Member Interviews: Interview Thread

[CanwllCorfe]

Cool thread!

[Bane of your existence]

There is nothing not tl;dr about this thread.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

There is nothing not tl;dr about this thread.

Well maybe this will be short enough - suck on it.

[CanwllCorfe]

Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

There is nothing not tl;dr about this thread.

You could've just said "everything about this thread is tl;dr" instead of using a double negative. It's an idea. Or better yet you could have just not said anything and saved your precious, precious time.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

There is nothing not tl;dr about this thread.

tl;dr

[mr dave]

Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

There is nothing not tl;dr about this thread.

that's nice. can i interview you next? or should i just go ahead and stick - yes, no, dunno randomly for all answers?



tl;dr - i'm making fun of you

if that's still too long then maybe this next one will work?


tl;dr tl;dr


was that an acceptable length?

[TheBig3]

me: So it was interesting coming into this, I usually ask people how they came to Musicbanter and I can remember when they showed up, but you actually pre-date me and almost everyone on the boards. That being said, how did you find musicbanter, and how did you find it so early?
Sent at 3:34 AM on Friday

allison: you know I actually can't remember in the least. I think I must have done sort of google search, maybe for a music forum, but I did stumble across MB and stuck around.

me: And if I remember correctly, this was in ~2003, what were your first impressions of the place?
Sent at 3:36 AM on Friday

allison: I think it was actually Jan. 2004. Back then it was a super small community, not many posters but there were some really interesting people there. I was definitely impressed by the range of different musical tastes bouncing around. I remember some very heated discussions, a lot about politics, and there was just a great vibe to the place.

me: Has the vibe changed?
Sent at 3:41 AM on Friday

allison: A little yeah, I mean the site has grown so much so there will inevitably be a lot of changes. What hasn't changed though is that there's still a real community feel among the more active posters, there's just more people to add to it. The music discussions are a lot more diverse, and because there are so many people to weigh in on it I think that side of the boards has really improved.
Sent at 3:44 AM on Friday

me: Its been my experience in talking with some of the posters, and certainly doing these interviews, that people come to the boards with a certain musical scope, and naturally that expands into areas they never thought they would go to, listening to music they had hated, or even just experiencing bands they had never heard before but grew to love. Are there any acts you really got into because of your presence here?
Sent at 3:46 AM on Friday

allison: When I came to the boards I already had a pretty eclectic music taste, so I'd say that MB just introduced me to bands that I hadn't heard of before or really given a chance to. I remember around the time i joined I was really into punk more than any other genre, and I really got into the riverdale's, teenage bottlerocket and a few other bands after browsing the punk section.
Sent at 3:52 AM on Friday

allison: I'm sure there's a lot of other bands that I've stumbled on from MB, it's tough for me to pin them down since I get hooked on genres, rather than specific bands. I'll go for a few months listening to punk, then go on a real indie binge, then move to folky, singer/songwriter stuff, it changes all the time

me: What genre are you hooked on currently?
Sent at 3:54 AM on Friday

allison: right now I'm on a huge electronic kick. It was actually the genre that up till a few months ago I really had no interest in. Then a dj friend of mine dumped a ton of electronica onto my itunes and over the last few months i've been sorting through all of it, and discovering more and more that I really like all the stuff he gave me.
Sent at 3:56 AM on Friday

me: Anything that stands out from this new sea of music you've found?
Something you can recommend to readers?
Sent at 3:57 AM on Friday

allison: I've had infusion - all night sun light on repeat on my i-pod for a couple days. Its one of the few albums from any genre that I can say I genuinely like every song on it. Also really into Calvin harris, I have I created disco and ready for the weekend. Basement Jaxx is just really fun to listen to, definitely more pop-y that some of the others, and Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream as well
Sent at 4:00 AM on Friday

allison: most of the stuff I like is more pop-electro or other genres with heavy electronic influences, not so much a fan of trance or house but who knows, in a couple months maybe I'll find I really enjoy it
oh, forgot Cut Copy, that's actually the one group i've been listening to for years, way before the recent electronic obsession

me: Got a favorite track for us to try out?
from Cut Copy I mean
if only because they've stood time's test

