the same ideas, we had these stars in our eyes, and felt that as soon as we are with a label we are going to make it...B ut work never stops that's for sure. It changes and becomes different (Laughing)
MIKE: Do you find yourselves working harder with a label, or has the work remained constant?
Mark: Umm, It has stayed constant, it's just different...It's cool now because we are able to focus a little more creatively and able to all unite under our mantra and our vision. We really think about that and funnel everything through what we do and realease to the public. When you DYI everything, you're the band manager, your're the tour manager, you sell merch, you have
to create, you have to do designs, you have to market, you have to get shows. There is just so much to do that takes you away from the creative process. So it is nice to focus on the creative process. What I would say, kind of going back to the previous question, to anybody before they get a label or management, don't just let people in make sure they gel with you and get your vision and they are going to represent you like you originally wanted to. It takes a while before you have the correct and appropriate team.
MIKE: Can you discuss with us, what are some of the influences that go into creating Nothing More's music?
Mark: There is definitely a wide spectrum, like from artists like Imogen Heap, she is more electronica, to Alanis Morrisette with a ton of her lyrical content, Ben Folds is the same, then to bands that are more to the rock side of things like Carnivool, Dead Letter Circus (a couple Austaralian bands) to Incubus, Our Lady Peace. Really we just try to be sponges to anything we think is good and or game changing or undeniable, we kind of take that and put our own spin on
it. Even with philosophers and authors that we are into. we tend to draw a lot from that as well.
MIKE: Ballpark figure, about how long does Nothing More take on a song as it's going through development?
Mark: It varies from song to song actually..Somtimes it happens rather quick but a majority of the time it's crazy. It starts with one riff and it spurs another idea and we do not even up up using the original riff or lyrical content. A great thing to do with song writing is having a mentor or somebody you respect to have to bounce ideas off of. And you take it as far as you can and you hear the opinion of it..And you try and sum it up! Like this is the best part of the song, what if you kind of centered it around that? Or you change this chord progression to this. And you try these ideas, the old version is still there it's not going to go way and if you like that you can go with that, but there is nothing wrong with trying new ideas and seeing what creativity it might spur. But, it's always differen