interview with ArcadiA
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes, we have played in several different bands, such as AC/DC Tribute , GUNS N ROSES Tribute, And Other..
How is it that you started playing music? Because We loved heavy Music And we wanted to Be a professional musicians in our life
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Simone Martinelli, 19 (Guitar & Backing Vocals)
Francesco Benevelli 18 (Guitar & Backing Vocals)
Riccardo Costi 22 (Vocals)
Nicholas Marchi 22 (Bass & Backing Vocals)
Davide Catellani 18 (Drums)
Lorenzo Bocchi 17 (Keyboards, Synth & Backing Vocals)
Have you had other previous members? Yes, We had Another singer in 2016
Where are you from? We are from Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy Loves Metal!
What's your style of genre? Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, And Of course Neoclassical Metal Music! I loved it!
What inspires you? Our particolar ispirations are the 70’s 80’s And 90’s But For The The guitarists are of course: Yngwie Malmsteen, Angus Young, Slash , Kee Marcello And Vinnie Vincent and many more..
How often and where do you reherse? Once A week! at insomnia studios
How have you developed since you started with the music? We developed studying step by step all of our parts in the songs, and Of course reharsing without Wasting time!
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Some of us Are studying in accademcal school, some of us Studying Music! And some of us Works!
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? Yes For sure is a very intresting thing find a booking agency for us ! But we can’t find It !!
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? Yes, We want it. Our demo is being recorded and then We will send it to some labels.
What made you decide to make this music?
The thought that maybe one day, my music will be remembered and sung like those of today.
And Because We love it!
What are your songs about? Our songs Are about Mysticals and Fantastics Thungs!
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? The Songwriters And Lyricists Are Simone And Francesco
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Simone&Francesco: Musics Of Course, Because We are guitarists ahah!
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? We only compose when we feel really inspired. In short, when music calls us
Have you done any covers live?
Of course, we love to do cover, especially rearranged in our style,
on the facebook page you will find our version of guns n roses' patience!
We are very proud of that work!
Passa a italiano
Of course, we love to do cover, especially rearranged in our style, on facebook page you will find our version of guns n roses' patience! We are very proud o
What language do you sing in?
Our main language is English!
But you never know that one day we could
implement new languages in our songs!
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs?
The gig with the lesat people was around 50! But the one with the most was
Around 1000 people in a festival!
What ages are most of your concert attendants? To tell the truth the age changes place in place, we always see kids and boys so it makes us more than pleasure, the metal is not dead yet!
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We change the tracklist every concert trying to please both the audience and the band!
Do you have a regular place you play live often? Yes, we know a place of friends where they let us play more than once, the place is beautiful and it is in parma, there have played artists such as Blaze Bayley, Mark Boals and others
What was your first gig like?
Our First gig was In 2014 in a small theater!
We were still young, but we feel like real rock stars!
What was your latest gig? Our Latest Gig Was In a Italian festival!
Have you had to cancel a gig? Yes.. Sometimes due to the promoter!!
Where have you played live this year?
In Several Places! Like Festivals, Pubs, Bars And Clubs!
And We Rock the House!
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? We planning to do some gigs around the italy and move Out your Country!
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? We Starts around six months ago!
Where can people buy your merchandise? You will find the t-shirt on facebook!! check it!
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? They Are destroying the music businness
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? Things got more difficult for everyone involved in the musical businness
What do you think of my work? Yes is an intresting work, it help some new bands to emerge!
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? Obviously it's easier to find inspiration from older bands, because they really put a huge dent. Something you never heard before!
How can people reach you? People Can reach us on throught our Facebook page “ArcadiA”
What are your plans for the future? We are recording a full-Lenght!
Do you have something to add?
thank you so much. It was a great experience.
Music is the only thing that lets us stop
thinking of problems and focusing on our little
imaginary world.
