Artist Interview: Shaolin Temple of BooM
FiXT News Exclusive Interview with Shaolin Temple of BooMFiXT News recently caught up with David Alvarez from Shaolin Temple of BooM for a detailed look at his latest album Duel, his musical history, thoughts on music distribution and some of his plans for 2011 and beyond…(Interview Excerpt):FiXT News: What inspired the latest release Duel?David Alvarez: SToB has been growing steadily for the last 3 years so when it came time for me to record this new album I saw an opportunity to take both “Into Nothing” and “Evil” out of their home demo state. I wanted to record them in a studio to get the production up to where I wanted and have these songs realize their full potential. Even though those songs have been played on KROQ and satellite radio as well as having been downloaded over 100 thousand times worldwide, they were still very much home demos. If you solo the tracks you can hear a ghetto bird (helicopter) flying overhead in a vocal track or a plane flying by. Not to mention on “Evil” you can hear my old desktop, which was on its last legs of existence, making a clicking sound while it was recording so you would hear it in the background whenever I used a mic to record vocals or acoustic guitar for example. I made a choice to upgrade those two songs into what I consider official versions, even though my budget was a fraction of what indie and major label budgets would be. I feel this album can compete with major and independent label bands in terms of production. In terms of licensing, what held those songs back in the past definitely was the home demo qualities of the recordings. These new versions of the songs are already set to be licensed and that is something I am very happy about since I’ve been wanting to license my music for quite some time, currently my whole catalog is under contract. In terms of the new songs, “Duel,” “Passenger” and “Transference,” I wanted to experiment with orchestral parts more and continue on in an electronic rock-infused sound.Read More at FiXT News
Shaolin Temple of BooM – Duel
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