an d. M like they do. I've learned to stop worrying about that. It comes when it comes, and it invariably always does. And on the technical side, I'm particularly proud that I've finally reached a point where, as a producer of my own music, I can make it sound exactly the way I want. That, too, is an evolutionary process. I hope you'll stick around to finish this interview! I'm not going anywhere, Hayley. Except to the bar in about half an hour *laughing*. You play your own music, you write your own music, you produce your own music, but what about performing live? I can imagine as a one-man-band that is not something easy to do. Being a one man band is not something I sought out.Writing and recording different instruments is of course easy to do, but in terms of live playing, I prefer more bodies on stage, because it's more fun for the audience to see people moving across a stage, even if it's not by much. Unfortunately, I haven't found the right musicians yet to perform with, something I'd like to remedy shortly,because I'd love to start playing live again. nd. Ghostland. Dark Land. Mindland" Who knows, maybe you find the right musicians through this interview? Keeping fingers crossed! Do you have any memorable/fun anecdotes from live performances when Ahráyeph consisted of more band members you’d like to share? That's certainly possible. Interested musicians can always contact me either through Bandcamp or the Ahráyeph band page on Facebook. I do have to stress,however, that this isn't a hobby for me, so I only want to work with people who take their craft seriously. I've been burned by amateurs - mentalitywise -way too many times to have my time wasted by such people anymore.A professional attitude is definitely a must. Ahráyeph unfortunately didn't play live as much as I'd liked, so I don't have a lot of fun anecdotes from those gigs. Certainly memorable was our first ever gig in Leuven, 'The 22nd Movement', in '07. That was a great gig to start. A few people actually came over from Scotland to see us play. Also memorable was the Spain Gothic Festival in Madrid in 2010,whichwe co headlinedwith QNTAL,a band I really like. - 19 - Hanging out in Madrid and meeting Spanish, Argentinian and Scottish fans, of which the latter later became good friends,was fun too. And of course there was the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig in 2012. Our gig was bad for reasons I'm not going to go into here, but it was great to be able to revel in the atmosphere in the city for two days, completely taken over by representatives of all subsections of the Goth culture. I really loved that openmindedmentality and the relaxed vibes.And of course meeting a few musicians I used to look up to like the guys from Red Lorry Yellow Lorry is something to remember. I'd really love to go there again and make up for the bad gig we played there. If you want more memorable stories, I'd have to delve into the two stints I did in Ancient Rites. I've toured more frequently with that band, as they were already an established and well known act, which is something you can't accuse Ahráyeph of being, haha! When it comes to performing on stage some bands have favorite songs they swear byplaying live. Do you have such songs? Songs you will always include in a setlist. Well,since I haven't played live for twelve years now,it's a bit of a mixed bag, because there are plenty of songs I've never played live, which I definitely would like to put into the set when it comes to that again. Going by past sets,'Misanthropia'is a song that will always stay on the set list. Same goes for 'Resolve (A Dirge)'. They're both up tempo songs that always get a crowd going. It's very odd, but I used to get several requests to play 'The Rain Suite'. It's odd because at twelve minutes, it doesn't seem like an obvious song to play live, but for some reason, it's a fan favourite and to be honest, you don't have to twist my arm to play it live; it's a song I really like because I can put a variety of emotions into when performing it live. Imagine this. You are a substitute teacher at a preparatory school and you have a class of musical talented students. Sounds familiar right? Let’s call it ‘School of Ahráyeph’. What bands/songs would you teach the students? I smell a 'School Of Rock' theme here. Correct! Well, it may not be the 'Goth' thing to do, but academically speaking, I'd go for a wide catalogue of Prince songs, because there is so much you can learn from him in terms of songwriting, dynamics, expression, invention and production (especially lack thereof,which may seem surprising).Oh, and www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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