The Vernons
The Vernons are a great band from qld. This is what they had to say
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1. Are you happy how things have gone so far?
Yes. With 2 EP’s under our belt, we’ve met a lot of great people and loyal fans and we are hoping to produce many more.
2. Do you think it’s all about the songwriting or does timing and the right place at the right time has a key getting your music out there?
– the thing about the music industry, these days, is that everything plays a part. Things like being a good musician and writing good songs are almost a given if you want to play music for a living, so of course, everything plays a part.
3. How important to you are music blogs in helping get your music out there?
We try to let our music do the talking but obviously we get a lot of help from blogs and reviewers to help publicise our music so that more people can hear it
4. What inspired you guys in the first place to give music a shot?
There was no real conscious decision to give it a shot, we have always just loved playing music and we want to share it with as many people as possible.
5. Having tools like Soundcloud does it make your job easier when trying to gain new listeners to your music?
Yes. In an ‘exposure’ point of view, definitely.
6. Do you think releasing EP’s and singles is a good way of keep momentum going before releasing a full length or spending time out of the spotlight writing songs is better?
The main thing we love doing is playing live music and in order to do that you need to release content. So for us, we feel we have to release singles and EP’s in order to play as many shows as possible
7. How does a song happen for you?
It usually comes from one member in the band and then we all play it, really. There is no real strict method.
8. Are there moments where your just not in the mood for writing music and need to do something else before you jump back into songwriting mode?
It’s not really a chore for us, we love doing it. We have written songs in some pretty unlikely and strange circumstances.
9. Do you think YouTube has help save the music industry?
No.
10. Do you think being serious with your music has helped you and is it still fun to you guys from when you were starting out?
We don’t take ourselves seriously at all, but we like to take our music seriously. In that sense, we still enjoy it as much as we do from when we started.
