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Rio Wiley: Interview

by Alex Muller

Rio Wiley, if you haven't listened you have to now. Rio, just released his new EP "Young Ghost" which consists of some very nice sounds, give it a listen and don't sleep on him. Check out these few questions we had the pleasure asking him and get to know him a bit more! All the love, Alex from ED.

Electric Daze: Congrats on the new EP "Young Ghost" man, I'm really digging these tunes! Tell us a little about it and you? 

Rio Wiley: Thank you, I am so very happy to be releasing this finally! Well, I'm Rio (if that wasn't obvious haha), however I play under the moniker Rio Wiley, which is my solo indie rock project. I used to sing and write for I Remember Burning, a post hardcore band here in Arizona. We put out two records and decided to move on musically and thus Rio Wiley formed! Right now I produce and write music when I am not teaching 4th graders. I actually graduated from Arizona State University with business degrees and am currently finishing my Master's degree in education. Kind of setting up my plan B so I can comfortably pursue my plan A of touring and writing full time. Needless to say, my days are busy and exhausting, but always fulfilling!

ED: How long have you been working on this EP? How'd you come up with the name? What's the most important thing to writing?

RW: Gosh, well I've been writing songs away from I Remember Burning since we formed back in 2012. But I think I can really say the recording and bringing to life of this EP began back in February 2016 when I released my first single. We finished recording in June and began promotions in September.

Rio Wiley is actually my first and middle name. I am named after my great grandmother, who had a really big influence in my family. She passed when I was only 1, but I know she must have been a pretty incredible woman for my parents to name me after her. The moniker is really a stage name, if you will!

If I could pick one thing that is most important to me besides the lyricism, it would be the chorus. Any good song is gonna have a great chorus and a memorable melody. The lyrics play a huge role in reeling people in to that area of the song, too.

ED:  You recently played a show in Phoenix right? How was that? What's your favorite thing about playing a live show?

RW: I did! It was my CD release show with Something Like December, The Breaking Pattern, and Alex Mullins and the Royal. All amazing musicians and good hearted people. Be sure to check out their records as well! I couldn't say enough good things about the show. We almost sold out, and that itself is so humbling.

My favorite part of any show is interacting with the crowd and seeing fans sing along. It was amazing to see people singing along at the CD release show before my album was even released! Such an honor.

ED: 2016 is coming to an end, what's one of your favorite memories of 2016? 

RW: Honestly, releasing this record. It represents the closing of a really tough chapter in my life, and it's great to feel the release. However I did also graduate from ASU and start teaching 4th grade, which are also memories I will never forget.

The 2016 Presidential Election? Definitely (un)forgettable.

ED: Do you have any touring planned anytime soon? 

RW: I have something in the works right now for winter and spring, but can't say too much yet until it's all confirmed! But I will say that yes, there is touring in the near future.

ED: Can you remember what was your first piece of music that made you fall in love with music? 

RW: So many artists and songs have inspired me, but my favorite band of all time is Foo Fighters. The song writing and lyricism of Dave Grohl is genius to me. I remember playing one of my first guitars when I was 13 and covering their songs in my bedroom every day. They definitely got me into rock music. I would also throw Anberlin and Jimmy Eat World up there!

ED: If you were stranded on an island, what's three things you must have with you? 

RW:  I always love this question, because I have a different answer every time:   an acoustic guitar, a lighter, and a copy of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

ED: Before we sign off is there anything else you'd like to include or say? Thank you so much man!

RW:  To any fan or friend, future or present, I cannot thank you enough for your support. Follow me everywhere @riowiley. Check out my new record about what happens when your deepest insecurities, anxieties, and emotions drive away your sleep. "young ghost" available now!

Website:  iamriowiley.com

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7C1TRxgnR1twWmTKTmhWWA

iTunes:  https://itun.es/us/yFMQeb

Facebook: www.facebook.com/riowiley

Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat:  @riowiley

The Love We Used To Share (Music Video):  

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=dZX9h3rXnss

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CHAPEL: Interview

by Alex Muller

CHAPEL, up and rising band, blessed us with their first song "Caught Up." We got the chance to ask vocalist Carter Hardin a few questions and what's yet to come in 2017. Don't sleep on this band; if you haven't yet, give them a listen. It was a pleasure, all the love Alex from ED.

