interview with Kauze
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes I played many other bands first been being worldwide panic which I recently started over again and I also played in a relatively well-known band called Motograter
How is it that you started playing music? I started playing music when I was teenager I got through some trying times as a as a teen I was an actor before metal and I quit and i just immerse myself in music and I never looked back
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Right now Its just me Lane Steele I go by Shadow and I have my bass player Michael Gustavsson and he goes by Redbeard and currently we are in studio recording a follow-up record to 2013's the rise to power and the upcoming record is going to be tentatively called “The Not So Finer Things in Life”
Have you had other previous members? Yes it from a previous members and some have went on to have really prosperous careers some based upon their foundation that they built in Kauze
Did you make music even when you were young? Yes I started my first but when I was 17 called worldwide panic
What year did the band form? Kauze was formed to 2005 in Hollywood California at Musicians Institute
What inspires you? Were inspired by life's true events and trials we also delve into the macabre and fantasy it's a very open-ended project
How often and where do you rehearse? We practice when we have shows are coming or tours right now we're finished with our last album cycle and are focusing on recording
How have you developed since you started with the music? Well I learn how to sing and learn how to write a song since I was a kid LOL
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Yes I have it just a workout Santa Clarita as I mentioned before I have my revamped band World Wide Panic and I also do a solo project with me playing acoustic guitar and singing so yes
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? Yes we are looking for a booking agency and possible management we've had a few in the past am definitely open to any possibilities
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? A label would be good and investor would be better is there's lot more freedom we know with this band we've had really good fortune to have really good management in the past so it's given us a good knowledge base to kind of outline I do it ourselves so with the right financing we could produce the same results as being an unsigned band but also when you with the with the with the label you have the right to recognizeability of that label behind you
What made you decide to make this music? Kauze is very visceral you know it is similar to bands like you know Disturbed and Slipknot not so much in style but in the kind of you know getting in touch with that you know thanks to yourself in dealing with that so it was it was meant to be a cooping tool to help people get through hard times
What are your songs about? Songs are about everything man. we never limit ourselves
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? I have been the primary songwriter of the band for its ten-year existence
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Do I start with lyrics and music first it depends on the song
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? I usually right late at night
Have you done any covers live? Yes in the early days a cause we used to cover bands like slayer and system of a down
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? I mean we played been on tour with bands like testament PowerMan 5000 fear factory and played sold out shows and then we played bars with five people depends
What ages are most of your concert attendants? We have fans of all age ranges
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We do not feel the same songs live all the time we change set lists
Do you have a regular place you play live often? The most frequent place and he plays the whiskey a go-go in Hollywood California
What was your first gig like? The memory is kind of fuzzy cause it's been a long time. I remember the first couple gigs I'm not quite sure which one was the first but the band was a lot different we were alternative metal instead of heavy groove thrash whatever we evolved to today so it was quite different.
What was your latest gig? We are on a a break playing live right now cause were in studio but I've been playing live shows with my solo project playing acoustic and sing
Have you had to cancel a gig? Yes we've had canceled the gigs and it was because certain members had prior engagements of other tours
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? We plan on finishing the record and then routing out a tour that makes sense
Where can people buy your merchandise? We have two different T-shirt variations hoodies and all of our three CDs for sale online at our store and you can go to www.kauze.com
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? What I think about people downloading music I think that it's a different day and age and you have to focus on something besides making a living off the music itself and making yourself a brand and a commodity and touring to support yourself financially instead of depending on sitting at home to wait for royalties
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? anything helps man just get the word out
Do you have any role models or idols? Yes I have icons and all that stuff I mostly inspired by probably Devin Townsend and strapping Young lad
What have been your biggest obstacles? Our issue as a band is just to maintain members you know? It's been really hard you know over the span of 10 years you know I'm the principal member I started the band by myself from recruited and it's been it's been a hard process because once you have music that's technically challenging you know once you find a drummer or lead guitar player that to play the stuff is challenging in an of itself. But those players and their talent is noticed and its likely for them to get headhunted for bigger bands and for mid-level guys like us that is definitely a hurdle moving forward
What advice would you give other bands or artists? My advice other bands and other artists don't stop! Continue and fuck the haters and fuck the bullshit and don't listen to anybody else but yourself everybody should be judged for their music not the hype not the bullshit not the he said she said but the fucking music!
How do you get psyched for a gig? its just another day at the office. Just got to get your mind ready get the blood pumping do some jumping jacks you some push-ups use vocal warm-ups, talk to the band give everybody up your prep talk get the blood rushing to get out there and start sweating
Do you have any new material? New material yes as aforementioned we are in the studio working on a follow-up record and we also have two completed singles that we shall release a standalone's in the coming months
What are your web sites?
www.facebook.com/Kauzeband
www.Kauze.com
www.youtube.com/Kauzeband
What are your plans for the future? The plan for the future is just continue on hopefully people keep digging what we do. We have we have been a loyal fans we love them and want to take the opportunity to say thank you to everybody that has hung in there we were to keep on going and keep on checking out what we do thanks!
