DHUND BAND "The Fog Of Music"
#1. What type of band are you?~
Answer: Actually we love making music ,, we don’t stick to a specific genre ,, if i write a song or any other member , we just work on it ,
#2: Tell us the brief history of your band.~
Answer: well the rythem guitarist "noman" was called by hassan for rhythm guitar ,, noman asked me to do the lead guitars that’s where the 3 original members got together
#3: Who are your musical and non-musical influences?~
Answer: All the members come from a different genre ,, the vocalist hassan naqvi is a more pop influenced singer , while noman is a more sufi influenced ,, i got influenced listening to western hard rock heavy metal ,, so u can say v get along nicely
#4: What are your dreams and goals?~
Answer: we didn’t ever thought of dreams n goals u know , we r too busy doing our stuff that dreams n goals is not important right now
#5: Who writes the songs, what are they about?~
Answer: Mainly its the vocalist , who writes while i compose them , but its not only hassan who writes songs all the members have 2 or more songs of their own
#6: Do you guys have any other hobbies besides, obviously, making music?
Answer: We all r students , except for Hassan he has a 9 to 5 job ,,, so hobbies not really it’s just study job music , too busy in that
#7: How do you promote your band and shows?~
Answer: Social networking sites r best for promotions u know , millions of people can see a single post so that’s really rad
#8: Describe your show, visual and musically~
Answer: live shows r what’s keeping alive in Pakistan ,, as there aren’t a respective recording label available , so if u ask for a live show ,, be there to see it :)
#9: What do you think about downloading music online?~
Answer: It aint good ,, i think its an insult to a musician n music itself ,, musicians donot spend thousands of rupees recording a song just for it to b downloaded free,, guys buy ur music legally
#10: What's your outlook on the record industry today?~
Answer: Record industry is a flat in Pakistan ,, first the film industry now the record industry both r a history
#11: What's your claim to fame?~
Answer: We dint think of it yeh haha ,, let’s wait till the fame comes
#12: how did you come up with the band name?
Answer: to be really honest ,,, i dint lol hassan did ,, the fog of music was in our minds so to translate it we got dhund ,, the fog of music
#13: What inspires you to do what you do?~
Answer: music off course ,, n everything related to music , actually it’s our love to create music that inspires us
#14: What advice would you give to fellow bands?~
Answer: just that create some good music ,, Pakistan hasn’t any good music now days i think i don’t have to advise them they r doing an awesome job already
#15: How does it feel to be in a professionally signed band?
Answer: lOl it feels great u know being in a band playing live n stuff the jams n shows n everything its totally rad
#16: How does music affect you and the world around you?~
Answer: i believe an artist is different from how normally people r , despite being popular amongst people a musician is a real cool guy to hang out with ,,a musician observes the environment is always thinking new creative stuff ,, right now here i m talking to u , a part of my mind is digging out new riff there is a riff a melody a song going on in my head
#17: What's new in the recording of your music?~
Answer: we got 3 songs coming ,, all 3 different from one another. one is a more aggressive n heavy while other one is a soft love ballad u know , n there is a punk rock influenced so yeah good stuff coming out
#18: What are the biggest obstacles for bands?~
Answer: people don’t usually like to listen to bands u know , they don’t understand the music that bands play they don’t get the whole concept of playing live n stuff ,, so the biggest obstacle i would say is to educate people about the music that bands play
#19: how can you fans contact you ?
Answer: we got our Facebook accounts ,, we got our page all u have to do is type "dhund" in the search null get us https://www.facebook.com/Dhundband
#20: Tell us about your next shows and why we should be there.~
answer: we got a show coming 3rd of November alongside roxen the band , we got some real cool stuff in the show so it’s a must watch
#21: What would you like to say about my website my name is maria n m a journalist?
Answer : yeah its cool :)
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