Electric Daze: Firstly, congrats on the tune "Caught Up"! I dig it completely, tell us a a little about it? How excited were you to release it?

CHAPEL: Thanks! Glad you dig it. ‘Caught Up’ was the first song me and Kortney wrote at the time. When we finally got the green light to release this song we were ecstatic. We wrote it back in 2015, so it feels great to finally have it out.

ED: When and how did the band form? Have you both known each other for long?

C: We formed in late 2015. I was writing some demos and badly needed a drummer. I’ve always known Kortney through mutual friends, so I decided to call her up one day and ask if she wanted to track drums for me. We hit it off extremely well. Once she flew down and we wrote more, it made so much sense for CHAPEL to be just me and her.

ED: You released this song just a couple days ago, how has the feedback been?

C: Actually its going great! we are very much a baby band, but it seems like a lot of people are sharing the video. Which is awesome.

ED: What's your favorite thing to do when you aren't creating music?

C: Well, Kortney is all about adventure. She is most likely always hiking or something that has to do with being outdoors. I, on the other hand, love doing nothing. Like naps are seriously amazing.

ED: Can we expect an album or EP anytime soon? Maybe a tour in early 2017?

C: We have a lot of music DONE and we are working out a plan for release right now. As far as touring, we are working that out as well.

ED: How was the recording process of "Caught Up"? Who helped with the mixing and producing?

C: It was so much fun. We recorded it with ZK Productions based out of Atlanta. It was a 3 day session, and the entire time I’m pretty sure no one took a break haha.

When we finished, Brandon Paddock was the man who mixed ‘Caught Up’ for us.

ED: Do you think the internet has played a big role on building your fan base?

C: i think it has yeah, like without people sharing the video and spreading the word, no one would know about us. The internet is incredibly important.

ED: What do you want people to get out of your music?

C: I just want people to jam to us cause they know when they listen to our stuff it puts them in a good mood.

ED: Random question, if you could eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be and why?

C: Me and Kortney are on the same page with this one. i’m almost positive me and her could live off Taco Bell our entire life. It’s just too dang good.

ED: Thank you, so much. Is there anything else you'd like to include or anything you'd like the internet to know?

C: Yeah! If you haven’t checked us out yet, do it! if you have and you like what you hear, please share our new video! Thanks again.

Give CHAPEL some love on Instagram & Twitter at @chapelusa

Watch the new music video here: tinyurl.com/jcwnuv8

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Safe Bet: Interview

by Alex Muller

Solo acoustic pop punk musician from Indiana, Safe Bet chats with us about his EP "How's Life Without Me"  and what's one thing he can't live without! Make sure to catch him on tour next spring, and definitely take a listen to the tunes. All the love, Alex from ED.

Electric Daze:  For readers who haven't heard of you, tell us a bit about you and your music!

Safe Bet: I’m a solo acoustic (pop punk/emo?) artist from Northwest Indiana known as Safe Bet.

ED: Your EP "How's Life Without Me" personally has been on repeat, any insight behind it?

SB: Haha, that’s honestly so cool to hear. Thank you. I wrote HLWM about someone I love, our relationship, and how we ended up not working out. When I wrote it, I tried to make it as personal as I could while still trying to make it relatable.

ED:  You're a solo musician, tell us about it? How's it like?

SB: It’s cool, but it’s weird too. I have all the say during the writing process which is cool, but it can get frustrating when I don’t have other people to bounce around ideas with. Playing shows is weird because all of the attention is on me and it honestly makes me nervous as hell. I haven’t really toured yet, but I’d imagine it wouldn’t be too fun to go alone, so I plan on bringing a friend or just tagging along with one of the bands I’m out with. I definitely want to start a full band at some point, though.

ED: How do you go about writing music?

SB: It’s honestly a different process every time. Sometimes I write a riff and then write some lyrics and match them to it, other times I have a cool set of lyrics that I need to write a riff for. I guess for the most part I’d say I write the music first.

