me it seems that there are now twice as groups went before.
Josema : Maybe, when we left we were lucky because they spent much more time to a group that now that more time is shared between all the groups out there.
Carlos : I think that, due to market requirements was easier than the looks of the record were directed to groups that did alternative music. At that time more than now.
Josema : So it was difficult to enter the market, but if Radio 3 was if you had two thousand copies sold out on that disk.
At any point in your career did you feel part of a particular circle or musical movement? Carlos : No. That was a handicap for us.
Josema : Sure, we were too commercial and too alternative for the commercial alternative. Too pop for indie, too indie to pop ... we were in no man's land. What we do have is a circle of friends. Hendrik Rover, Paco Loco, José Ignacio Lapido, Alex Diez ... We have a circle of friends with common interests.
surprising, for example, in One more night, your live album, the coincidence between the collaborating artists perhaps closest to you, as Josele Santiago, with others like Fernando Medina, singer Reincidentes. The two parts of English rock, but in different worlds. Josema : A Fernando we have known because we played with them several times. He is a guy that, even then that investigates other kinds of music styles, not closed. He liked our album, we got in touch with him and even came three days. We recorded in three days, one in Seville and two in Madrid.
posibildades How the Internet valued in terms of communication in social networks? It is easier to reach people now, but do you notice more responsive in terms of record sales or concert attendance? Josema : It was better before, at least with us. Before the radio called more people than now. Now we can reach more people but then you see the answer in
concerts or record sales is not so much as care providers you see on your Facebook page or on your MySpace.
Carlos : To me it seems that more research is being repaired on something. You like a group, but not much time you stop to listen. Start checking out how many groups of this style and leave you a lot. In the most extreme case, for you an example: when I was a kid bought a record and we were a month with him. Now you're with a group one day, or a song from a group, and still another, and another ...
"Are you a romantic traditional formats, physical formats? Do you think that with the new digital formats can get rid of the concept album as we have always understood? Carlos : Is that how you can change so fast ... tell you the truth, I do not dare to draw conclusions.
Jesus : It seems to me sad that, what you said to buy discs. We remove the plastiquito, put it and enjoy it more. I am a romantic in that regard.
Carlos : But all formats are based on the songs downloaded system of piracy. We all do, we work together with it. But yes, you had another dream
Josema : I think so, that will all but disappear, well, you have to adapt to the times. To me when I gave more trouble is when he switched from vinyl to CD because you picked up the vinyl, which opened ... It was big, you saw the photos, but since I switched to CD and I feel sorry for the MP3 and all that. As I see it on my iPod as on the CD.
The label on which you have always been, DRO, do not bet on your album in 2002. Do you think that now the situation is the same, perhaps worse? Josema : I think the thing that is worse. For example, groups such as Deltona, of which we were talking about earlier. The Deltonos have charisma, wear a lot of years ... DRO because they do not remove the disc. It offers not know what kind of contract, but it was like before you pay the hotel, studio, factory, distribution, signage ... Today you have to negotiate to see who pays what. It is almost halfway between the company and the group, then it's a pretty big step backwards. Almost not worth it to record with a record company.
How was the experience in desktop publishing with Waiting for a sign? Josema : In terms of recording and production have led to the time we want, because we own studio. Supposed to do what we wanted at all times to record total freedom to choose the tools that we wanted to put the songs you wanted or choose. At the end it was quite an experience good. I for one think it is the record we wanted to do. Although, of course, at that time. Anyway, I think the result is not bad and even today there is still considerable. Times have changed but, in my view, the disc is quite current.
Being a self-released album, "you noticed particular difficulty in terms of distribution and promotion? Carlos : We are no longer professionally in the field. The difficulties of the public had prior to going to see each other do we have to play. We tested
few days a week because we each have our work and our family. As same, you can not do tasks manager. Would have to pay a guy to be dedicated to that. And, now, that we can not pick and hire musicians can not hire someone. It would be a gamble but, of course, we have work and family. We're a little between dedicated and non-professionally devote to music. We dedicate ourselves because we like, but then to throw the house out the window ...
Josema : There are people that we've missed promotion to the disc and got them to put it, to tell us they like or to put it on the radio.
You have your own recording studio Factory. There grabáis very different bands. Do you work as technicians or intervenís also on the creative side? Josema : I'm the coach, say. And when the opportunity arises I producer, I play guitar, backing vocals, a bit of everything. Record depends on who you ask you ask for more or less. More or less, almost always drop something.
In closing, are you still to the national news? Do you have called some attention recently? Josema : Yes, I like a group of Granada, Napoleon Solo, especially the song has to end
. I think it's a song round, I really like.
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