A Working Model – “III” CD Release Party Interview

STI: So we can keep an eye on the website and MySpace for digital downloads and things?

KM: We just self-released this new album so, you know, we’re gonna try to ride this out. I think we can have a lot of fun with this record, but at the same time we’re going to continue writing. That’s been one of the most fun things is — when we were doing the first EP and An End, we practiced every weekend and through the week, we played our songs. That’s all we did. We just practiced it and fine tuned it. With this record, even though we had enough songs to do a record, we just kept writing which is why we had a cache of, like, six songs right now that didn’t make the record. We wrote them from the day we stopped recording on and that’s been a lot of fuss in this band, is actually getting back to the writing board and doing that every other week.

RL: Yeah, that’s the creative process. We really like writing music. I mean, that’s what we like to do. I think me and Tim like playing live more than Kenny and Chris do, but maybe that’s just the nature of bass and drums. But, we all really like writing music and that sort of thing. It really is fun. Some bands really like the recording process or some bands really like the live show — we like the writing part, but the other thing is, the reason why there might not be a full record for a while — we don’t even know if we’re going to do another full record, but Chris has to do all this stuff for recording. He does it himself and it takes a lot out of him and he’s trying to get a Masters degree in Nuclear Physics, so…

KM: He’s got a lot on his plate.

RL: Yeah, he’s got a lot on his plate and it takes a lot of time for him to do what he does. Me and Kenny are going to try and learn a little bit more about the process and the equipment. That was kind of like, something that, at first, I think that had to teach himself how to do, then it became his thing and now I think he kind of regrets it a little bit. At the same time…

KM: He loves it.

RL: Yeah! [laughs]

KM: The bottom line though is, there will be stuff. It’ll be… maybe in the form of release, maybe just on the Internet. We’re gonna keep writing and we’re gonna keep recording because that’s what we like to do, but I don’t know if we’re gonna make it a release. I don’t want it to sound like, that I don’t know if we’re gonna have another release is negative. It’s just I don’t know if I can answer that.

STI: Is there a possibility we’ll see this album and the last one on iTunes?

RL: I hope so! If you know how to put songs on iTunes, you know more than me. [everyone laughs] Listen, I wrote them an email and they were like, “It could be 6 months before we respond!” I want it on Pandora, I want it on iTunes, I want it on Last.fm, I want it everywhere where people can hear it, because that’s really what it’s all about. We want people to hear it. We have to go through all the fucking aches and pains of putting this stuff together and making it and our creativity put out there. The least people could do is listen to it.

STI: Hopefully this interview will help a bit there. Any final words?

RL: Basically, thank you for the opportunity to do this interview –

KM: Absolutely!

RL: You know, that’s another thing we’re trying to — you know, doing it yourself is kind of hard because we don’t have that guy in the band that’s really like, the spokesperson or the used car salesman that can talk to people. We don’t get a lot of opportunities to talk with media but we want to continue that and do more of that. Hopefully, you’ll hear more from us and see more of us around the Internet and hear more of us, but we’re just taking it as we can. If you know any people, let us know. But ultimately, we stand by this record. We encourage all your readers to get in touch with us. Pick up a copy. Come check out our show. We think this is our best stuff.

STI: The website again?

We’re on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/AWorkingModelBand. You can become our friend and listen to our music on MySpace. OR… If you’re on Facebook, search us on Facebook. Search “A Working Model” on Facebook and become our fan. I’m working on trying to get our songs up there. They actually made me send my ID to them, a copy of our ID, so it’s all stuff in the works. We’re trying to get on as much as [possible] and if people are allowed to — are people allowed to comment on your website?

STI: Oh yeah. They can even record video responses if they want to.

RL: Ok, perfect. [speaks slowly in a loud voice] Please leave a comment after this interview or a video helping us do the things we don’t know how to do. Thank you very much. [everyone laughs]

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