Melophobia - ميلوفوبيا
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes. All of us have joined a lot of bands before except for the vocal ( Mohamed Awad)
He was working by his own.
How is it that you started playing music?
Well for me as a rhythm guitarist i started playing guitar since 2010
i was really interested in bands like "linkin park" so i decided to get a classic guitar and play something but on the big gigs i saw the amplifiers and those huge staff and i said nah that's not the correct equipment and after too long time i bought my first electric guitar because it was expensive and most of the guitarists in the band have the same story maybe it has some different details but its the same overall.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
for me. My name is Mohamed Dawy rhythm guitarist and am 24 years old
Mohamed Awad the vocal 21, Adahm Ashraf bassist 28
Mohamed Amr drummer 23 as well, and finally Adham ayman lead guitarist 21.
Have you had other previous members? Yes a lot and to be honest i have joined the band recently they had a bassist and a rhythm guitarist
but it wasn't go very well with them
Did you make music even when you were young? Of course most of us have made his own song when he was young but he wouldn't able to record it
Where are you from? Egypt. Cairo
What year did the band form? It was in 2017.
What's your style of genre? Its hard to say but you can say we are into alternative rock with some of the oriental metal .
What inspires you? Well most of us inspired by Avanged Sevenfold, Metalica, Linkin Park. Savatage. Lamp of god. Zack Wyled ...etc
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Video games and who is not :D
What are your songs about? Most of our songs are about Psychiatric illness, Life challenges and hard situations.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? All of us we shares ideas together but mostly Adham Ayman is doing and creating the recording and the composing works.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Music comes first
Have you done any covers live? Yes we did a lot
What language do you sing in? Arabic - Egyptian accent
Where do you plan to gig the coming year? Everywhere if it possible
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? They don't know how its extremely exhausting to record a track from the scratch,Iit could take a lot of days and a lot of our energy and what happen by the end you just downloaded it and i got nothing but its Ok i was downloading songs too :D
What do you think of my work? Extremely important for any one still in the beginning. You are like our voice to the people
Do you have any role models or idols? Yes a lot one of them is Zack wylde
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? Nope not easy at all old band and today band have created a lot of complicated things that cannot be simplified to get inspiration from
What have been your biggest obstacles? Well we don't have someone that have the experience in recording and we don't have enough equipment to do it by our self and in our country to go to one of the studios to record a track its extremely expensive however we did our best using simple things with low quality and we mixed and mastered it by our self and its still an obstacle till now
What advice would you give other bands or artists? Enjoy every single moment and never load on yourself
How can people reach you? Via our Facebook Page and it has our numbers as well
What are your plans for the future? Its a lot we want the whole world know who are Melophobia
Do you have something to add? Well i wanted to thank for your job and for making this kind of interview to let the people know who we are.
