Do You Want To Hear Any More Music?

He was definitely one of my favourite artists on SellaBand, although I joined SellaBand too late to invest in his first album “Circles & Squares”. Btw, he is still one of my favourite artists. Yesterday Francis Rodino has released his new EP, again funded by his truest fans.  I asked him a few questions – here are his answers …

50K MUSIC: For all those, who haven’t heard about you yet (in case there is someone at all), please tell us something about you. Where do you come from? What are your roots?
Francis: Roots lie in New York, but grew up also in Italy and the last years have been in London.

50K MUSIC: Quite a while ago your album „Circles and Squares“ was released. What happened since then?
Francis: Since then, I’ve been working with a new band lineup, playing less, but more larger scale shows in London, and of course, recording and releasing my new EP!

50K MUSIC: Your going to release your new EP on September 2. Are you satisfied with the result of your work? Please tell us something about the album production.
Francis: It was produced by George Shilling and indeed was a very different product to Cirlces & Squares. We had a tighter budget and timeline so we made sure we were well practiced and basically recorded the band as it was. It’s a very different sound to C&S, but it’s also about trying different recording techniques and processes to see what you end up with.

50K MUSIC: You financed this EP again with the help of your fans on Pledgemusic. Was it different to your fan funding project on SellaBand?
Francis: Not too different, although, I think the people who contributed to the EP fund were more hard-core fans. There is not misleading process of return on investment (like the SAB model was) so nobody can complain. For me there was a rhetorical question posed to my fans: do you want to hear any more music? And for some, the answer was “yes”, so using Pledge was the way I could raise some funds for the project.

50K MUSIC: What are your plans to promote the EP?
Francis: We are doing a big live show to mark the CD release (London, October 16th) . Other than that I have no plans to promote the EP. I’ve released it to my fans and that’s the way I’m going to make music for now.

50K MUSIC: How can we support you?
Francis: By coming to see us play at the launch show! Tickets here: (http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=399508)

50K MUSIC: Will we see you on stage soon … in the UK?
Francis: See above
… and in the rest of Europe?
Francis: I play when there’s demand. If we had enough fans we could play anywhere!

50K MUSIC: And last question: Is there anything you’d like to tell your fans?
Francis: My fans have heard it already. If you’ve contributed to the CD recording, than I thank you from the heart. If you haven’t, come see a show.

www.francisrodino.com

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