PipemanRadio Interviews Mark Daly

0:01 Hi, you have unto censure for Wow crazy you Wake up America. It's time for the Adventures of Pipe Man on W four c Y dot com. West pomp Beats is number one internet radio station. Here's your host, the Pipe Man. M hmm, I wanna STARp love you. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm very excited about our next guest, uh because he is a badass musician.

1:02 And I do have to say also right off the bat that when I went to his website, the first thing that happened to me just looking like real quick, I got a flash of Chris Cornell and he I don't know if he's ever heard that, but it was pretty well. So I'm like, well, there's a good step right there in the right direction, because uh, I think he I think he is on a parallel level there. So let's welcome to the show. Mark Daly, how are you very good? Thank you for having me on. And Chris Cornell is my favorite singer ever, so I'll take that one. Well, look at that yet the picture you have on the website, it's like wow, I was like, you know, at first glance, it's like, holy crap, you know, and so yeah, and uh boost today I know exactly. So let's start off with for people that don't know you had this journey of music start for you, what was that moment in time in your life that you knew music was going to be a part of your life forever. I always love music, and as a kid, like played in different instruments and I was always into music. But I think when I got into like the band scene and the first time I got on stage with a full band and that the you know, the amps, just the drum kit and just feeling that feeling.

2:24 I have to say, the first time I got on stage of the band, I was like, Okay, I don't want to do anything else. That's it. And that was it. And you know, I want to bring that up too, because I also as somebody being in radio and being a speaker, you know, I know that feeling when you get up on stage. But then some people wonder, it's like, well, why do music artists think they're introverts? They get up on stage and they like sing or perform or play guitar or what have you. To these masses of people, how could an introvert do that and maybe you could explain to the list what happens when you get up on that stage. It's like you could be off the stage and either your extrovert or introvert doesn't matter. Once you get up on that stage, there's this like zone that you get into and like I call it a switch in my brain that just automatically switches. It's so true, It's so true. That's exactly what it is. Because when I'm quite shy and quiet in general, but like when I get up on stage, friends that have come to see as play for the first time are like, was that actually you? Like you're a completely different person, And like, because we're very energetic on stage as a band, and I like to rock out, I like to really get into it. I love talking to the audience. I love that connection, the magic, that feeling.

3:43 And then yeah, it's it's like an alter ego. It's just completely different to to who I am off stage. But I think that's part of the magic with music. Yeah, totally is. And you know, on the other side of it, I think and I think it's good for fans to notice type of stuff that don't always expect the artists to be exactly like that when you meet them in real life off the stage, because it's just like with me, I can't all the time, like I have my pipe Man Monikers, my radio Moniker, but pipe Man and Dean are like two different people but still the same people, but extreme, like the Moniker is the extreme part that you kind of keep filter on the real part to Yeah, it is. It's an amazing kind of thing, and I think a lot of people don't understand. That's why I'm bringing it up. So tell us a little bit about your upcoming album, Devil's Arms, which is like right behind me there and you like that, right, yeah, And you know you have your newest song out which is real, really cool. Tell us a little bit about that and how because I know a little bit, but tell the listeners how this song and this album is kind of like, you

5:14 know, it's different because you've really reached out of your comfort zone with it. Absolutely. Yeah. This record is kind of the first one with all the band involved, so it was kind of a really special thing where that you know, beforehand, I had written the songs kind of on my own, or you know, worked with a producer or something like that, but this record we went to El Paso, Texas into Sonic Cranch Studios. Uh, incredible place first of all, and working with Brian Virtue on this album was just amazing as well. And yeah, this is kind of just a different sounded, different style for us. And like I think the songs that came out of us at that those sessions where it was unbelievable, like it was just next level. I think we really found our Like it was great because we played live together for a couple of years. We have that like, you know, we know each other inside out things. And we went in and it was like I was so curious. I was like, what's it going to sound like? What all the boys involved? And they just nailed it. I basically went in with like acoustic demos and just built from there, and even some of them weren't finished. I wanted to leave them like wide open so that the lads could put in their their style, their sound, and it worked really really well. So we but we did a bunch of tracks. The first one came out on Friday. I Want to Be More and we wanted to go with like a fun, upbeat rock song that's just fun to play live, It's fun to listen to it's kind of got a mainstream kind of rock sound to it, but then the record is a bit of a roller coaster. There's some there's some deep dark stuff,

