PipemanRadio Interviews ATER About Release of Somber

0:04 Hey, you have unto his censure. W C wow for you young why become of America. It's time for the Adventures of White Man on W four c Y dot com. West ponkas is number one internet radio station. Here's your host, the white Man. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm here with our next guest. Who we're in like I wouldn't say neighboring because it's not that close, but we're kind of in neighboring Latin countries because I'm in Costa Rica right now, and if I'm correct, he's in Chile right now, and uh so, but I know we're not that close because he's like hours ahead of me. But we don't have any time zone change here. But more importantly, his music is badass and his band is badass. So let's welcome to the show. Fernando from a Tar. Hey, thank you very much for having with the show pipe Man. Oh my pleasure. So question, what's

1:40 the weather like in Chile right now? I know we're going into fall, so the days are finally getting more gray and or chiley. I get tired of the summer quite quick actually, to be honest with you. See that's interesting because you know, you talk to different people throughout the world. They have different viewpoints on things like weather. You know. So we in the United States, at least where I'm from in New Jersey, like this summer is so short that we're bummed out when it's over. We spend the rest of the year, can't wait for summer to start again. Yeah, no, I totally get that. It depends where you're from. I guess what you're used to, that's right. So my question then, is is do you think that affects how you write music in your opinion? That's a hard question to answer because I've wrote music all over the map, to be honest with you, and especially for this album, I was in different places for almost every song. Wow. Yeah, I did a couple two of the songs of the new album We're done here in Santiago while I was visiting.

2:57 I was living in California at that time, so many of them are done in California and during different times of the year to winter or summer. But I do think there is some some influence there. It does affect a bit on how you're predisposed to write music, you know, and my preference is usually colder, colder weather. And so what makes you prefer the colder weather? You know, because everybody is different. Some prefer the hot, some prefer the colder, some don't care at all. What makes you prefer the colder? All right? I just I feel I can be more active when it's cold. Like when it's too hot, I feel overwhelmed by the heat and it's like I'm feel lazy. I'm just I feel like I'm melting all the time. And when it's cold, and when it's cold, I feel more productive. I feel like I'm able to do stuff without getting some tired so quick. You know, I agree with that. And perfect example of that is, you know, it's known in the northeastern United States, like places like New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connectut, all those states that during the winter, everybody's hustling, you know, and it's like, because it's cold out, there's two things. One, you're not distracted by other things you could be doing. Two, it does get your blood pumping.

4:27 Like when it's hot out, it's like ugh, you don't even feel like doing anything exactly exactly now. On the other hand, there's also the moods like you know, like in New Jersey at least when it gets gray in the winter, it gets kind of depressing, you know, post when you go out in the sunlight and it's kind of invigorating. So I think all these things play a role, especially in metal type music. Well, you know that plays a role in the music itself, because I think the tone of the music kind of can match those type of feelings and weather patterns that go along with those feelings. I definitely agree one hundred percent with that.

5:16 Yeah, I think the colder weather makes it just sot easier. It like set you up for these colder feelings and pouring them out into music. It is easier definitely when it's cold. Now Somber was recorded during COVID correct right and bring the lockdown. So I've been saying, you know that if you're going to take a positive out of a pandemic for the music industry, because it really kind of sucked for the music industry, But if you're gonna pull positive out of it is I think artist got a chance to jump off that hamster wheel of like having no time to be creative and they're just on the go, go go, that we were able to slow down and and I think some of the best music ever is going to come out of that pandemic because it's like old school you could sit down and create and really take your time to make the song what you want to be. Did you find that I agree with that, although our situation was different and it wasn't like the best scenario to just sit down and make music. We were struggling with our personal and financial lives not a bit, but I see what you're saying with other bests that were a bit more established and were they were able to continue to just write music without the time constraints of oh, I have to go on tour in like two months or whatever. And some really amazing music has been coming out and it shows. But on our side, you know,

6:49 two of our members that's me and Josh, we will have to like move out of California and you know, looking for economic opportunities, so that it just delayed the whole process. You know, we want it originally somewhere to be out like by the end of twenty twenty one actually or around that time, maybe the beginning of twenty twenty two. And here we are, you know, first half of twenty twenty four getting ready to release it, and that, you know, that answers that because here we are, twenty twenty four releasing it and it's kind of like there this and the fact that it's called somber even that that says something about the whole process of even making this album in my opinion. Yeah, yeah, So what for people that have never heard your music before, how would you describe this new music, you know, to to where they can get a feel of what the music's all about without necessarily I hate like labeling genres. I'd like to hear when artists thinks of their music, how they describe their music. Yeah, well, without going too much into labels, I would describe it as probably one of the heaviest releases of of the recent years, and very atmospheric, very

8:24 dense, and very very somber, you know, just like the title is actually just based on the sound, on the overall sound of the album we picked, We picked it, and then we developed the sound even further with the title. But I think it's very somber, not necessarily depressing, but it's it's like a somber view on the world and the reflection of that inside oneself, you know. Yeah, well that's I mean, listen, that's real to me, and I think music should be real and we are experiencing that in the world, and I think music should reflect that. And now, of course I would say the new lineup too, has created like even more of a vision of how your music should be. Is that correct?

