A Popup Interview with Alamantra

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A Popup Interview with Alamantra
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VR:
What is your favorite song on the radio?

Alamantra:
I haven't listened to the radio much, but I do like that Oleander song, "Why I'm Here."

VR:
Do you have all your songs downloadable at mp3.com?

Alamantra:
Not all of them. But I do have quite a few available there. Nineteen I think.

VR:
What are your thoughts about the solar system?

Alamantra:
I'm glad that we have one.

VR:
How long does it take for an average song to go from a musical idea to a recordable song?

Alamantra:
That varies. Usually it is really, really fast. I have literally written a song in the afternoon and recorded it that night. However my songs tend to evolve. Some of my songs have several different recorded versions and these can be radically different as the song matures.

VR:
Have you ever paid for advertising for the band?

Alamantra:
Sure.

VR:
What is your favorite local venue?

Alamantra:
The Nick. It's called Birmingham's Dirty Little Secret. There have been some great shows in that dive!!! I have seen Living Color, The Meat Puppets, Mike Watt, The Black Flag, Adrian Belew, Steve Morse, Johnny Winter, Circle Jerks. One time Bono and Adam Clayton from U2 dropped in for a drink. It's a really cool place.

VR:
What are your plans for the future with your band?

Alamantra:
The band IS my future. Since I am Alamantra the persona as well as in Alamantra the band.

VR:
What makes you and your band unique?

Alamantra:
This is kind of strange. I think what sets us apart is the Magick. When I was in my early 20's I had already been playing music for some time; but it was around this time that I got turned onto Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley. I started employing the techniques and my music starting to behave in a synchronistic manner with my environment. We recorded a song about the Heaven's Gate suicides three years before it happened. The album that this song was on had a picture of a tornado on the front cover. The night of the release party, there were seven tornados that hit the town that we were playing in. The name of the song is called Seven Veils. I hope to get it up on the web by the end of summer.

VR:
So, tell me..what exactly, motivates you, the artist to write songs?

Alamantra:
It is something that I have been doing since I was thirteen years old. I guess that it comes naturally and so I'll continue to do so.

VR:
Will mp3.com really provide an avenue for people to make it?

Alamantra:
They are the innovators of a new way of musical accessibility. I know that they have opened a door that won't be easily closed.

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