6:44 there's some heavy stuff. It's got a really nice blend between without sounding like different records. And that's where Brian came into the mix, of Brian Virtue who just got it perfect where the songs blend, but they're different as well, and it's a nice roller coaster. And I love hearing all that for multiple reasons. One is, you know, I think it's so important the team work and camaraderie that happens in music, and you really have to be all connected and everybody puts something else into the funnel, and I think that's when you come out with the best, best music. You know. It's just like I would rather have other people and their perception of what I do opposed to just my own, because you're getting that different viewpoint that maybe you never even thought of, and that brings you to a whole different level.

7:38 For even the intros, like you know that I want to be more starts with a bit of cowbell, little bit of drums and then brings in the sound like things like that I wouldn't have done on my own, right, you know, So, like those ideas that we just collectively came and worked on. We had like two days of pre production just to kind of go through everything, and which was a short amount of time, but it was perfect because we had a bit of pressure, but we also had complete creativity and that really shows in the record that, you know, we were all just in the zone with these ones. Yeah. And I love that you said rock because nowadays there are ten million sub genres or whatever of rock and really it is all just rock music. And I love that artists like you are bringing back that term because it's almost like bands nowadays, Oh god forbid, we should call it rock. Let's call it this other fancy name.

8:37 Yeah. Yeah, Because people come up with the merchant and they're like, oh, how would you describe your music? And I say, it's just rock. It's like that's what we're doing. We're rocking out and we're playing the songs that we wrote, and it's like, it's just rock. There's no there's no subcategory, there's nothing like that. It's just we're just rocking out. And you know what else I'd love about that is that as an artist. Of course, you never want to be like put in this box, because the whole idea of an artist is to explore and experiment and all that. And so if you're putting this little box of your blah blah blah blah blah, then that's the only music people want to hear from you. It's the only music the record label wants to hear. And then you get bored yourself, you know, with it, and then you start sounding like everybody else because you're just putting in this formula. So I love the idea of just calling it rock is then you could be whatever type of artists you agreed, agreed, and we and it's not like we were trying to reinvent the wheel when we were recording, like we right, We just we just did what we felt genuine well, I felt honest, like lyrically, honest, musically honest, just just went with what we felt as opposed to like we should probably do that because that will make a sound like this. We just let it flow. And there's a there's a couple of tracks on like Brighter Days and you like, those are deep, those are dark, those are you know, different tempo, and I think it's really cool that we were allowed to do that and have that creativity just to just be ourselves.

10:07 I love it. I love it, And I also really liked how you said roller coaster because to me, I want to listen to an album that doesn't have the same song over and over again, you know, and artists I know this for a fact, Like perfect example, I've talked about it in other interviews the band Bring Me to Rizon when when they give Ali all this shade for all the stuff he's been doing recently, it's like his answer. I love his answer, why do I want to write the same song over and over again? And he goes, it's already been written, it's already been done, and so that's what I love. But other people want to, hey, you should just be this, and that's what I'm talking about. But it should be a roller coaster because like, think of it this way. For those listeners out there that like go from track to track to track, well, yeah, this is like having your own playlist on one album. That's the way exactly. And I feel like bands are you can't like it's it's a lose lose situation because if you if you stick to the same style all the time people get fed up with it. But then if you come way off the style, people are like, well, what are you doing? That's not why I listen to you? So right, I think exactly when you're in when you're in the studio, just like, just do whatever it feels real and authentic and genuine, and then whatever happens afterwards happens. And Rick Rubin. Rick Rubin used to say that is like right for yourself and the audience will come. And I think, like that's

