What’s new in the world of The Dodies? Spending time working on projects?
Yes, we’re focusing on videos and our social media presence now more than anything else, mostly because we have no other option, given what’s going on in the world at the moment.
– Let’s talk about a day in the life of a musician in the studio. How do you spend your time in the studio?
Every producer we’ve worked with has been a bit different, but the overall feeling is the same. We have a pretty clear vision as to what we should sound like and when we don’t reach that perfection it can get a little depressing. But we also have a lot of fun together sometimes to the point of crying of laughter. Ron Bumbelfoot Thal produced our upcoming album “It’s One Hell of a Ride” with us and he flowed very well with both our vision and our humor.
– How important is artwork for singles or albums?
Artwork can help paint a picture for the songs and suck you into a different vibe. A lot of people know the bands’ visual merch more than they care for their music. At the same time, some albums can have great music but just take a photo of a damn shampoo bottle with an iPhone as an album cover.
– When writing a song, is there such a thing as investing too much time? What’s the shortest time you ever took to write one? What was your strangest inspiration?
Yoni – The best songs I wrote didn’t take very long; if they ever do It’s probably a bad sign. I can’t recall the shortest one I wrote and really liked, but with most of the songs I probably get the crucial parts done by half an hour.
– Do you follow a formula when you write?
Yes, the melody comes first, and then the lyrics suit the melody better because they sound more convincing when you sing them.
– How important is merchandising? Could artists survive without?
Merch’s important. Artists probably couldn’t do without it, especially these days when you sell albums at shows as if it’s just a part of the merch.
– What would be some of your main musical influences today?
Radiohead, Nirvana, placebo, green day, bloc party
– What would we be surprised to find in your music collection at home?
Yoni – There used to be an Israeli hardcore punk band that sang in Hebrew called “The Cop Strangling department”. I was at their show when their singer gave me their album for free. There hit song was called “God, you’re a son of a bitch” and in the middle of the show the club shut their sound off, but they kept playing and the whole crowd sang with the band “God, you son of a bitch!!”.
Ran – I’ve got a few Mozart CDs that my mom used to play to me in the womb. Technically those were my first steps in music, and this whole existence thing.
– How important is it for a musician in this generation to spend time on social media?
It’s always been a big part of how we work; honestly we’ve never had a period as a band without having a Facebook page or Youtube account. And it’s only getting more important in time. A viral song\video for a song online can be a career starter just as good as a radio hit.
– With the music industry shutting down presently. How are you dealing with these issues?
The world’s current situation is making our virtual presence even more dominant. Right now it’s the only channel we can work in, or at least the most important one. So we’re pushing social media as hard as we can, And we’re also working on ideas for new videos, as well as spending more time on editing the content we all ready.
– Thank you for taking the time in doing this interview. Wish you all the best.
Thanks for having us!