| July 2011 |
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| Interview: Daniel Amedee |
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What got you started in this business?
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That's quite a long story. My own persistence and belief that I could write songs and make it in
this industry would be the round about answer but I played with many different people before I
realized I was what I needed to succeed and the right people would come to me instead of vice versa.
I never stopped writing my own songs and privately developing my own style while playing with other
people and when the opportunity came to take a step forward and record my first full length album I
took it.
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I had at that time a few contacts in the music industry from mild success with other bands but I
got approached by Paul Shulver from Expat Records right before I intended to release the album and
everything fell perfectly into place.
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Who writes and produces all of your material?
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I write everything and make rough demos of the songs using midi instruments to get the
orchestrations that I want. Then I get professional musicians to play on the songs and that's when
they really come to life.
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I worked with percussionist Patrick Spurgeon from Rogue Wave on this album and he really brought
the drums to another level. It's incredibly important to have a solid, creative drummer. I also
worked with choral singer Megaga from Berlin. She came up with some incredible vocal melodies.
The finished album was produced by Charles Gonzalez and myself in San Francisco.
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Have you played in front of or with any acts our readers would
know from the mainstream?
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I've never played with any big names but when I was living in Ireland and playing in a band over
there I recorded an EP produced by Noel Hogan, the guitar player for the Cranberries. It was an
incredible experience.
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His studio was at his house in Limerick, Ireland and we would show up and he would be with his kids
or running errands, doing normal people things. Then we'd start recording and come lunch time his
wife would have sandwiches for us. It was a surreal and incredible experience. He and his family
were some of the nicest and most hospitable people I've ever met.
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Where can people access your music on the web?
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The best place to hear my music is on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/danielamedee.
My album is also available on iTunes and many other platforms worldwide.
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