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Beware Fashionable Women

Thursday, May 29, 2008, 05:48 PM EST [General]

Posted By: Dr. Davis

Published: May 12, 2008 10:59 PM EST
By: Isaac Davis Jr., MBA
(Juniorscave.com)



	Beware Fashionable Women

From their fun name to their unique brand of music, the four man band, Beware Fashionable Women, is going to make a music lover out of your with their pulsating sounds and catchy rock tunes. Check out this recent interview that the magazine completed with the band. And if you would like to more about the band, check out their MySpace and Sonicbids.com accounts [links listed below].

Isaac: Briefly describe how you entered into the music industry.

Beware Fashionable Women: Who says we’re really in it?! We’ve all been playing in different outfits for a while in many regions. We wouldn’t say we’re “in the music industry”. It’d be more appropriate to say we’re trying to work with the music industry to get our music out to people.

Isaac: What is the most rewarding aspect to making music currently for you?

Beware Fashionable Women: When people, whom you’ve never met, discover your music and say how much they enjoy it. That’s really why anyone who cares about music makes music: to have it connect with others.

Isaac: What has discouraged you the most about making music?

Beware Fashionable Women: That’s a good question. Unfortunately there is so much to discourage musicians from continuing and usually not much external motivation, at least in the beginning. Harsh criticism and lack of interest can be quite discouraging. It seems people want their music to come from famous people. There’s this mindset that if you’re not already well known you can’t possibly be making anything worth listening to. There’s also internal struggles of making sure everyone feels fulfilled in making the music and are able to balance those responsibilities with their own priorities.

Isaac: Do you have a personal philosophy about music? If so, what is it?

Beware Fashionable Women: All music has an audience. It’s not a question of whether your music is “good” or “bad”, but whether or not you’re finding the right type of people who will appreciate it.

Isaac: When you are performing live in front of an audience, what are the thoughts that are running through you head?

Beware Fashionable Women: There’s usually a lot to think about on-stage. You have to listen to yourself and the band to play as well as you can. Remembering lyrics also requires thought. After playing a song for the nth time, you’re usually not experiencing it on an emotional level anymore. You’re really just trying to put it out to the audience in a way that will connect with them at that moment.

Isaac: Why is being an independent musician important to you?

Beware Fashionable Women: Well, there are two parts to that question. Being a musician is important because this is what we love to do! There are certainly easier things to do in life, but we all chose this for a reason. As far as being independent, we’re really only independent from the major labels. But we rely on many other resources that would be impossible to write, play, and record without. Everyone needs partnerships, business and personal, and we’re no exception.

Isaac: Do you think the Internet has altered the path of music as an industry? If so, how?

Beware Fashionable Women: The past ten years have answered that question in the affirmative. Physical CD sales have decreased, mainstream record sales are low. Individuals have to sift through the massive amount of music that’s available on the Internet to decide for themselves what they want. People still rely on the press to help them make that decision though. The Internet has become the great equalizer of music. Everyone has a MySpace page or a website, so you actually have to listen to their music to hear if they’re any good. Bands have gotten really good at marketing, design, and self-promotion thanks to all the resources online that have helped them get there. It means there’s a lot of crap that’s flooding the market too, but there’s also a lot of great music that would have been almost impossible to find without the Internet.

Isaac: Any advice for other musicians out there when it comes to using the Internet as a medium for getting their music heard to the m****?

Beware Fashionable Women: Put your name, image, and music on as many sites as possible. It can only benefit you. Give a lot of music away for free, but no too much. People will think your music has no value if you give it all away for free.

Isaac: What kind of recording software do you use?

Beware Fashionable Women: We use Steinberg Cubase to record. Users of Nuendo will be familiar with it as they are almost identical for audio use.

Isaac: I know that everybody has his or her idea of a dream artist, someone who for whatever reasons that person would just love to listen to and admire. As an entertainer yourself, if you could play with one of your "dream" musicians, anyone at all, who would it be and why?

Beware Fashionable Women: Mr. E from the Eels would be awesome to have as a producer. The Eels have never put out a bad album and their production is always great. Rumors abound that he has prickly personality though. Some dreams are better left as such.

Isaac: What are you hoping to gain from your experience of being a musician and making music?

Beware Fashionable Women: We’re all hoping that what we’re putting out there affects people in the same way as the music we listen to does us. There’d be no greater accomplishment artistically than becoming the soundtrack to someone else’s life.

Isaac: What are you hopes for your music in the year 2008?

Beware Fashionable Women: Our goal is to have as many people as possible know, Beware Fashionable Women. We want to increase our visibility and connect with people and resources in person and on the Internet. Everyone can help us: just add us as a friend on MySpace and tell a friend!

Isaac: This is our Shout Out time. Please give props to anyone and everyone that matters the most to you.

Beware Fashionable Women: Thanks to Jo Rae Di Menno at Hard Pressed Publicity for taking the time to help us out! Also thanks to all the publications that have been kind enough to cover us in their publications, including Juniors Cave!

Isaac: This is Shameless Plug time: Give us some updates on new releases and other projects in the works.

Beware Fashionable Women: Look out for the debut self-titled album from Beware Fashionable Women out this summer 2008! The album will be available to listen to on MySpace and Sonicbids and will be available for purchase online as well.

Isaac: Final Thoughts:

Beware Fashionable Women: Please email us on MySpace! We reply to every email guaranteed. Thanks!

Sonicids.com Account
http://www.sonicbids.com/bewarefashionablewomen

MySpace Account
http://www.myspace.com/bewarefashionablewomen

Beware Fashionable Women:
Music Review by Juniorscave.com
http://www.juniorscave.com/bfwreview.html