Mirages

Here is a band who are the words fresh what I mean is they have never done a show and have released a song. But seriously this day in age getting it right and making a splash is and if getting your songs and sound right is the way to do things your on it. I Chat to Joe from the band about it all,

https://www.facebook.com/miragestheband

1. Are you happy how things have gone for you so far?

Yes! Considering when we launched our Facebook page and first single that we hadn’t gigged at all, the support we had was fantastic.

2. What inspires you when writing music?

I never really have a eureka! moment when writing songs, they kind of simmer away in my mind for quite some time. Often the final product of a “song” is actually like 2 or 3 songs mashed together.

3.  What is your latest song about?

Ahhhh that’s hard, I don’t know. Most of my songs are about youth, so probably that.

4. How does social media help you as an artist?

Immensely. At this stage in our project, we really only exist online. It would have been so much harder a couple of years ago trying to get people excited about a studio project like ours without gigs, but social media really opens the door. That’s what’s exciting about the music industry right now; the fact that your friend, our housemate, our someone you work with can be tinkering away on a bedroom project and get their music out to the masses through social media.

5. How important is connecting with your fans?

Man, if we could have fans, I would be so happy. But of course, that’s paramount. Music is sometimes a really self-indulgent pursuit, but no-one publicizes a project without some expectation of interest. So yeah, making sure that people know that we appreciate their support is important.

6. If you could have any body in a video clip who would it be?

Bill Murray, no doubt in my mind. It would be awesome to have him acting all sombre and brooding, ‘Lost in Translation’ style, for one of our more acoustic numbers. That would be amazing.

7. What does 2014 have in store for you?

So much! To name a few: the release of our debut EP, the launch of our live show and a whole bunch of other exciting things later in the year.