OCEANO - "When You Buy A CD You Get More Than Music, You Get The Full Work Of Art"
October 26, 2009, 15 years ago
An excerpt from an interview with OCEANO guitarist Andrew Mikhail, which comes to BW&BK; via an official press release, is available below.
Q: Similar to that of other acts in the deathcore scene, a majority of Oceano’s fanbase are in their teens and early twenties, a group that is particularly comfortable with illegal downloading of music. What is your opinion on this phenomenon?
Mikhail: "I’ve said it once and I'll say it again, music is art. When you buy a CD at the store you get more than music, you get the full work of art. When doing so, you can fully understand and appreciate the message and concept of every album you buy. With technology changing, it bums me out that everything is slowly turning to online format for the reason of convenience. The messages will be lost in translation, and will be misunderstood. But when it comes to downloading I don’t care though, download music. Most bands I talk to don’t care, as long as you listen, understand, and come out to be apart of something more than filesharing. Something real."
Q: Has the band begun work on a follow-up to Depths?
Mikhail: "Yes, we have started writing our next album in our down time between all these tours. Its simply, hands down, most aggressive material we’ve written to the date. We’ve got a lot more to be pissed off about this time."
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