Welcome to the feature where we talk to musicians about some of their favourite things about the industry. Today I speak to the band Arctic Dreams, their most recent release being And The Agony Has Started. Today I find out about their favourite things.

What is your Favourite:

Song you have written:

Alex_Y: The Arctic Dreams

Sydius: I hate them

Glam_Dickens: Endless Dreams

Lyric:

Alex_Y: Game Over

Sydius: Speechless singer

Glam_Dickens: by Paul Stanley, James Hetfield, Brian Warner

Musician:

Alex_Y: Cliff Burton

Sydius: I.S.Bach

Glam_Dickens: Beethoven

Film or television show:

Alex_Y: The Shawshank Redemption

Sydius: The Holy Mountain

Glam_Dickens: WCW Nitro

Venue to perform at:

Alex_Y: Wacken Open Air

Sydius: Mars

Glam_Dickens: Square Garden

Item to take with you on tour:

Alex_Y: Girls

Sydius: Head

Glam_Dickens: earplugs

Instrument:

Alex_Y: Vocal

Sydius: Scientific method

Glam_Dickens: piano

Song to play live:

Alex_Y: Let me introduce my cosmic hell

Sydius: EBGDAE

Glam_Dickens: We will rock you

Album by another musician:

Alex_Y: Metallica – Master of Puppets(1986)

Sydius: Mozart’s Requiem

Glam_Dickens: Tommy’ by The Who

Memory of tour:

Alex_Y: We almost missed the tour bus))

Sydius: censored*

Glam_Dickens: Visiting Germany for the first time

Era for music:

Alex_Y: 1980 – 1991

Sydius: Baroque

Glam_Dickens: `90 – `00

Part of making a record:

Alex_Y: Final audition of the finished material

Sydius: When it sounds awesome

Glam_Dickens: The song finished

Thing about performing at festivals

Alex_Y: A great opportunity to showcase your creativity to a huge number of listeners

Sydius: It’s so better here than in the mud!

Glam_Dickens: New acquaintances, crew work

Quote:

Alex_Y: Si vis pacem, para bellum

Sydius: “First most common feature of the mind is constant thought concentration on one specific point. You must not part with the topic you’re working on, not for a minute. Truly you need to fall asleep and wake up with it, only then you may count on the glimpse when the riddle you are solving will show its answer’ I. P. Pavlov

Glam_Dickens: The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people

Thing about the music industry at the moment

Alex_Y: In today’s world, all music has gone to digital venues. There’s nothing you can do about it, you just have to adapt.

Sydius: La rebelión de las masas. La Mort de l’auteur

Glam_Dickens: Hi-tech equipment

Thing about this year so far?

Alex_Y: We should try to finish the album this year

Sydius: Stayed alive

Glam_Dickens: I am alive yet

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