Interview:EDGE OF PARADISE
***Magarita*
Hello there Margarita, welcome to the interviews with Rocket Queen. How are you doing today? And now here are your questions:
Margarita: Hello Susi! I'm very excited to tell you about the band and our upcoming CD!
1. Please introduce your band Edge of Paradise to my readers first!
Margarita: Edge OF Paradise is a females fronted hard rock/metal band started when me, Margarita and guitarist/songwriter Dave Bates joined forces. Later on joined by very talented musicians, Kevin Katich on drums/back vocals and Steven Cook on bass and back vocals.
2.Your band is a real young and fresh band. But you have got a huge history so far even if you are still that young. Would you like to tell me something on about how you make it to the music business? When did you start making music – was it always a dream to become a musician?
Magarita: The band is very young, but we've been moving so fast because each member of the band had a lot to bring. Dave, the guitar player is a veteran musician, he has been in many bands and wrote many songs. Some of the songs originated in Dave's previous band, Bleed, fronted by Robin McCauley (MSG, Survivor). And it takes a lot of rewriting and rerecording to get the songs to sound really extraordinary and powerful, and that's the most important thing to make it in the music business, to make sure the music is amazing! Then to make sure that the band sounds just as amazing live. I started making music as a solo artist, I was into music since i was very little, i played piano and sang, growing up, i actually focused on becoming a concert pianist and i've played many concerts and competitions, so music has been a big part of my life. But it's not until a few years ago when i started to write songs and create my own music and now my entire life is about music and getting this band to the top!
3. What do you love most to perform in theatres and acting or singing?
Magarita: I love theater because of that energy you get from the audience, and the fact that you get to be someone you're not, i think it's fascinating when you get a chance to live through some other character and experience real emotions. I actually majored in Acting when i attended new York University, and the training helped me with my singing, because i can really connect to the words and the music in order to portray the emotion and the life of the song to the listeners.
4. What does Edge of Pardise stand for and how would you describe your style of music... can it be compared to some other bands?
Magarita: Edge Of Paradise stands for living on the edge, the life that's being portrayed as paradise is really an unstable existence that can tip you off the edge and out of existence. The music the a melodic fusion of heavy guitars, melodic vocals, and grooving rhythms, incorporating styles of meta, blues, rock and progressive metal.
5.Your band started in january 2011. Even if you started this year I read that you are about to release an album soon. Its name should be „MASK“ - So how did you manage to record your album that fast?
Magarita: As soon as i met Dave, we started working on the songs, songs were co-written by Dave Bates, Robin McCauley, Ryan Jones and me, Margarita. We were fortunate to have veteran musicians that played on the songs such as Gregg Bissonette that has done over 300 successful CD's and Tony Franklin from White Snake, Jimmy Page and more. We've been working nonstop to get the album ready. And we are all very excited to release it and take it all the way!
6. So as i read that the original songs some of them are older than the bands launching... So did you do cover songs before?
Magarita: Dave, the guitar player had a band called Bleed fronted by Robin McCauley, i moved to LA and was working as an actress and later on started to work on a rock track, Mystified with a producer Paul Drago, i met Dave and asked him to play on my track, and six months later we are releasing our CD, Mask!
7. What is Edge of Paradise doing at the moment? Putting your album on the market or playing some shows what is the most important thing you focus on at now?
Magarita: We are rehearsing and getting ready to tour nationally and internationally to promote the album. We are working with a PR company and are looking for the right label to back the album!
8. Margerita, which music are you listening to in your free time?
Magarita: I listen to the music of my favorite singers of all time, which are Ronnie James Dio, Robert Plant, Steven Tyler and Freddie Mercury. They are so unique and powerful, so i try to enjoy their music and learn from them at the same time.
9. Please leave a message for all my readers and your fans of cours too.
Margarita: Thank you Susi, and Rocket Queen Promotion! Thank you so much for reading about Edge Of Paradise, we are very excited to share our music with you and we hope to see you at our next show! And you can always come visit us at www.edgeofparadiseband.com
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