Cruelty, Cynicism, Romanticism
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 17:43
- Written by Mario
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Lately I talked to an old hand in fan-funding business - Metibla joined SellaBand in 2007 and they still want to raise their budget. Riccardo talks about their music and their further plans... 50K MUSIC: Where do you come from? What are the roots of Metibla? Riccardo: I’m from Rome, Italy, but I’m not so proud to be Italian. I mean… we had a lot of wonderful Art in the past, and we had probably one of the best movie and literature scene after the world war two…but today, Italy is just a useless country for old people. No work, No art, bad quality of life. My life is NOW, not in the past, and It’s so ridiculous that the only thing that you can save of this country is the food. Nowadays my country's economy is based on the restaurants; people says “Ok we’re dying but we have a delicious kitchen!”. Everybody are depressed for that but nobody is able to react anymore. Italy needs a revolution right now. The roots of Metibla are the “genuine” Italian roots: I tried to take the best from my country ... Cruelty, Cynicism, Romanticism. Italy never had a good rock scene in the past because we were too busy to putting bombs against politicians instead of live our youth and create our “rock & roll” revolution. Most of the people in Italy don’t know classic rock because the Christian democracy a long time ago was against the music of the devil. In that way, Metibla is against the Christian Democracy. 50K MUSIC: With your music project you follow a quite different approach. Please tell us something about that. Riccardo: All my songs are composed in my room, alone or when I’m drunk. I switch on the pc and I start to record something. If the day after I still think about that song, I start to work on it, composing an electro base for my friend/guitar player Paolo Alvano. When we think that the song is finished we record it at Home Lobo Studio, where V Fisik start to think about arrangements that could satisfied both of us. 50K MUSIC: You're an old hand at SellaBand, you have already joined in 2007. What are your experiences through all these years? Riccardo: Well, It has been a pretty good experience. Some years ago SAB was a bit less professional. There were a lot of believers disposed to invest money and support their favourite artist. Today the platform is much better, there’re a lot of wonderfull options and links with partners (I appreciated very much the soundcloud link for example) but everything is a bit more “cold”. I mean, people doesn’t support bands in the same way of some years ago, and my profile will be deleted on September if I won't reach my goal. It seems more like a record shop where you can buy music. 50K MUSIC: You have only raised 17 % of your budget so far. Do you think you can still make it to your goal? Riccardo: I really don’t know, but I’ll try! I’m hard to kill. I’ll be on SAB until the date of expire of the profile (September). Then we’ll see. 50K MUSIC: Let's talk about the time once you've reached your goal. What will you use the money for? Riccardo: I will choose 5 songs (“Christmas time” will be one of them) and I’ll record the E.P. at the Hombre Lobo Studio in Rome. Then I’ll print some copies for my believers following the instruction of SAB. It’ll be a Christmas EP, so, if everything will go in the right way, It could be ready for December. Fingers crossed! 50K MUSIC: How can we support you raising the money you need? Riccardo: Just listening to my music and, if you really like it, buy some parts and tell other people to take a look at my profile. If you have Facebook this is my band page. I don’t want to seem hypocrite, If somebody wants to buy parts is more than welcome, but the most important thing for me is to have fans that listen to my music and feel something through my songs. This is the best support I can aim. 50K MUSIC: What kind of album can believers and fans expect once you've raised your budget? Riccardo: As told before, A Christmas E.P., with a Christmas song (Christmas Time) re recorded and re arranged and other four new songs of sadness, iconoclasm and love for life. 50K MUSIC: And finally: Anything you want your believers and fans like to know? Riccardo: I really like to know their opinion about my music. Come on fans, don’t be shy! You can insult me but, please, tell me what you think about my music. Reaction is the key of everything. Metibla on SellaBand Facebook