allison: cut copy - going nowhere, it's the song that got me into the band and it's remained my favourite

me: And what about that song specifically?
Sent at 4:05 AM on Friday

allison: It's got a good strong beat and structure which I really like, and I think mostly it's just associated with so many good fun memories. I originally found it on a ski movie soundtrack and it went straight into my "ski mix" so it's caught up in all these great happy upbeat memories for me. Even now when i listen to the song it puts me in a real energetic mood
Sent at 4:08 AM on Friday

me: A ski mix huh? is that for the way to the mountain or are you listening while you're actually skiing?
Sent at 4:10 AM on Friday

allison: both, my "ski playlist" has grown to about 150 songs so I'll plug it in on the way up to the mountain to get myself all pumped up, and then have it playing on my i-pod as I'm skiing. It's really just a mix of songs that get me stoked for a day of skiing, most of them I've found on various ski movie playlists. The ski movies have actually been a really great resource for new music, since most of the production is done on a relatively low budget, so they generally search for unknown bands and artists to feature in the segments, maybe it has something to do with the royalty costs
of course the ski playlist hasn't been used for skiing in a good year, haha
Sent at 4:13 AM on Friday

me: Now is that a lot of techno as well or is it all over the map?
Sent at 4:14 AM on Friday

allison: oh all over the map. I've got everything from techno to punk to hair metal to modest mouse
and a healthy dose of rap in there as well

me: hair metal huh? I think I'll leave that one alone
Sent at 4:16 AM on Friday

allison: yeah the whole mix is pretty off the wall, it'll go from styx to modest mouse to the dead kennedy's and into some gangsta rap
Sent at 4:18 AM on Friday

me: And it works?
Sent at 4:19 AM on Friday

allison: oh for sure, depending on what I'm doing. If i'm doing something super technical and scary as hell (kinda thing where there's a no-fall zone where if you screw up you'll drop off a cliff) I'll listen to really heavy rap to get me pumped up and focused on what I'm doing. Modest mouse or more kinda mellow songs are good for powder when I can just kinda float down, and so on and so on
Sent at 4:20 AM on Friday

me: Switching gears here, you say your taste is all over the map, but is there something you've never really gotten into?
Sent at 4:23 AM on Friday

[TheBig3]

allison: Country is one of them, aside from putting country on in the car on the way to a camping trip for pure comedic purposes I really don't listen to it
Sent at 4:24 AM on Friday

allison: also really heavy death-metal. I used to date a guy who was really into dragonforce, I hated it.
we'd always get into arguments on long car trips since he thought it was the perfect driving music.
Sent at 4:26 AM on Friday

me: I generally don't give out advice, but if I were to, one of the pieces of advice would be never mention both a metal sub-genre and a band you think belongs to it. We're going to get death threats now from Death Metal fans who are going to tell us Dragonforce is actually high-powered medieval viking metal, you watch

allison: haha, whatever it is I can't stand listening to the stuff

me: What is it about those genres that put you off?
Sent at 4:28 AM on Friday

allison: with really heavy metal there just seems to be no real substance to me. It just sounds like a LOT of loud, fast chords and riffs, no rhythm, no melody, no variation. And with country, well I spent most of my life in the hick capital of canada so country is synonymous with drunken businessmen in bad cowboy outfits drinking their faces off for 10 days during the calgary stampede. Back in canada I had to spend two weeks of the summer dealing with that and listening to songs about trucks breaking down, girlfriends leaving, ex-girlfriends shooting the dog then running over it as she steals the truck....it got old
Sent at 4:31 AM on Friday

me: And for the record, what is the hick capital of Canada?
Sent at 4:33 AM on Friday

allison: well alberta is basically the texas of canada (no offense to any texans, I'm not calling you hicks). Its by far the most conservative province out there, lots of oil wealth, and calgary is the economic centre. The city is alright, but kind of devoid of arts and culture, and it has a real ranching/cowboy history, and every year this big rodeo and festival is held called the calgary stampede, everyone in the city kind of embraces the whole "western" thing.
Sent at 4:35 AM on Friday

me: Now is your experience just the sort of radio-friendly country or have you heard that down-home, front porch stuff as well?
Sent at 4:36 AM on Friday