Do you have something to add? Yesterday I want to say thanks Robex actually opportunity and keep rocking later!
How is it that you started playing music? I started playing music when I was teenager I got through some trying times as a as a teen I was an actor before metal and I quit and i just immerse myself in music and I never looked back
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Right now Its just me Lane Steele I go by Shadow and I have my bass player Michael Gustavsson and he goes by Redbeard and currently we are in studio recording a follow-up record to 2013's the rise to power and the upcoming record is going to be tentatively called “The Not So Finer Things in Life”
Have you had other previous members? Yes it from a previous members and some have went on to have really prosperous careers some based upon their foundation that they built in Kauze
Did you make music even when you were young? Yes I started my first but when I was 17 called worldwide panic
What year did the band form? Kauze was formed to 2005 in Hollywood California at Musicians Institute
What inspires you? Were inspired by life's true events and trials we also delve into the macabre and fantasy it's a very open-ended project
How often and where do you rehearse? We practice when we have shows are coming or tours right now we're finished with our last album cycle and are focusing on recording
How have you developed since you started with the music? Well I learn how to sing and learn how to write a song since I was a kid LOL
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Yes I have it just a workout Santa Clarita as I mentioned before I have my revamped band World Wide Panic and I also do a solo project with me playing acoustic guitar and singing so yes
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? Yes we are looking for a booking agency and possible management we've had a few in the past am definitely open to any possibilities
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? A label would be good and investor would be better is there's lot more freedom we know with this band we've had really good fortune to have really good management in the past so it's given us a good knowledge base to kind of outline I do it ourselves so with the right financing we could produce the same results as being an unsigned band but also when you with the with the with the label you have the right to recognizeability of that label behind you
What made you decide to make this music? Kauze is very visceral you know it is similar to bands like you know Disturbed and Slipknot not so much in style but in the kind of you know getting in touch with that you know thanks to yourself in dealing with that so it was it was meant to be a cooping tool to help people get through hard times
What are your songs about? Songs are about everything man. we never limit ourselves
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? I have been the primary songwriter of the band for its ten-year existence
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Do I start with lyrics and music first it depends on the song
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? I usually right late at night
Have you done any covers live? Yes in the early days a cause we used to cover bands like slayer and system of a down
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? I mean we played been on tour with bands like testament PowerMan 5000 fear factory and played sold out shows and then we played bars with five people depends
What ages are most of your concert attendants? We have fans of all age ranges
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We do not feel the same songs live all the time we change set lists
Do you have a regular place you play live often? The most frequent place and he plays the whiskey a go-go in Hollywood California
What was your first gig like? The memory is kind of fuzzy cause it's been a long time. I remember the first couple gigs I'm not quite sure which one was the first but the band was a lot different we were alternative metal instead of heavy groove thrash whatever we evolved to today so it was quite different.
What was your latest gig? We are on a a break playing live right now cause were in studio but I've been playing live shows with my solo project playing acoustic and sing
Have you had to cancel a gig? Yes we've had canceled the gigs and it was because certain members had prior engagements of other tours
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? We plan on finishing the record and then routing out a tour that makes sense
Where can people buy your merchandise? We have two different T-shirt variations hoodies and all of our three CDs for sale online at our store and you can go to www.kauze.com
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? What I think about people downloading music I think that it's a different day and age and you have to focus on something besides making a living off the music itself and making yourself a brand and a commodity and touring to support yourself financially instead of depending on sitting at home to wait for royalties
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? anything helps man just get the word out
Do you have any role models or idols? Yes I have icons and all that stuff I mostly inspired by probably Devin Townsend and strapping Young lad
What have been your biggest obstacles? Our issue as a band is just to maintain members you know? It's been really hard you know over the span of 10 years you know I'm the principal member I started the band by myself from recruited and it's been it's been a hard process because once you have music that's technically challenging you know once you find a drummer or lead guitar player that to play the stuff is challenging in an of itself. But those players and their talent is noticed and its likely for them to get headhunted for bigger bands and for mid-level guys like us that is definitely a hurdle moving forward
What advice would you give other bands or artists? My advice other bands and other artists don't stop! Continue and fuck the haters and fuck the bullshit and don't listen to anybody else but yourself everybody should be judged for their music not the hype not the bullshit not the he said she said but the fucking music!
How do you get psyched for a gig? its just another day at the office. Just got to get your mind ready get the blood pumping do some jumping jacks you some push-ups use vocal warm-ups, talk to the band give everybody up your prep talk get the blood rushing to get out there and start sweating
Do you have any new material? New material yes as aforementioned we are in the studio working on a follow-up record and we also have two completed singles that we shall release a standalone's in the coming months
What are your web sites?
www.facebook.com/Kauzeband
www.Kauze.com
www.youtube.com/Kauzeband
What are your plans for the future? The plan for the future is just continue on hopefully people keep digging what we do. We have we have been a loyal fans we love them and want to take the opportunity to say thank you to everybody that has hung in there we were to keep on going and keep on checking out what we do thanks!
Do you have something to add? Yesterday I want to say thanks Robex actually opportunity and keep rocking later!