Dave Bone (guitarist) of supergroup DUNSMUIR who are releasing their self titled debut album on July 22nd. Also in the band is Neil Fallon (Clutch), Brad Davis (Fu Manchu) and Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell).
More info on the band:
www.instagram.com/dunsmuirband
– This summer we will see the Dunsmuir self titled album being release. How was the recording experience for these songs?
Hot and sweaty! We did the main tracking in the middle of the summer in an auto body garage out in Simi Valley, California. No AC. No windows. Clothes, and guitar were soaked. And somehow it added up to an amazing session. It was so hot we were laughing. That kind of heat warps your brain, but it gave us just the right amount of collective madness.
– Vinyl is making a comeback. It’s great to see you guys doing the four 7 inch singles. Where did this idea originally come from?
We thought it would be cool to introduce ourselves like how people used to hear new music – on vinyl. 7″ 45’s to be exact. There’s a lot of ways to ramp up an album these days but this way we actually put the music in people’s hands. So it’s cool for those who want to get into it early and actually have something crank up and put on the shelf to stare at. And the 7″s are limited edition, never to be pressed again.
– When writing a song, is there such a thing as investing too much time?
No. As long as it’s not the one and only song the person is writing. A song can be written in five minutes or five years. As long as it turns out good, that’s all that matters. Of course you’ve got to have perspective and hope you’re not beating a dead horse, but the other guys are there to say so. Do it until you finish or the wheels fall off, whichever comes first. The real key to writing a song is to write a lot of them.
– Do you have any tours coming up in the near future?
We hope to play shows soon and are open to the opportunity.
– Are you guys fans of Spotify and similar streaming services? What are your thoughts on this?
I have two opinions. As a fan, it’s great. Growing up, if you told me that instead of preciously saving up for a “Nice Price” cassette, I could listen to nearly the entire world’s music, I wouldn’t even be able to understand it. Incomprehensible. I remember thinking a friend’s older brother’s 40-count cd collection was like the greatest library ever. With Spotify, now you’ve got access to the ultimate “older brother” collection and no one will beat you up for rifling through it. But as a musician, Spotify is significantly underpaying artists. Putting new releases up is a tough thing. Because it’s essentially giving away something for free that still needs to get in the black.
– Will Dunsmuir be making promo videos soon to accompany the promotions?
Yes. We have a really cool lyric video for the song “Crawling Chaos!” that will be released soon. It turned out great.
– What goals as a musician have you yet to achieve?
The best thing about any musical instrument is that there is always something to learn. There’s no top of the mountain, just an endless journey of always trying to be better than yesterday. To always stay on this path is the never ending goal.
– Where do you see music in general going in 100 years from now?
I think it will continue to be hyper personalized in a very specific way and people will rely on their own personal “radio station” that will know you in and out. Like your computer will know it’s 10pm on a Friday night, your blood alcohol is high, and you usually like AC/DC‘s “Let Me Put My Love Into You” under these conditions. So it will do that and then match up a list of more late night jams, until the stream is interrupted by Domino’s pizza saying “we noticed your blood sugar is low. Our drone left the cheesy bread on the porch. You have been deducted 10 credits from your citizen account. Now back to your free streaming music…”