11:37 the best advice that you can give because if you're trying to like you, so if I if I put this in here, the crowd might like that bit or like you're thinking about a crowd's reaction as opposed to the music. And I think it's important just to stick to stick to your guns. I agree. And you know what you find is is when you try to please somebody, you don't please somebody else. So no matter what, the only way to go is to please yourself because you're not gonna please everybody, and you got a better chance of pleasing everybody by just being real. I agree, I agree totally, And yeah it was Rick that said that, And I think about too, you know, I'm an old school metal head from the eighties, you know, and I remember I wasn't allowed to listen to crap, you know, like, oh you like Slayer now, which you are one of my full time favorite bands. You can't listen to Motley Crue, you know, and stuff like that. And it's it's like, it's just so ridiculous because to me, I saw something recently somebody posts on Facebook that I loved, is you're not truly a metal head if you say you only like metal. Everybody likes different kinds of music and there's different things, and you know, if you're into music, you're into music. Is there some crappy music? Is there music maybe you don't like? Yeah, but I wouldn't say I only listened to rock, even I don't even think rock

13:09 even if you listen to like Ozzy Osbourne, Like he's got fantastic melodies like their melody there, he's a great like singer melodies, Like he's great at that. And it's like, you know, is that categorized as metal? You know, like exactly, yeah, you know, and it's like it's melody, it's catchy and it's good. Well, and look at he did a song with John as an example, you know, like I love that and remember that, and it's wild because you might have the old school Sabbath band to be like, oh, you sell out blah blah blah bah blah. But you know what, and I remember that term sellout, poser this and that. Yes, but maybe if some bands didn't quote unquote sell out like people like the coin It, I don't think it's really snowing out.

14:01 Maybe rock and metal would be dead, but it's not, you know, I agree, And because yes, it's great to be an underground band, but with a little maturity you realize that, you know, if you really want your music to be out there, it does have to go everywhere. It does. And then when you're performing the shows, you can put the old stuff and the new stuff in and introduce them it differently, you know. And on this tour, we're playing most of our new album, which isn't even out, but we just said why not, let's let them hear the new stuff, and then we're playing a couple of the older stuff for people that are returning from the last US tour. And I think it's just really nice to blend the too, so people that have never heard us before hearing old stuff and new stuff all in the one night. I think that's really it's really good. Yeah, And you know what's cool about that too.

14:54 The way you worded it is like, Okay, so you're playing this new stuff before you know the album even comes out. That's so old school anyway, because old school was you didn't buy the album by hearing it on Spotify. You went to a live show and you heard the music exactly. And we're gone old school as well because you can only get the album right now, actuals and the album is not going to be on Spotify or anywhere until July. So we're like saying that every night to the crowd, is like, if you want to pick up an album, you can get it now, otherwise it will be July when it's out. And then people are digging the new songs and they're run up to the merch and grabbing a CD and it helps us on the road big time. And I think it's just really cool to just be like just selling CDs again and just you know, meeting people at the merch signing CDs and getting the new music out there.

15:45 That way is It's fun. I love it. I love it. So speaking, which how can people go to your website, your socials connect with you, you know, check out where your shows are, and most importantly buy your merch because you do have some cool merch on your website, and that's the my way down survive today. It isn't. It isn't by getting a million hits on Spotify because then you get like fifteen dollars exactly. I just read art recently. It was like musicians are kind of like on the road t shirt salesman. Now there's there's an element, so that's true. But everything at one stop shop is our website. It's Mark dailyofficials dot com.

16:26 So all our tour DIDs, merch links to everything is up there, and then our tour, like on on the road, shenanigans and pictures and videos are going up on Instagram and Facebook under Mark Daily Music. I love it and I love shenanigans. It's so funny in the United States has such a bigly used word now, is it? Yeah? Oh yeah, totally. If somebody is going out partying or like shenanigans, if they're going on adventures, what shenangans are like, they use that word for I love it. You have any other final words you want to leave the listeners with that we haven't covered a array that they need to know about you. Well, I'm just super happy to be on firstly, so thank you for that teen and yeah, Chris, I'd like for everyone to check out the new music.

17:15 The first single, I Want to Be More is out now, there's a music video on the way. We just shout out. There's a bunch of music videos on the way. Actually we just did three in the last week. Nice. So yeah, that's all. That's all coming out. So every four weeks we're gonna four to six weeks we're gonna have a new single from the album drip Feed at slow release, and then the whole thing will drop in the summer. Love it and love the music. Everybody's got to check it out for sure. And thanks for being on the Adventures of pipe Man. Thank you very much for having me appreciate it. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipelin. I'm w for CUI Radio.