Artist vs Poet (Guys Guys Guys Tour)

Published by Rhea on May 17, 2009

“We’ve made this dream turn into a reality”, as quoted in song All In is just what these guys have been doing. From high school to touring the United States and getting signed to Fearless Records, Artist vs Poet is slowly getting the recognition they deserve. Nothing seems to stop them from reaching their goals and at the same time, their music seems to impact many. (This interview was done April 15, 2009 at The Waiting Room in Omaha, NE).

 

SDS: How did you come up with the name Artist vs Poet for your band?

*random guy walks by*

Tarcy: I had the name a while back. Probably about two and a half years ago, or something like that and it was an acoustic project that I had and then they broke up, I was looking for something new, then he came around *pointing at Craig* and then we joined forces and then brought what we have now.

We’ve had it for a while.

 

SDS: Who writes the lyrics and music for the band?

Tarcy: So far it’s been me and him *points at Craig*, but for the next album all of us. We’re all going to have a part in it

 

SDS: Do you have any songs written for it yet?

Tarcy: Yes, we have a few songs, we have a ton of concepts already, but completed songs we have.

 

SDS: What are some of the obstacles that you have had to overcome to get where you are today?

Tarcy: Going from a Suburban to a van, that was kind of an obstacle. Sleeping in a Suburban with all these guys. School

Craig: Yeah

Tarcy: That was an obstacle

Joe K: I think that’s pretty much it

Joe W: Girlfriends, we all had to break up with our girlfriends, that was fun

Jason: I did not

Joe W: While on tour

Tarcy: He’s lying

Craig: Not being able to see your friends at home. It’s really hard to be honest with you. Not being able to see anybody back home is, I guess a constant obstacle. In the past some of the member changes, we never had a solid line up and now we finally have things right so.

 

SDS: How do you guys keep yourselves occupied while on tour?

Tarcy: In the van? We play a lot of games., there’s a ton of them. There’s a bad word in one of them though. Myspace.com/bandgamesandshit . So there’s this list of like 20 games on there and that’s what we do basically. We do…

*huge, loud truck drives by*

Tarcy: Now that we have a tour manager, he drives a long way and we just hang in the back. We hav ea full length to write and…

*everything suddenly gets quiet*

Tarcy: Red light.

SDS: Speaking of games, have you guys ever played the bird game?

Tarcy: The what?

Joe W: The one where you do this *does bird game mask*

SDS (D): Yeah

Tarcy: I will never ever play that game. I played it for like two days…

SDS: The crack game?

Tarcy: The what?

SDS: The crack game?

Tarcy: I’ve never heard of it

Craig: I have no clue

SDS: Someone shows crack, you extend it

Tarcy: Okay, I was like what?

Joe K: Oh look, it’s a school bus

*everyone claps*

 

SDS: In your opinion, what’s the difference between an artist and a poet?

SDS (D): Ohh, good one

Craig: Oh, I know this

Tarcy: Uh, oh

Craig: A poet is… Oh, I’m sorry. A poet is also an artist, but an artist… Oh no no, we’ve had this one before. An artist is not necessarily a poet

Tarcy: Aren’t they both?

Jason: Not really

Craig: A poet is an artist, but an artist isn’t necessarily a poet

Jason: It’s crazy

Craig: I just think we should write that one down

 

SDS: Okay, which one are you?

Craig: Personally? Both

Tarcy: Both. The versus thing is like wight here *pretends to divide him from rest* and that’s them all the time. It’s really weird

Joe W: Artist, I’m not good with words

Jason: Artist because I’m not good with words either

*everyone laughs*

Joe K: Neither….

 

SDS: Who would you say in the band is most picked on?

Tarcy: Most picked on…

*everyone points at Joe K*

Tarcy, Jason, Joe W, Craig: Kirkland!

Craig: That one was easy

Tarcy: He’s just really easy

Joe W: He’s a loser

Tarcy: We love him to bits

 

SDS: What was your first instrument and how old where you when you started playing?

Tarcy: First instrument? I don’t know if vocals can be an instrument, but I started singing when I was 7

Craig: I started playing guitar when I was in about 8^th or 9^th grade

Joe W: Drums when I was 8 or 9

Jason: Drums when I was 12

Joe K: *whispers* Piano when I was in the 4^th grade

Tarcy: He said piano when he was in the 4^th grade

Joe K: *yells with accent* Piano in the 4^th grade

 

SDS: For people who have not heard your music, how would you explain it?

Tarcy: Rock & roll

Joe K: *Pretends to do guitar solo*

Jason: Pop rock

Joe W, Craig, and Tarcy: Pop and roll

Joe K: Pop and roll!!!

Tarcy: Hey!

Joe K: It’s new, that’s new

Joe W: New genre on Itunes

Tarcy: Pop and roll

 

SDS: What is one random fact about you or the band that you think people might like to know?

Tarcy: The one that I’m always saying… I’m the last of 8 kids in my family with all T names, we’re all Mexicans…

SDS (D): Say it

Tarcy: Tony, Terry, Trudy, Tracy, Tammy, Tory, Tavy, Tarcy

SDS: Can you say it again? *laughs*

Joe K: Magnifico

Tarcy: What can I say?

Joe K: If I knew that was going to be my last kid, I would probably name him Rick.

*everyone laughs*

Joe K: Tavy, Tarcy, and Rick

*everyone laughs*

Craig: Um, I don’t know. I can’t think of anything so.. I’m kind of quiet, not a dick

*everyone laughs*

Craig: It’s not because I’m rude or anything, I’m just kind of shy

Tarcy: For all who see this, and no he’s not a dick

*everyone laughs*

Tarcy: *pretends to post imaginary banner on wall* And Craig is not a dick

*everyone laughs*

Joe W: Well, when I was 8, my parents signed me up for ballet, tap, and jazz

*everyone laughs*

Tarcy: There are pictures all over the internet

Joe W: Actually if you go to myspace.com/the….