allison: mostly just the radio friendly stuff, I've heard a bit of the down-home front porch stuff but it's never really appealed to me. I love folk music, and I guess some of the stuff in that genre that I listen to probably has some distinct country influences, but for the most part I don't listen to it.
me: Is there an act you listen to that would surprise people? From any genre.
Sent at 4:38 AM on Friday

allison: thats a tough one, I guess the thing that surprises most people is the amount of rap I listen to. Jurassic 5, jedi mind tricks, overseer, and a ton others. It used to surprise a lot of people that didn't know me that well to see it all of my i-pod

me: Jurassic 5. That is interesting. I didn't expect that. New fan? Old fan?

allison: old fan, another ski movie track song.
Sent at 4:43 AM on Friday

me: See I really liked them too until they did that absolute pile with Dave Matthews. Are you still on the J5 train?

allison: yeah every now and then I'll throw it on
Sent at 4:46 AM on Friday

allison: yeah the dave matthews thing was unfortunate though

me: So we've talked about genres and acts, is there elements of music, be it an instrument(s), sounds, just general overall stuff, that you find interesting, really makes you sit up in the chair?
Sent at 4:47 AM on Friday

allison: actually right now I've been really interested in bands with traditional arabic influences. I've been getting into some of the local bands here and a lot of them incorporate some traditional instruments and elements with their sound, it makes for a really interesting mix
Sent at 4:49 AM on Friday

me: So like a Sitar?
Sent at 4:50 AM on Friday

allison.: nah i think sitar is an indian thing more than a middle eastern thing. I actually don't know the proper names of the instruments but there's a guitar type thing and a woodwind instrument that are pretty distinctive in sound. it's more the rhythms and melodies incorporated that have a really distinct middle-east/mediterranean feel that I just love

me: What are the chances the boards can see some of those songs uploaded in the future?
Sent at 4:53 AM on Friday

allison: yeah sure I'll post some up, a few of the turkish bands that I really like are Duman and Athena. They're both very popular here, kind of pop-rock but I really like them. Another group I love is Balkan Beat Box, originally from israel
Sent at 4:55 AM on Friday

allison: maybe pop-rock is the wrong definition, but I generally suck at fitting bands into specific genres so I'll post some videos and let other people decide

me: You're in the region, Beat Box is close, have you listened to Adidasss's favorite Croatian sons "The Beat Fleet"?
Sent at 4:57 AM on Friday

allison: I have done yeah, and I do really like them. I also love a few songs from Shantel, which adidasss will probably piss himself laughing at. SUPER cheesy pop star from around that area (forget which country) but the songs are just so insanely stupid you can't help loving them. A few friends of mine and I were going to see him in concert when he came to istanbul but he got stranded in london with the volcano. gutted.
to get an idea of the amount of cheese I'm talking about look up disko partizani and disco boy, both classics

me: Those English volcano's are hell. Also, if you're looking to get through Istanbul without getting stuck in London I suggest avoiding the water.
I'll have to look those up
So I've killed an hour and a half of your time, just a few final questions here, you seem to drop off the boards for lengthy periods at a time. Flavor of the day or are you out in the remote regions of the world for long periods of time?
Sent at 5:01 AM on Friday

allison: Yeah I guess it kind of fluctuates, I think the longest was when I was finishing up uni, I've never been so busy/stressed in my life, so long perusals of internet sites didn't really fit in with the schedule. I'll probably be dropping off again pretty soon when I go traipsing off around the middle east for five months, but then once I get back to istanbul and settled I'll pop up again.

me: well, if my opinion matters, I certainly hope that you do.
I'm about to wrap up, but was there anything we didn't touch on you wanted to put out there?

allison: No don't think so, we covered quite a bit

me: I try to
Uh one last question, basically about security
I assume this is your real name
Are you opposed to me posting this as is?

allison: yeah, just dont include the last name

me: sounds like a plan

allison: cool, cheers man

me: See you around the forums

allison: you too, have a good afternoon

[Dr.Seussicide]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

tl;dr

Does this actually mean something? Or is it a typo... ffs

[RVCA]

too long;didn't read