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I can tell you that Corin was born in my home town.
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I slightly remember lisa, and that she was a headcase.
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All the Scottish people are always headcases, give us a bad name.
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I agree with you about learning German to understand their songs. Our German class in high school translated a lot of pop songs, and that *was* very fun. Say, have you noticed that there haven't been a lot of German hits recently? At least, none that have made it to the States! So here's a question for you, James. What is it about being Scottish that you like the most and the least? The few times I've been to Scotland, the rustic beauty and the age of buildings (and a dead seal on the beach) made a big impression on me, but it seemed like a very traditional kind of place because you are living surrounded by the relics of the lives of those who came before you. It seemed like it might be a difficult country in which to change anything. Is that true, or was I just seeing your country through tourist eyes? |
My interview with Janszoon (to be brushed up when it isn't quarter past 2 in the morning)
me: What brought you to Musicbanter? Sent at 12:17 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: That's a good question. I'm not really sure. Honestly I think at the very beginning I had plans to be one of those jackasses who tries to use the site to promote his own music but I abandoned that pretty quickly. me: And now look at you, a bold blue mod. jove.janszoon: Haha me: What would you say made you want to use it as more than a dumping ground for your own gain? Sent at 12:21 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Probably the fact that I needed an outlet to chat about music. I had only been in Philly for a year when I signed up and all the people I liked to talk about music with be back in Chicago. Sent at 12:22 PM on Wednesday me: And was it a general vibe or can you pin point something where you said "hey many this isn't just a jackass farm talking about the top 5 on Casey Casum's top 100" Sent at 12:23 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: It's weird, when I first started posting I felt like I encountered a bunch of people who didn't really do it for me but I also ended up talking to Ethan, which was enjoyable. I didn't stick around though. I only posted very sporadically my whole first year on MB, it wasn't until sometime in 2008 that I really got sucked into it. me: So you first impression was that it was a jackass farm...good to know. You mention "back in Chicago" Was there a style or genre you discussed with these people back in the Windy City or was it as eclectic as it is here. here, of course, being MB Sent at 12:28 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: It was pretty eclectic. The friends I talked about music with back there were mostly my bandmates and all of us had/have pretty varied tastes. We all have a love for semi-electronic music though. me: Is that the kind of music you played? Sent at 12:31 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Yep. It was very kitchen-sink kind of music. None of us had a set instrument that we played so we'd just pick up whatever we felt like and go. A lot of times we'd also be incorporating different kinds of sampled and sequenced loops into the mix or passing files back and forth by email between practices. Sent at 12:34 PM on Wednesday me: So you were the Spoonman Soundgarden sang about? Do you have a memory from that time, or a song you might say was especially meaningful? Sent at 12:35 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Hmmm...I'm trying to think of what I was listening to at the time. I know we were all pretty into Grandaddy and the Flaming Lips and I think that informed our music to an extent. Sumday and Yoshmi were relatively new albums at the time and are definitely two albums that bring be back to those days when I listen to them. Sent at 12:40 PM on Wednesday me: How did you get mixed up in an operation like this? I'm going to guess you didn't grow up wanting to do a down-home version of Blue Man Group. Sent at 12:41 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: It just kind of evolved. At first it was just me and one friend of mine hanging out listening to and playing music in his livingroom. Then it was three people. Then it was four. It was a pretty casual thing. Sent at 12:45 PM on Wednesday me: Let me take it back a little here, what were some of your first experiences with music? As a maybe a Baby Zoon? Sent at 12:50 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Ah, well, let's see... my dad's a musician and huge music buff so I grew up around a lot of it. Mostly 50s rock n roll and 60s country and folk. And then I got a lot of stuff from my older brother. When I was really little it was stuff like Pink Floyd and Rush but by the time I got to late elementary school and junior high it was stuff like Love & Rockets, REM, Jane's Addiction, Ministry, The Cure, Bob Mould, The Pixies, etc. Sent at 12:55 PM on Wednesday me: So you were that kid! Sent at 12:58 PM on Wednesday me: It strikes me as odd that those acts would be what you cut your teeth on, I've always seen you as someone who has at least one foot in the electronic grave, so to speak. You're fairly high profile in many a rap thread, and beyond this you have a thread, something to the effect of "50 albums to hear before your dead.", which has haunted my nightmares with that "nooo don't leave me loop." Was there a point you made the shift from 80's alt-rock to where you find yourself now? Sent at 1:00 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: I think I always liked music with an electronic element, it's just it manifested itself differently in the past, like that big fat synth at the beginning of Rush's "Subdivisions" for example. Plus I loved a lot of the new wave type stuff that was on MTV when I was a kid. "She's Blinded Me with Science" is still to this day one of my favorite 80s pop songs. They of course by the time I was 13 or 14 I was getting into NIN and Ministry which lead me to all the great electro-industrial stuff Wax Trax! Records was putting out that the time. Sent at 1:05 PM on Wednesday me: What records have come out recently that you would say might be in that same caliber; that might be something you're still into 15 years from now? Sent at 1:07 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: That's tough to say, I feel like my interest in different bands has become more transitory as I've grown older. Some semi-recent artists off the top of my head that I can image might stick with me though are Dalek, Liars, Man Man, Electric Wizard, Ufomammut, Burial, Mr. Lif and High on Fire Sent at 1:16 PM on Wednesday me: Why "transitory"? (if that's a word) Sent at 1:18 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: I think transitory is a word, isn't it? Maybe that's the Captain Morgan talking. Anyway, I just mean that I don't get as obsessed with single bands as I did when I was younger. I guess I've just reached some kind of realization that with the vast amount of music out there I feel like I'm missing out if I focus too much on one thing. Sent at 1:21 PM on Wednesday me: It could be a word, I was guessing you mean transient but lord knows. I'm no one to talk about effective communication. So given this statement you've just made, how does this factor into the art of album listening? Do you still listen to whole albums, do you only try a few singles? Is time a huge factor when determining a bands worth? Sent at 1:23 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: I'm definitely still much more of an album person than a singles person. It's just that I feel that I spend less time with albums than I used to. When I was younger I'd have every word memorized, now I don't focus on one album long enough to do that. Sent at 1:26 PM on Wednesday me: is that a direct result of a growing musical hunger, do you think? Or is it just old age and increased responsibility? Sent at 1:27 PM on Wednesday |
jove.janszoon: I think it's a product of growing musical hunger to be sure. The more I hear, the more I want to hear. But technology is also a big factor too. It's so much easier than it used to be to get a ton of music fast. Pretty much if you have a slight interest in something you can get a hold of it almost instantly whereas it used to be that you'd have to take a trip to the record store and, at least in my case, spend a couple hours perusing the racks.
