Some New, Must Read Interviews With Tony Of Eve 6

Unfortunately, time doesn't permit a long-winded analysis, but here are a couple of new interviews with Tony of Eve 6. It is great to see Tony embracing the digital world, and looking forward to NEW Eve 6 music.

First, from a well-written article by Alternative Addition:

As much as the guys love to work with other musicians, Fagenson says that they’re now committing their time to new EVE 6 material.

“In the last few months we’ve been purposely turning down other stuff because we are trying to focus on our band now. It’s very easy to say yes to these things and then another year has gone by.”

Once the new material is done, the band hasn’t decided how they plan to release it. With the changing climate of the music industry, and one stint signed to a label behind them, Fagenson says the band still may opt to release the album through a major label if the right opportunity is available.

And next, a wide-ranging Q&A by Mammoth Press:

Q: Speaking of a fourth album which you kind of touched on a little bit give me what fans want to hear about that.

A: I think everything that fans like about the band is still gonna be there, we’re still all about the song and we try to write good songs that mean something to us and then therefore hopefully to other people. You know Max our singer and lyricist is still doing his thing and he has a special way with words and that’s still very strong and will be very represented on the record. But we are adding some different sounds into the mix; Sugi Tap was sort of a chance for us to experiment a little bit so we’re going to bring some of that in and I won’t say it’s going to sound like our first record but it’s always going to have the energy of that - the passion put into it. I think that people hopefully will be pleasantly surprised by it. We don’t really know when it’s gonna be yet because we haven’t officially started recording it.

That article is accompanied by a great photo gallery that all Eve 6 fans should check out. Seems like things are really starting to get exciting again.

For all of the loyal Eve 6 fans out there, it looks like the long wait for new music will finally be over at some point in 2009.

Some Eve 6 Updates - New Management, New Website, Rescue LIVE MP3 Download

Eve 6 is under new management and will soon be launching a brand new Eve6.com. Right now, you can see a splash page, and enter your email address to receive a FREE download of Rescue live from their February 7, 2009 show in Connecticut. It is actually one of the better live versions of Rescue that I have heard, so I'd recommend heading over to Eve6.com and checking it out.

Along those same lines, Eve 6 will be looking to integrate the Eve 6 Media HQ message board into Eve6.com somehow. Eve 6's management will be running the message board, and I will help out in some administrator role. I will still have full control of Eve6MediaHQ.com as a fan blog as well as a database for old Eve 6 media materials.

As for the message board, most of the people who will actually participate in their "official forums" are members of Eve 6 Media HQ anyway. Therefore, it will be best for all of you guys if I just integrate it into whatever Eve 6's management does. The good news is, none of us will have to worry about paying Yuku anymore! Also, they will probably design the board to look nicer.

Anyway, it has been great running this place, and I look forward to many successes for Eve 6 in the future!

Eve 6 Looking To Go Multi-Platform With Forthcoming Release

An interesting Eve 6 article popped up on my Google alert today from LehighValleyLive.com. Eve 6 is getting ready to play a show in Allentown, PA this week, so the local website is providing some coverage of the band. Good job by them.

the most newsworthy nugget from the article is as follows:

A new album is in the works, he said.

"I have a feeling we'll put some new music in a multi-platform kind of thing. Fans can get it digital, get it on CD. There are probably a few stragglers left still buying on CD," Fagenson said.

Essentially, Eve 6 is trying to take the Butch Walker approach to success. Aside from writing and producing for other artists to make a living, they are going to go the independent release route, embracing the open source world we now live in. If they put the the music out, the fans will be there. The question is, when will that music arrive? As of now, nobody knows. 2009 seems unlikely.

In other news, Tony announced via a Myspace blog that Eve 6 has reestablished control of Eve6.com and they will be relaunching a website shortly. The first feature of the website will be a live, digital EP from a show recorded on February 7. The highlight of this release will be the new song that Eve 6 has been playing at their recent live shows. It will be the first new, recorded Eve 6 song in 6 years - even if it is live.

Follow Tony Fagenson On Twitter

For those of you who haven't yet figured it out, Twitter is the new Facebook. People who once believed that microblogging wasn't for them are signed up for Twitter and love it. In exciting news for Eve 6 fans, drummer Tony Fagenson has signed up for Twitter.

Tony's first Twitter update is: "trying to sleep in a ski lodge after playing a sweaty fun New Hampshire rock show."

Hopefully Tony will be able to share exciting Eve 6 news via his Twitter account as it happens.