9:22 Absolutely correct? Yeah. When when they learned the new lineup came up together, we were discussing ideas of how to present the man live and esthetically, as well as as many other aspects. But immediately we realized, oh, we're on the same page here, like we all want to die the same stuff. And that's I think why the package ended up being sort of cohesive, you know. And what we worked on for the first first video that we presented ignis immortalis h I think a lot a lot of that hard work to them because we we all agreed on what we wanted to do and was awesome. That's so important too, Like, because I've been around a lot of bands, like especially in the beginning, and they're just not on the same page a lot of times, and they may make great music, but that's when it doesn't last. It doesn't have that long lasting. I think it's so important to be all on the same page. Now that doesn't mean you don't have different influences, you don't have different likes and dislikes, but you can work as a cohesive team to make a finished product that everybody likes.

10:39 Definitely. Yeah, I think it's key, you know, to have everyone in the in the boat sort of like push it to the same you know, on the same on the same direction, because otherwise it's just so hard to to get anything accomplished. Really, things take longer. And when you have the energy of three people that are pushing towards the same thing, yeah, it's way better. Oh, no doubt about it. And so tell me, is there one moment in your life that that's when you knew one hundred percent this is what you wanted to do. Yeah, for sure, it was very early on, to be honest, this is like I never had it pretty much. I never had any doubts that I wanted to be a full time musician. And and then I'm being a looser step and now I'm like kind of like shooting for my music career. But I think it was when I was about eight years old and my mom had one of his like happy old friends come home to visit, and he sat down on my little brother's like like kids size drum set and he destroyed it, basically like play play at all primal, I believe John the Fisherman or something like that. And I was like blown away, and I was immediately hooked on Primuss and hooked on on music and drunking and everything. I knew then that's

12:15 what I need to be doing for forever. You know, I knew that I wasn't about eight years old when that happened. Wow, I love it. See I love hearing stuff like that because I think that is when it starts, when you're like young and you first get exposed to music, and like, I've had experiences along the way that you know, only other people like us could understand. You know. It's like it's even the thing when I talked to people even though I went to high school with and they're like, yeah, I used to like metal, And my answer is, well, then you never liked metal, you know, there's not a used to like maybe it was your fad for a little while, but you know, I think it's something that's like kind of ingrained in you. And I mean music is the best therapy out there. I know. During the pandemic, I kept telling people, I don't care if somebody gets on stage, some kid with a recorder, if it's a live show, I need to go, you know, because I think there's just something about diving into music, especially heavy music, that gets you kind of like in this zone. And a lot of people think it's depressing, but it's the exact opposite. Yeah, I one hundred percent agree, because I'm also obviously a huge metal fan and like some of my favorite bands and albums have actually helped me pull out there some very dark moments in my life. Yeah, and I totally relate to what you're saying, And yeah, I think it's wrong when people judge

13:46 it saying yeah, I don't know, that's depressing or that's aggressive or whatever. You know, Like I understand that, but when you actually give it a chance, it might stir up those darker feelings than you But that's also helping you kind of like chewing them up and like processing them, you know, and they're not looking there anymore, so it helps you release it. That's how I see it. That's why I look at the mosh pit. Man, it's a healthy way to get aggression and stops you from you know, kicking somebody's ass out on the street, you know, and you're having fun while at it, you know, releasing a lot. It's great, no in camaraderie, Like that's one thing. People that have never been to a metal show don't realize the family and the camaraderie and there are no outcasts there. And I think that in and of itself is great therapy. And I think a lot of people that don't understand they really don't listen to the lyrics. Maybe they can't make out the lyrics or you know that when you really understand the lyrics of a lot of songs, it's what people think it is on face value. Absolutely, that's so correct. Yeah, it gets a lot of judgment. But just like you said, metal is is like a big old family and people are very you know, friendly and polite one

15:18 to another for the most part. And that's a worldwide thing. You will see the same traits in metal heads here in Chile as well as in Brazil, as well as in Germany and everywhere where I've been and been to a metal show has been the same experience. And I laly yep, I do too. So now how do our listeners join your family and connect with you on socials, on the web, get the new music, check out merge, tour day. It's all that good stuff. Sweet. Yeah, so yeah, please keep an eye out for our stuff because we have a new album coming out April nineteenth. Obviously, you can find us on Instagram is where we are most active, and it's at after Underscore Dark Okay. And then on YouTube we have a lot of material coming out and you can find us there at at their Metal. But just type in after and we'll pop it. We'll pop on there and what else. We have our brand new website after dot cl very short url there and yeah, that's about it.

16:40 We are about to announce a tour in Latin American countries, so keep an eye off for that. That's that's probably the easiest and best way to join our family. I love it, and I love that your album's dropping on April nineteenth because that's my oldest daughter's birthday. You're like the second interview in a week that something was dropping on her birthday. So that's pretty cool. That's great, awesome, So any final words you want to leave our listeners with that we haven't covered already that you want them to know about the band and your music and anything that's upcoming. Yeah, I keep an eye off for tours and please go watch our latest music videos. We put a lot of hard worry into them. And thanks for tuning in and please check us out well. Thank you for making us great music and thanks for being on the Adventures of Pipe Man. I love it. Thank you, Pipeman, I appreciate it. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipemin. I'm w for CUI Radio.