See Organ Thieves at Canadian Music Week
urArtistnetwork: How are The Organ Thieves prepping for CMW?
Chuck: We just started rehearsing for it tonight. We’ve been through a few different drummers over time, so that always changes things – not a lot but it brings different ideas and gives us something different to work with depending on what the drummer is capable of doing. We’ve all grown together – just growing closer as friends too. We’ve found what we like and we’ve found what we’re comfortable with. The sound of the band is always changing, but it’s in a good spot right now. Since we’ve been recording too – everything been really coming together because it’s under a microscope. You’ve got to really know what you’re doing. Sometimes everything’s so loud that you don’t know what you’re doing. You play what feels good. Now that we’ve recorded and listened back to what we’ve been doing we’re adding other parts – it’s good. It starts with a little riff and you get into other things. I pretty much write most of the stuff. I come up with an idea for some lyrics or just a song that I’m working on. I usually end up using an acoustic guitar. I’ll bring that to the band. Everyone’s into their own stuff so it all comes together and evolves from my acoustic conception. Lately I’ve been bringing a lot of songs in like that. Once we put a drumbeat it switches things. I’ll bring in the melody and then we’ll just kinda jam it out. It actually happens really quickly with us. A day of practice and we’ll finish with a couple of new songs. Our rehearsals used to be really casual, but the problem was it’s really easy for me to get sidetracked. The guys try to keep me on the same page as them. I’ll start writing new stuff or start coming up with ideas for things. Lately we’ve been focusing on the songs that we do have and set another day for me to come up with new ideas.
urArtistnetwork: Seems like you’ve been through a lot! What has been you biggest challenge to date?
Chuck: I think the biggest challenge was trying to pay for everything, especially studio time. I wanted to do everything on my own and tried not to get help from other people. That was the hardest thing – trying to get money together and then keeping everyone together. Keep writing new songs and keeping things interesting is always a challenge. I submitted some songs to a factor and they ended up giving us some money to do our stuff so it turned out amazing. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened in my life. I’m really thankful to those guys. Trying to get this thing on the road and get it moving forward. It’s good to know that they actually care. Makes you feel good. It gives me confidence. I’m coming into my own – more confident and being able to sing. This ideas in my head are becoming more clear. For me it’s more about writing a song and trying to get through to people. I don’t really care about fame and fortune but it would be nice to make some money outta it. I think the main goal for me is to make songs, get through to people and share what I have to offer. We’ve finished the record – I think we have like fourteen tracks with interludes. It’s pretty long. We’ve got a lot of material but it turned out pretty good. I’m really happy with it. So is the band and the guy that produced it loves it. We’ve got a really good group of people with us who are helping us do it. The record will com eout this year and when it does we’re going to tour until we can’t tour anymore. We just wanna play as much as possible. Getting this thing out there is the first step! We’re excited.
See Organ Thieves at Canadian Music Week
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Presented by: Jagermeister
Show Date:
Wednesday March 09, 2011
Bovine Sex Club
542 Queen St. West
416 504 4239
Show information:
All wristbands-passes accepted
19 & over show
Ticket Price:
$10.00 Advance $10.00 Door
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