Cetas Aspire Interview
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5-piece rock band from Southern California.
Rock/Indie/Ambient
Date Published: 5/12/2008
Edited: 5/12/2008
Interviewed by: Daryl Green
NSM
Your site doesn’t give any information about you guys and I think it’s important for the fans to have an idea of who you are. If you don’t mind telling the readers more about yourselves; what do you do for a living, your ages, what do you enjoy doing outside of music, etc?
Cetas Aspire-
Ryan is 22 and works at Sears. He enjoys reading and writing. He also likes hanging out with friends and he likes playing video games. He likes to party.
Tom is 21 and he is a painter. He likes playing Final Fantasy and likes to race his car. He also enjoys playing football and skateboarding. He likes to party.
Cody is 21 and he works at a dry cleaner. He enjoys playing Halo 3 and other video games. He skateboards and loves pizza. He likes to party.
Mark is 21 and is self-employed. He likes spending time with family and likes sports. He likes to BBQ and enjoys deep-sea fishing. He likes to party.
Doug is 18 and does commercial landscaping. He enjoys riding his motorcycle and listen to a lot of different music. He likes to party.
NSM
How and when did you guys get together and form “Cetas Aspire?”
Cetas Aspire- Cody, Tom, Doug and Mark all played in the same band. About a year ago we asked Ryan to come jam with us. He was a little iffy at first but then we decided to play him a song that was a little different from our style. Once he started singing everything clicked.
NSM
As with any group of people there is bound to be conflict amongst each other. What kinds of problems do you run into and how do you solve them?
Cetas Aspire- We don't really bump heads much but once in a while we get into little arguments that last for a couple minutes. We try not to waste our time with problems because in the end it's not worth it.
NSM
How did you learn to play your instruments and why did you choose to learn that one in particular?
Cetas Aspire-
-Ryan has been singing since he was 5 years old because his parents used to be in a band. He's been playing piano for a little over a year and he wanted to learn it because he likes the way it sounds.
-Tom has been playing guitar for about 3 years. He likes all instruments but he chose to play guitar because he can easily open his mind.
-Cody has been playing guitar for about 8 years and he was influenced by his dad. He decided to learn the guitar because it seemed cool at the time and it worked out.
-Mark started playing bass because he's always been influenced by music and it was an instrument he could open his mind to. He's been playing for 5 years.
-Doug has been playing drums for about 5 years because it was an instrument that he really wanted to learn.
NSM
Who in the band writes the music and lyrics?
Cetas Aspire- We all get together and write the music and Ryan writes the lyrics.
NSM
How would you describe the recording process, from writing the song to mastering it in the studio?
Cetas Aspire- Basically we make sure all of our material is solid and tight so that the recording process goes smoothly.
NSM
Where do you record your music?
Cetas Aspire- We recorded at the Underground with Craig as our engineer. We were looking forward to going back, but unfortunately they had to close down due to some theft issues.
NSM
Name a few of your musical influences as well as why, and how these people have an effect on your music.
Cetas Aspire- We're really not influenced by any bands, we're influenced by each other and that's why there is so much emotion in our music.
NSM
So, you never found any inspiration from musicians when you were younger? Why did you want to be musicians in the first place?
Cetas Aspire- Well we all have been playing music for years so obviously we did have some musical influences back when we first started. We all just realized that music isn't about sounding like other bands, it's about what our emotions are at the time, and that's what makes it unique.
NSM
If you could name one aspect of your music career that you need to work on what would it be?
Cetas Aspire- Getting better equipment and getting to the point that we all want to be.
NSM
What exactly is the point you all want to be?
Cetas Aspire- We want to be to the point where we are able to travel the world and give our message to anyone and everyone possible.
NSM
Share with us your most memorable moments while touring.
Cetas Aspire- Our door ripped off of our RV while driving on the freeway, all of the shows we played were memorable in there own way.
NSM
What can the fans expect to see from “Cetas Aspire” in the future?
Cetas Aspire- It's a surprise.
