friday is nearing. friday is close.
i want to take the time to give you some information about who this artist is, and also on how i got a hold of him for the interview (which was freakishly easy).
this is him. he's not as depressing as he looks, i swear.
if you don't believe me, just listen to him.
brooklyn, new york is where you can find kevin devine, for the most part.
that doesn't mean that he'll curse you out and make your eye black.
that's what we like to call a stereotype.
in fact, he seems harmless.
unless he's killing you softly in a song lyric.
two of his major influences are bob dylan and elliott smith
and in songs like "go haunt someone else," he proves that with the style he is so influenced by, stating that he loves lyricists such as these two because they have a way about "killing you in a lyric [and having] it sound so inviting."
the beauty in this artist resides in his lyrics. his words can touch you more than his voice, which is a rarity now a days. if you enjoy soft folk-like tunes, then i'm sure that you could sit back and enjoy many of his albums.
he's got a few notches under his belt in that field. he's got around six full-length albums as of now and is constantly recording new demos that you can find on his myspace page.
as well as having a pleasant voice with smart lyrics, a lot of his songs could be the theme songs to classes such as: political science and sociology.
i'm not saying that you'll see him gracing news or hanging out with politicians.
i'm just saying that he's aware in a subtle and tactful manner.
so. now that you have a little bit of background on him, i want to fill you in on what i've been doing to prepare for this interview.
1. getting myself in 'the zone.'
2. doing a ridiculous amount of research via the web and rumaging through web-sites with background information on him, in order to make sure the content i have is accurate. because, face it, any idiot can post whatever they want on the web.
see: perez hilton
3. filtering through prior interviews that he's done for other people and making sure i wouldn't be asking him questions that he's been asked 345 times before.
3.5 vodka + redbull
4. getting all of my information into a tangible train of thought that resembles eloquence, rather than having scattered bullets and headpoints that resemble a hot mess.
5. finding questions within my questions. yes. that does happen. and those tend to be the best ones.
how i got the interview:
the internet (sorry, i just could not help it)
makes this process so easy at times.
you don't even have to go that far in order to get a hold of the people that you need in order to get things like this done. here is all the contact information that i needed, and it was posted right on his myspace page for my convenience.
i'm sure that having something tangible for his management team to look at helped, too.
see: audioholic media
since we have our own domain name, we have an editor's email address. it looks more professional than e-mailing a management team from, let's say:
SeXxXyKAT69@desperateANDsingle.com
you just have to know how to talk to the people who you want to listen. going at this management team with an uppity manner might work. but, it might not.
by no means am i implying that you take a stab at an interview proposal after you've just drunk dialed 12 contacts in your phonebook. that's not classy...
or cute, that's not cute.
if "professionally casual" is an understanding term, then that's the kind of manner you want to contact these people in.
they want to know that you could do an interview that is respectable, yet entertaining.
they don't want cardboard. no one wants cardboard.
except for this guy. this guy might want cardboard.
well, keep checking in for updates and stop browsing internet porn.
it's bad for your hard-drive.
"then i'm sad to say we're lost and i'm embarrassed for us all."-kevin devine
until next time
-nick
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