ED: If you were able to tour with one band, who would it be and why?

SB: I don’t even know. Probably a band I take influence from, so maybe like Have Mercy or Moose Blood or something. But I’d really just want to tour with Counterparts because they’re one of my favorite bands and they’re sick.

ED: Any plans on touring soon?

SB: Not this year, but definitely in 2017. I hope to go out during the spring.

ED: Random question, what's one thing you can't live without?

SB: Sweet tea. I could not live without sweet tea.

ED:  Any last things you'd like to add?

SB: Expect new music in the coming months, as well as a music video. Thanks for giving me this opportunity and thank you to anyone who checks this out!

Give Safe Bet some love on Twitter and Instagram at @safebetofficial

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Jordan Gable: Interview

by Alex Muller

Jordan Gable, has released catchy tune after tune making us all want to hear more. With newly released single “Didn’t Mean It” we had to catch up on feedback, and what’s next, an album maybe? Read and find out! We appreciate the time Jordan, can’t wait to hear more! All the love, Alex from ED. 

Electric Daze: How are you? I’ve recently been listening to your latest track “Didn’t Mean It” it’s such a catchy song, how has the feedback been? 

Jordan Gable: Hello! I am about as well as I can be. Thank you so much, my friend. The feedback has been the best out of the songs I’ve released this year. You never know how things will play out - it took me weeks to write ‘Fool of Me’ and maybe an hour to write 'Didn’t Mean It’. 

ED: You’ve released track after track, can we expect an album anytime soon? 

JG: I actually have one more single I’m gonna release and yes a bundle of songs are in the talks now. Whether that be a record or ep, I can’t say yet, but indeed a group  of unheard songs will be coming.

ED: What’s something important you’ve learned in the music industry? 

JG: You don’t matter. Someone will always be better than you. Writing is like fishing. Someone will always catch a bigger one no matter how big the one in your hands are…or if you have the biggest one, people will move on very quickly from it. But he who shows up every day with their rod in the pond will nevertheless catch good ones. Also, there’s a freedom in knowing only you can be you. No one can do that better. They can try…but they will inevitably fail.

ED: What can people expect when going to a show to see you play? 

JG: Some people get surprised by my live show. My (wonderful) band and I tend to push the songs a bit more. 4 part harmonies. Big thick guitars (a lot more drive than on my recordings). I like highlighting all the energetic attributes of the songs people know and just turn it into a party that everyone feels like they’re a part of.

ED: What’s your drive when writing a song? 

JG: Let the song write itself. I’m just scratching off the ticket with a penny (the penny being my piano, guitar, or whatever is lying around).

ED: Random fact about you?

JG: I eat Mexican food almost every single day. I’m a huge Todd Rundgren fan. I’m a huge Cleveland Cavaliers fan.

ED: Do you ever go back to a song and think you should’ve this and this different?

JG: I am definitely a perfectionist. But as far as the song itself goes, I usually trust my gut instinct. Because that’s what people listen with. First 10 seconds into a song, someone knows if they feel the way you want them to or not. So I usually wish I played a guitar part with a different pedal or had a different sub melody on keys but I let the song itself be.

ED: Anything else you’d like to say?

JG: Just three words.

Show Jordan some love on Twitter at @jordangable.

Listen at https://open.spotify.com/track/5kh6b6oeMTwPCiUI0e1rIB

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The Maine at Webster Hall in NYC

by Alex Muller

8123, sometimes I get scared because I'm 20 and everyone around me is falling in love and getting engaged and I'm not, but then I realize that I'm falling in love with these places and these people I've had the chance to go and meet because of 8123. I'm falling in love with every coast and every mountain, with all the places I've had a chance to stop by, with every back road I take, with every ten second conversation in every bus station, with every sunrise and night sky, and with every fullhearted friend I've made and every story I'm told along the way. I'm forever craving all of these things and adventures and it still is like a dream to me that I get to experience them. I never thought at this age, I'd be able to say I traveled across the country, 50 hours, California to New York just to see my favorite band for the last time in 2016. My legs, ankles and body might be aching. But all in all, this adventure I took was completely worth it. It's true, with friends like ours, anywhere is home.