Sent at 1:32 PM on Wednesday me: Ha! Would you like a minute to put a "back in my day" rant in here? Do you feel as if you're less likely to give albums a chance these days as opposed to what you might have given them in the past? Sent at 1:33 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: No, I think it's the reverse actually. Because music is so easy to get a hold of now I think I more likely to check something out on a whim than I used to. Sent at 1:35 PM on Wednesday me: Oh sure, but lets say the first 3 tracks don't do it for you. Do you listen to track 12? Sent at 1:36 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Usually, yeah. I try to listen to every album I check out all the way through at least once. Sometimes I do start skipping around a bit if it's really not doing it for me though. Sent at 1:38 PM on Wednesday me: Is there a style you don't listen to very much, just something that never got its claws into you? Sent at 1:41 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Probably modern R&B, by which I mean R&B from the 80s or later. I like the occasional modern R&B artist, like Jill Scott, but overall it's a style of music that bores the pants off me. me: and humorously, its heavily electronic. jove.janszoon: Sort of. me: The impression I get from it most times its the heir to the Disco style, very Producer heavy, not much in the way of substance, just sort of a dance number to keep the crowd moving Sent at 1:46 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: A lot of it is very centered on the vocals too and it often turns into what I perceive a the vocal equivalent of Steve Vai wanking away on a guitar. me: And now with Auto-tune What would the MB posters be most surprised to hear you're interested in? jove.janszoon: Musically? me: No, zoologically Yes musically jove.janszoon: Pandas. me: You seem like more of a fish kind-of-guy jove.janszoon: But seriously, I'm not sure. Maybe Billy Idol? I've been a huge Billy Idol fan since I was in my late teens, which was probably during the nadir of his popularity. Sent at 1:52 PM on Wednesday me: Should I ask how you felt about "scream"? Sent at 1:54 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: It was pretty good but there are a couple songs I like better on that album. That's said, it's easily his worst record. me: Old age can do that to people. So I've kept you now for ~ 2 hours. Is there anything you'd like to throw out there we haven't touched on? Sent at 1:57 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Yeah, old age and heroin. Sent at 1:58 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: As far as something else we haven't touched on, I guess maybe it's the people who helped get me sucked into MB when I did first get sucked in back in 2008: Jackhammer, Urban, Right-Track, Minstrel (where ever he/she has gone), Mr Dave, you... and I'm sure there's a bunch of people who aren't springing to mind after several drinks here. Sent at 2:03 PM on Wednesday me: Minstrel...Not familiar. Must be a denizen of one forum only jove.janszoon: Minstrel was great low-profile poster. Really knowledgeable and very easy to talk to. Sent at 2:05 PM on Wednesday me: We lose quite a few great posters and I'm never sure why. I get that people leave, but to never check in once in awhile seems odd to me Sent at 2:07 PM on Wednesday jove.janszoon: Yeah, it's a bummer. Sent at 2:08 PM on Wednesday me: Alright man well thanks for chatting it up with me. I'm going to throw this up there. I'm hoping to get these things a little more directed. Maybe interviews about movements in music. If I can, I hope you'll come back for those. jove.janszoon: That sounds like a cool idea, let me know if and when you do it. Thanks for chatting! Sent at 2:11 PM on Wednesday |
Nice read - pretty insightful.
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Nicely done Big3. Some good questions and answers in there. Nice to get a bit more insight into...The Zoon! Well played chaps! |
I skim read it as I'm in a hurry, but it seemed pretty insightful and I learned alot about Jans that I didn't know before! I'm going to read it properly later/tomorrow :) and I'll edit this or something.
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good read and quite entertaining. though the Spoonman Soundgarden sang about wasn't some ideal of musical eclecticism, he was just a street performer who used spoons.
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hehehe although considering him as an ideal does give the song a new kind of depth. then again i also misinterpreted some lyrics for 15 years that also kind of changes the meaning of the tune. right after the solos, when everything is building up again, Cornell apparently starts singing 'Come on while I get off', i always heard it as 'Come on we like it all'.
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very cool thread. like everyone else has said big3's last interview was a really entertaining read. I actually just went back and read all the previous interviews, it's cool to see the personalities of the interviewer come out as well as the interviewee. I'd be up for being interviewed if it can happen in the next couple weeks :)
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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? |
My interview with Jibber
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 |
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 |
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