Ini adalah sepenggal hasil wawancara saya dengan member Meraki/Toska (Brian) :
Me : Where does your band originate from?
Brian : The band Meraki/Toska was born in the outskirts of Houston, Texas as a project of a few of the current members.
Me : How many members in Meraki/Toska?
Brian : There are 5 member of Meraki/Toska : PJ - Guitarists
Matthew - Guitarists
Brian - Bassist
Brandon - Drummer
Hayden - Vocalist
Me : Why do you use Meraki/Toska as your bands name? What is the meaning?
Brian : Our band name is comprised of a greek and roughly mean to leave a piece of yourself in your art, whether it is love, sadness that doesn't have to have any specific reason. We chose this name because it encompasses the messages and emotions we put into our art. Plus it is original. You'll never find another band named Meraki.Toska.
Me : Where is your band from?
Brian : Most of the members are from Houston area. Me is from New Jersey. The band itself is from Houston, Texas.
Me : What influenced your band?
Brian : Everyone in the band grew up listening to punk rock, screamo and similar music genre so those types of music are obvious influences on our band. We've been told we sound like Pianis Become The Teeth, Defeater, and Me Without You, We're Very Proud of that.
Me : How many albums do you now have?
Brian : We have one EP and one album that's too long to be considered and EP and too short to be a full length LP, a split EP we did with a band from New Jersey called Distanced, a few random singles, and we were featured on a few compilation albums last year. We plan to release new music very soon.
Me : Where do you record your music?
Brian : Matthew owns and operates his own studio, so that is where we have recorded every single song. It's extremely convenient and beneficial having our own studio.
Me : Do you release Tape, Vinyl or CD?
Brian : We have tapes of our first EP and CDs of our longer EP and our slit EP that we burn and print on ourselves. We don't charge money for any of our music so we don't make too many physical copies of our music. Everything is available online for free.
Me : Tell me anything you would like to tell the world.
Brian : We're five humble guys from Texas that love what we do. We've been fortunate enough to travel the United States and have very positive responses to our music. Thank you so much for this opportunity to share what we do with other parts of the world. if anyone would like to be friends, add us on facebook and instagram, we always try to keep in touch with everyone.
Oke, Thanks to Brian and Matthew for the interview, i hope we can meet in real life.
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