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Amateur Eyes: Interview

by Alex Muller

Amateur Eyes, a new band with some killer tunes that you should give a spin or more. We had the chance to talk to John, where we got to know more of him and his music. Take a read, and give him a listen! We are stoked to see more. All the love, Alex from ED. 

Electric Daze: Tell me about yourself and your music? Amateur Eyes: i have had an interest in writing music since i was in fifth grade. the first song i ever wrote was a saxophone solo. it was a love song for a girl down the street. when i was about 16 i found an old classical guitar in my sister’s closet and played it until it broke. then i started playing her other guitar, and my dad agreed to buy me one as an early birthday present because my sister was tired of me using hers, even though she never played it. i was a classic annoying younger brother. my buddy ted asked me if i wanted to sing in a band, even before i could play guitar, and i agreed on the condition that we would be a screamo band. i told him i would shoot myself in the foot in the studio to get more intense screams. we went on to be something of a ska band, and then morphed into a conglomerate of our influences. it was very messy and all over the place, but very exciting. none of us had ever done it before, and at first i don’t think we knew anyone else that was doing it. we recorded our first four songs at a studio that was built into a walk-in meat locker in the back of an abandoned gift shop of an apple orchard. it didn’t make sense to us either. being in a band was a very strange thing to do at my highschool, it wasn’t part of the culture. i don’t think very many kids knew what we were doing or why we were doing it. i don’t think we did either. when i got to college i tried to keep the band together, but it quickly became apparent that i was the one most interested, and so amateur eyes came to be. it was a difficult decision to make but i didn’t feel like i had any other options. i had seen so many bands break up even in my first year of college and i knew that if i wanted to build something with any kind of shelf life it would have to be primarily on my own.

ED: What are some of the highlights you’ve had from playing shows? AE: one of my favorite memories is the first time we played the blind pig. there were probably six people there, and it was just my closest friends. i convinced them to let me crowd surf.

ED: When you’re making new tunes, what’s your process like? AE: it is less of a process, and more like trying to catch gifts that fall out of the sky. the only difficult part is figuring out when the storm is over. 

ED: Are you currently working on any music right now? Tell us about it AE: i am working on more music than i can even keep track of. amateur eyes second album is the project that has taken most of my creative concentration as of late, but i am also working on the third and fourth album. i also have somewhere between thirty and fifty acoustic songs - that will need to be brought into the world through a vessel other than amateur eyes - and i dabble in electronic music, which is something i have been doing since before i could play guitar. i occasionally collaborate with my sister, Katie Pederson, on her music as well. 

ED: If you were to be stuck on an island, what’re three things you’d have with you? AE: a knife, a water filter, and a waterproof sleeping bag. but for the purposes of this interview: the biggest bag of peach rings i could find, a beagle puppy, and a dirt bike

ED: Personally, one of my favorites off your album is “Melodramaticism” give us an insight on that one? AE: this song has a few meanings, most of which are personal, but the overarching theme is that everyone is flawed, and in strikingly similar ways. at the time i was writing this song, i was asking someone who was close to me to understand that even though people aren’t perfect, we are all capable of love and if we can focus on each other’s desire to love and be loved, we can begin to understand each other in ways that will allow for each person’s spirit to grow tall and strong like a sequoia. making the forest more magnificent and enchanted.

ED: What’s new for you? AE: i just saw the band birds in row play at the black lodge in seattle. the band mercy ties opened for them. it was amazing to witness.

ED: What’s one place you dream of playing music at? AE: i would love to play the fillmore in detroit. it is in many ways my favorite venue, mostly because of all the memories i have there. i once got kicked out of a taking back sunday show for attempting to drop down from the mezzanine into the general admission section. i snuck back in no problem and enjoyed the rest of the show. 

ED: Any last words before we sign off? AE: “do what you like and do it honestly.” -Tom Delonge

Follow Amateur Eyes on twitter at @seyeruetama 

Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CqcjNy2XpchMWoG9JKdbk