Part 4: Rocking Interviews
READY, STEADY, GO!
1) What Does Your Band Name Mean?
2) Who Are Your Biggest Influences?
3) How Did You Meet?
4) What’s The Craziest Thing That’s Happened On Tour?
5) How’s The Tour Going?
6) What’s Your Songwriting Process?
7) Who Do You Sound Like?
These are the Top 7 Interview Questions Bands Get Asked The Most (And How To Answer) according to Ari Herstand, a journalist for digitalmusicnews.com
Do you understand the questions?
How would you answer?
Can you convey the meaning and context you want, in English?
These are just 7 of the most asked questions that bands and artists are asked at interviews. Of course, these are general questions that any band or artist can be asked and do not really give you an opportunity to showcase or highlight any specific information regarding projects, tours, or news that you might want to convey. So, in an effort to make the best use of your interview time, It is helpful to have answers to these more generalized questions, in your bag of interview tricks.
But won’t that begin to sound like canned answers?
Yes, I know, as discussed in part 3: Rockin Interviews, the Canned answer is not ideal. But, that is why at English Starz, I like to encourage the use of what I call the“ Ready, Steady, Go” approach. It is a simple but excellent practice to have multiple ways of answering the most common questions. Having two, three, four or even more ways in which to answer your most asked interview questions will give you more confidence and a more genuine response when put in the interview hot seat.
See, Simple. This means you will be ready, Having a variety of ways in which to convey the same meaning. This will make you steady because you will appear less canned, and more casual, relaxed, less repetitive, and ready to go!
FUN FACT:
“The “Ready, Steady, Go!” approach to rocking interviews was actually inspired while listening to one of my favorite bands, L’arc En Ciel. The confidence of this song is something that I would like my clients to feel every time they are in the interview spotlight!”
L’arc En Ciel ( Japan) fronted by the artist known as HYDE inspires my work at English Starz for his commitment to writing, singing, and performing in English, and for Western audiences, despite English not being his native language.
What do you think? I would love to hear what you think of this band in the comments below. Are you a fan? Have you heard their music before? Is this your first time hearing them? What is your impression? Feel free to post links to any bands or artists that you enjoy who utilize the English language but who are also, not native English speakers.
Thanks for reading and for your comments!