SDS: What? Say it again

Joe W: The February Heartache, it’s actually a profile pic of me in dance

Jason: I was completely home schooled. Tarcy was too

Tarcy: But it was fake home school, it was fake

Joe K: Uhh… *looks at Craig* What? I’m a very slow eater.

Jason: He’s a very picky eater

Joe K: I ate Belgian waffles and I took too long

Tarcy: This is Kirkland at a McDonalds *walks up to camera*. I would like half of the burger with mayonnaise,

Joe K: No!

Tarcy: Half with mustard, three quarters of the pickle in the middle of the burger, if you could shave off half of the sesame seeds that would be great

*everyone laughs*

Joe K: I guess that’s how I eat…

Tarcy: I’m joking, I’m joking

Joe K: What’s wrong with saying only mayo?

SDS: Well, because mayo is nasty…

Craig: I agree with you

Tarcy: Well, I agree with Joe (K) *gives him a high five*

To view more pictures of Artist vs Poet on the Guys Guys Guys Tour, be sure to check out the gallery.

3OH!3 (AP Tour 2009)

Published by Rhea on May 16, 2009

Having only 2 band members, a song on the radio, and having the opportunity to co-headline the 2009 AP is the one and only 3OH!3. Singers Sean Foreman and Nat Motte started 3OH!3 in their hometown of Boulder, CO in 2007 and from when they started, they have gotten farther than they could have ever imagined. (This interview was done April 9, 2009 at Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, NE).

 

SDS: How did you guys come up with the name 3OH!3 for your band?

Nat: 3OH!3, 3-0-3 the prefix is the area code of Colorado and Sean actually got it tattooed on his leg as like a formage thing

Sean: And then I got it quickly removed with a cheese grater

Nat: No and then it came down to naming our band and we were already making music and were like, he kind of has a cool tattoo so we should just name it that

 

SDS: What is it like being a band starting out in Colorado?

Sean: It’s cool. Colorado is a great scene for music. I think the fans are super supportive, there’s a lot of new grass root kind of bands and lot of scenes that are in Colorado and a lot of bands that stop through Colorado, obviously because it’s in the middle of, I don’t know it’s kind of literally the crossroads of America. A lot of people drive through so they play there. We got to see a lot of different music growing up so it’s cool

Nat: Yeah, people really support our music a lot in Colorado. I mean coming from there, obviously, everything is a result I think from how supportive people are and how they go to shows and buy music and go crazy, so it’s great. It’s great to know that we’re from such a tight place.

 

SDS: You guys only have two people in your band?

Nat: Yeah, just me and *points and Sean whistles*

SDS: How would you say that this would compare to having more people?

Sean: You know, a lot more doe

Nat: A lot more *whistles*

Sean: You know, a lot more women, a lot more dude friends to split up

Nat: Wait, if there were more people in the band, there would be a lot more women on

Sean: Okay… Well then, maybe not that. There’s really not…

Nat: Maybe we should just stick to the doe part of it. Well we only get payed according to… They wouldn’t pay a five person band more

 

SDS: What are some of the obstacles that you guys have had to overcome to get where you are today?

Nat: Um, lets see…

Sean: I don’t know

Nat: There has been some. I think anytime you make something and it’s a little bit more different than the normal bridge your on, people get a little uptight sometimes

Sean: I think every time you’re rapping at a metal show that’s one, or if your rapping in a real, it’s like…

Nat: Bulldogs in harmony, that California show. I mean we’ve done so many different shows in so many different kinds of scenes, I mean, it’s been cool. The vast majority of the time, everything has gone so good and we’ve learned from when stuff is harder and when it isn’t, so I think people are open to having fun and having fun with music and having fun at shows and I think that’s kind of our deal, I think that’s what we wanted to do and people seemed to respond.

 

SDS: Your album came out last July correct?

Nat: Correct

SDS: How did you guys come up with the name Want for it?

Nat: Actually we were throwing names around, what was it going to be? Bedazzled?

Sean: Bedazzled Mucho Mass

Nat: Bedazzled Mucho Mass, but we ended up calling it Want. I was getting excited and I woke up to tell my brother about it, I was telling him everything and how I was pumped about everything and what we were going to do and I was talking about how I want I want and was sent to him in all caps.

Sean: It’s kind of like over advertisement. It’s like if someone sees want on a cd they’re going to buy it

 

SDS: In the past week, I’ve heard Don’t Trust Me on the radio 20+ times, did you guys ever expect this song to do as good as it has been?

Nat: No, no we didn’t. I mean when we wrote it, we knew it was fun and we had fun with it. I think it’s like everything. We don’t have high expectations but we sound super super low

Sean: I think that’s our goal in life, set your expectations low and you’ll be impressed with the outcome

Nat: No, I mean we work very very hard, but after all it’s been super amazing and for us I think it’s been great. It’s been great. It’s really satisfying with what we’ve worked for and we’re going to keep doing it

 

SDS: For people who have not yet heard your music, how would you describe it?

Sean: Uh…

Nat: Um….

Sean: An M80 in a toilet

Nat: That’s pretty good. Exploding or….

Sean: Just hanging in there

Nat: It’s like an electronic influence, a rap influence, I just think it’s, it’s just party music I think. We just do the best we can to have fun. We just have do a crush a little, some electro

 

SDS: Okay, to Sean. What is one random fact about Nat that you think people would like to know?

Sean: One weird fact? He can put both of his legs behind his head

 

SDS: Okay, and then the same question about Sean.

Nat: Sean’s a really nice guy

 

To view pictures from 3OH!3 on the AP Tour 2009, feel free to visit the gallery.