Chauntelle and her lovely 11-year-old daughter, Kayla, are featured in the February 2012 issue of Alternative Press Magazine. Read the article HERE.
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Sherri has a page in the new Alternative press, talking about Tyler.
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AltPress interview with Sherri about the new EP.
Are there any big-time curveballs or anything that fans won’t be expecting?
There’s one song that we did called “One Last Song.” It starts out just like a classic Eisley song; it’s got a lullaby vibe, it’s very soft—and then right when you think it’s over, it kicks in with this drum fill and this kind of Portishead-type jam-out session with these vocals that are very Beatles-y. That was the first time we ever threw a curveball into a song and changed the time signature halfway through. That was really fun and challenging for us.
The producer, Andy Freeman, fields a few questions also and I think the man sounds like a saint. 1500 pounds of equipment he shipped to Tyler, Texas to record this EP. Now I am really interested in this release because it’s obviously produced by someone who is wild about this band.
The album version of “The Valley” is streaming exclusively on AltPress.
About bands struggling financially to keep going.
Read the whole thing here.
SHERRI DuPREE BEMIS, vocalist/guitarist of EISLEY, says, “At this stage for Eisley, headlining tours mean we will get paid a little something at the end of the day, and support tours mean we only cover our costs of touring. A few years ago, labels could usually afford some form of tour support for bands, which basically is a loan of sorts. But now that album sale revenue has kind of dried up, it makes it harder to do that.” Her solution—and that of her husband, Say Anything’s Max Bemis—is to find creative ways to make money as an artist, which is similar to what Devoto mentioned about making innovative band merch. (Remember when the Matches sold homemade soap during the 2008 AP Tour?)
“[We] are always coming up with ways to make extra income to pay bills and make house payments when we’re not on tour,” DuPree Bemis says. “[Max] created something called ‘Song Shop’ and has been writing and selling custom songs for fans about anything they want or are going through for the last couple of years, and the revenue that has generated has been really helpful. Plus it’s fulfilling as an artist to always be creating. Likewise, I’m an artist and I design custom artwork and tattoos for people, or make, sign and sell my own prints when I’m at home. We wouldn’t be able to keep doing these things if it weren’t for our fans, though. They are everything, and you can’t ever take them for granted in this career. Without someone to create for, you can’t create.”
