Interview with Ionia!!!

Here are the members of the band:

Blaise Beyhan - Vocals

Freddy Epps - Bass

Christopher AhKao - Guitar

Kyle Walters - Guitar

Curtis Collazo - Drums

Below are their group responses:

1. What inspired you guys to play music? 

Music has helped us through so many trying times as individuals and helped 

us grow into the close friends we are today. We needed music to be a part of lives 

because it has given so much to us.

2. How has music changed your life?

  

I dont know what I would be with out it. I can not imagine a time where 

music has not been there for me because it has shaped every memory in my life being good or bad. 

Music has helped us when we lost friends and brought us new ones that we made on the road. It has had an impact on every moment that I have been here. Sometimes
without me even noticing it right away.

3 What bands do you guys listen to and how have they shaped your music?

 
MOVING MOUNTAINS, APPLE SEED CAST, THRICE, BRAND NEW, LA DISPUTE,
AND SO MANY OTHERS. 

I would say we are always changing and evolving as a band and what we
listen to is so eclectic and that is where we get our sound. We don't define
ourselves as any particular style. We like so many kinds of music. We just try to 

write from a genuine place and hope at the end of the day that people can get something out of it.

4 What advice do you guys have for others that want to pursue in music as
there careers?
 

Don't do it to be famous or rich, do it because there is something in you
that needs it and can't let it go. Stay true to yourself and don't follow trends and others will see, plus appreciate it.

5. Where did you guys get the idea for the name of your
band?
 

To us it means no single concentration of power. It is not about any one of
us. We do what we do for the good of the music. We have to fight away our
egos and try to find a still place where we can really hear one another,
and the world around us. We wanted something that stood for an idea of reaching for a better place for all of us. A goal and reminder to ourselves that we need to keep pushing for that, plus
never forget why we started this.

6. What do you guys want your fans to know about you that they might
not know already? 

We are just people trying to make a difference in the small ways that we can. Through our music and the choice's we make everyday will help make that a reality.

7. What are you guys thinking when you are on stage?

  

Here we are, There you are, There is no band or audience, just all of us
together feeling alive.

Ionia wants to change the world through their music and the pieces they write helps heal one person each day from the calamities they encounter in their every day lives. Want to feel like your problems are fading away, then check out Ionia on Facebook:   www.facebook.com/ioniamusic