Lost In A Name Q&A

Your name: 
Danny Schmitz.

Where are you from? 
Milwaukee, WI.

Name of band: 
Lost In A Name.

Who else is in your band? 
Geoff Slater.

How would you describe yourselves and your music? 
We call our music "progressive pop metal". We like touring, beer, cheese, and your mom. Have her call me, its been a while. 

Who are your main influences musically? 
Sevendust, Story Of The Year, Periphery, Animals As Leaders, A Day To Remember, The Foo Fighers, Katy Perry, Steak tacos from Los, Comales in Milwaukee, steak tacos from Mexico City, MKE Brewery beers, WI sharp cheddar cheese, your mother's screaming voice (yeah I have that recorded and draw much inspiration from said recording).

What do you hope to achieve in music? 
To make a sustainable living doing nothing but writing music and touring the world! Having enough money to take your mom out for a nice surf and turf dinner. 

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 
Hmm... tough to say. I would say playing a packed show in Nashville, TN to an amazing crowd is one highlight. Getting a couple songs placed on Network TV has to be another. Also, my mom really likes the band, so there's that, but even more impressive, your mom likes the band. She told me last night... you know... after...

And what’s the moment you want to forget? 
Sleeping in the van on tour in below zero temperatures was pretty rough, but I honestly don't want to forget that. That built character, and we pissed in old gatorade bottles and threw them at each other, so that was pretty fun. ahhh memories....

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 
I suppose our song 'Yesterday'. I think it encompasses most of our influences and forms a sort of heavy, technically progressive, yet catchy, anthemic mixture of sticky ear goo. 

Where can we listen to it?
https://soundcloud.com/lostinaname/yesterday

Where can we find out more about your music? 

http://www.lostinaname.com
http://www.facebook.com/lostinaname
http://www.twitter.com/lostinaname
http://www.youtube.com/lostinaname
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lost-in-a-name/id313634534

Anything else you’d like to say about your music that I forgot to ask? 

You can download all of our music for free if you'd like at http://www.lostinaname.com/freemusicEnjoy! (also, tell your mom I said hi).

Lovanova Q&A

Your name: 

Paul Kneevers.

Where are you from? 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Name of band: 

Lovanova.

Who else is in your band? 

I play the Hammond Organ. Dave Schoepke on Drums, Sean Williamson on Guitar, Joey Carini on Bass.

How would you describe yourselves? 

Music for 70's cop show car chases. Lounge-Prog-Jazz-Experimental.

Who are your main influences musically? 

Booker T., Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp,  Mahavishnu Orchestra, Soft Machine, PFM, Brian Eno

What do you hope to achieve in music? 

Have fun playing music that makes us happy.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 

The show we played for 14 people that totally kicked ass. Cause its about the music.

And what’s the moment you want to forget? 

That really big festival where it was 108 degrees...Whew!!

If you could choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 

Impossible to pick just one song as a general representation of Lovanova. Our music has so many influences it simply can not be categorized.

Where can we listen to your music? 

www.lovanova.net is our website where all things Lovanova are found.

Where can we find out more about your music? 

You can find lots of links at www.lovanova.net

Anything else you’d like to say about your band that I forgot to ask? 

We love to travel and play music and meet people who appreciate real music, not the contrived, corporate crapola that dominates most of our major media and radio attention. Lovanova will keep changing with every album...we recorded our last album deep in the north woods...our next album is departing from everything we've done to date and using different technology and more jamming together to create the song structures...we're adventurous and you never know what we're gonna play next! We also have started included some great crazy analog slide shows with our performances, as well as synched up old colour organ lighting.