The Sum 41 General Disscussion Thread

[Raku]

Also want to add something, I agree with both points. It is hard to be REALLY ORIGINAL with ALL the MUSIC OUT THERE. With so many bands out there and so many inspirations, things are bound to overlap. I also view the evil side of things. It just doesn't matter, it is interesting to see how other bands/artists pull of the same sound. Whether it is an actual cover/rip of or inspirado it is bound to happen

Also check out this vid part one and two, then go to the vid page and look at all the suggest vids. It will blow your mind!

[Simon]

It's funny how Deryck's vocals have improved so much over the last years and yet live, old songs like Motivation still sound almost exactly the same as they did almost ten years ago. I don't know why, but to me that's pleasantly reassuring.

Example:

[Emil]

Deryck and Dave's voices fit so well. Most of the time Dave just souded like and extension of Deryck's voice.

[Heather]

My Interview with Kenny Gabriel, Sum41security/tour manager : http://bit.ly/9CMuIA

Kenny has worked with Sum41 as security and tour manager along with many other artists and acts. Check out his view of the industry....

What is the best and worst aspects of the music industry?

The best part is being in a different city every day, new venues, new people. The worst part is the financial part of the music business now, there's no job security anymore. It's not like it use to be where people were buying CDs, and the bands would make money. If there's a cut to be made on the budget usually the first they cut is security.

What makes Sum41 different from other clients?

I love the boys, all four of them are great. All for are so different from each other. They're a lot of fun to hang around. They're always joking around on the bus. I know where I stand with them, I know that when its business time, I'm always on point, watching and looking out for them at all times and I'm able to have fun with them at night when we're on the bus and hanging out when we're traveling from city to city. They're the four most different guys when it comes to their personalities. As long as they have the specific things that they like then their great guys. They love to do their thing on the bus, they have their routines because they've been doing it for 10 years, so if you don't get in the way of that routine, that's it, then their easy going, it makes it fun.

What skills would be most useful in the music industry?

Use your ears and not your mouth. Listen, use your eyes to watch and use your ears to listen. And keep your opinions to yourself and be careful what you say to everybody, that's the best thing, the less of that the better.

Since you've traveled all over the world, what's your favorite cultural experience?

You don't get to see a lot of culture, you in your hotel, venue, you know, travel from city to city in that country. I loved Russia, I think the boys would express pretty much the same opinion as I did. I think if they have fun, I have fun. If everything is going well at that time, cause if its going well then there's no stress on me, if it's not going well then it's a stress on me. So I think Russia and Japan. The fans in Japan were amazing, the fans in Russia because they had never seen them before, I think in the future the fans in South America and Mexico are going to be the same, because they've never been there. So I think they're really going to love that culture.

How does security promo tour differ from a normal tour?

Well promo tour, you're doing a lot of interviews and stuff, so it becomes a patient game. I try not to sit inside during the interviews, it's the boys personal experience. They're talking to different magazines and television people so they get asked the questions over and over, usually the same questions. So it's a patient game, you get them from the room down to the interview room, they do the interviews, you stay outside. So promo tour is usually like that, and maybe there is a one-off for them to perform or do a TV show while you're doing that. You get in a rhythm when you're out on tour doing a full on tour day after day. Your body starts to wake up at the same time every morning, get off the bus and get ready, those things are a little bit different in promo than touring.

What lead you to choose the music industry over other industries?

Well I'm an event specialist also. I run some of the biggest events in LA you can run and supervise red carpets all the time, so I have 5 or 6 aspects of security that I've done. I've worked with different dignitaries, I've been on advance teams when presidents come in, I do a lot of movie people, I've been on movie sets with talents, been with athletes and traveled on their schedules, on baseball schedules, on basketball schedules. Probably my number one love is the music scene. Sometimes it's not as much money, but then again you wake up in a new city every morning, different aspects of the security, new buildings, new people, so its fun.

[Jeremy Kill]

I follow Hannah Beth on Twitter and decided to check out some pics from her birthday (she just made a tweet about it). In the second picture you can see Deryck (not his face) in the "Heroin Killed the Radio Star" wife-beater.

http://hannabeth.buzznet.com/user/journ ... y-madness/

[Jake-41]

http://twitpic.com/2gm220


Ha.

[HugoDisasters]

It's funny how Deryck's vocals have improved so much over the last years and yet live, old songs like Motivation still sound almost exactly the same as they did almost ten years ago. I don't know why, but to me that's pleasantly reassuring.

Example:

That's true, i've felt that too.
Though singing differently wouldn't be anything fans would interest of since most fans want to hear some true oldschool sum41 style-songs.

[kILLDR3n]

I follow Hannah Beth on Twitter and decided to check out some pics from her birthday (she just made a tweet about it). In the second picture you can see Deryck (not his face) in the "Heroin Killed the Radio Star" wife-beater.

http://hannabeth.buzznet.com/user/journ ... y-madness/

I wouldn't have pictured Deryck ever wearing gym shorts again. Brings him back to AKNF era with that pic.

[LulaWhibley]

It's funny how Deryck's vocals have improved so much over the last years and yet live, old songs like Motivation still sound almost exactly the same as they did almost ten years ago. I don't know why, but to me that's pleasantly reassuring.

Example:

true! think like you!