interview with Dharma 101
Have any of you played in other bands? BF: Yes, all of us have been in other bands, and all of us still have parallel projects
How is it that you started playing music?BF: I started playing guitar at age 11, but it wasnt until i was 14 that it got really serious for me! We all started at a young age with music
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Luciano Frazani - Vocals
Bruno Fornazza - Guitars
Rafael Morassutti - Bass
Murilo Martins - Drums
Have you had other previous members? BF: In the past we had a former drummer and rhythmic guitar player! but as formations changed we sculpted the 4 piece band that we have now, and we think its the best option for the band
Did you make music even when you were young? I always wrote music since I started playing, but it was not so refined as it is today. it takes a lot of practice ad time to write music
Where are you from? We are all from the the city of Jundiaí, in the state of Sao Paulo - Brazil ,except Rafael, who lives in a nearby town called Campo Limpo Paulista.
What year did the band form? We formed the band in 2010
What's your style of genre? I would say we fit into the hard rock/heavy rock genre, thou we allow ourselves to flirt with many different styles of music to not get stuck in our sound
What inspires you? Inspiration may come from anything! movies, books, but most of it comes form life itself and the events of our lives.
How have you developed since you started with the music? in the begging the band was just me and Luciano, then we had some tryouts with some different musicians until we came to this formation, which I think is the best so far!
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? We are not looking, but we are not against it! if the opportunity comes it will be great! I think with the right label a band can really develop!
What are your songs about? Most of them deal with events of our lives, relationships, problems, conflicts of life, be it social or spiritual!
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? it's not a rule, but most of the times we start with the music
Have you done any covers live? so far no! but we thought about it and even rehearsed a couple of songs
What language do you sing in? english
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? least around 20 and most was over 1000
What ages are most of your concert attendants? Between 20 and 35 i guess
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We try to put as many song from our album as possible! be we usually switch the order of the set list
What was your first gig like? it was in a city park here where we live, it was with our former drummer and we played 4 songs, that we later recorded into our album.
What was your latest gig? it was our biggest crowd so far, and it was really great! it was an outdoor festival here in our city with other rock and metal local bands!!we recorder the audio and video for it and we hope to release a live video of it!
Where can people buy your merchandise? In Brazil, there are many stores and also online. For overseas buyers, you can contact us directly in our facebook page!
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records nowadays? Its a hard topic, but I think with downloading, more people get to listen to your band and that can payback later as more fans to your music.
What do you think of my work? its great, specially for small bands such ourselves! you help us to spread our music to more people and thats great!!
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? When the music is good doesnt matter if its old or new! there are many "new" bands doing a great job, and paying great respect for the great bands from decades ago!
What have been your biggest obstacles? here in Brazil its really hard to create a strong carrear as a band since its expensive to maintain a band and all its activities. Also its hard to find space for your original music!
What advice would you give other bands or artists? keep true to yourself and make the music you want to! people can feel your honesty and devotion to your art!
Do you have any new material? we've been working with new song for our next album!
What are your web sites?
https://www.facebook.com/bandadharma101
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0im0Ik6OX_-WHz-2iUa6g
How can people reach you? hrough our email [email protected] and in our facebook page
What are your plans for the future? For 2015 play as many concerts as possible and work on our next album for 2016!
Do you have something to add? thanks to all the people around the world how listen to our music! we are really happy that you enjoy it!