Interview with Rob (Bass) for Take The Day!!!

Band: Take The Day

Genre: Pop/Dance/Rock

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Band Members:

Adam Devlin (Vocals)

@iamdarthadam


Timothy Wolf (Guitar/Vocals)
@hEyHeYtImMaY

Clint Hancock (Guitar)
@clintastic88
Rob Carey (Bass)
@aboynamedrob

Jon Sodemann (Drums)
@TakeTheDayJon

Rob decided to answer the questions for the band and below is his responses to the questions:

1. What inspired you to play music?

Honestly, we have all been playing music for so long that it gets to a point where you are not sure what else you would be doing. I think just wanting to do something that was fun and that we loved got us all started playing music, but when we came together we all had a similar passion to take this as far as we physically could. We have been lucky enough to have kids really get into what we are trying to do with our music and we are humbled each and every day by that. So it really pushes us to keep losing sleep and working as hard as we have to. We have started climbing this mountain, but we have still got a long ways to go till we reach the top. We don't intend on slowing down anytime soon : ).

2. How did you meet your other band members?

Adam and I had been writing music for a few years together and we decided to write/record an EP in Chicago with our good friend: Nick Scalise. Tim and Jon at that time had been playing together in another band that had a lot of steam behind it, but the other members in the band weren't really on the same page anymore. Honestly, Adam and I tried recruiting Tim to play with us (haha) because we had this sick EP written and recorded, but he told us that his band was needing a bassist and a vocalist. So Adam and I went and hung out one night and it all kind of fell in place. Our current guitarist Clint joined the band after we had been playing together for a while. and we needed someone to play with us for a show. We all got along with him really well, so we asked him to join the band full-time. He was jacked because he was previously just a fan of the band.

3. What would you like to ask your fans if you could ask them anything?

We don't really have anything to ask our fans. It is so difficult right now to be in an independent band doing everything on your own and not begging fans to do stuff for us. That was just never something we wanted to do. We hated when other bands that we were fans of always wanted their fans to do things for them. I mean, occasionally we don't have a choice because without our fans we wouldn't have gotten as far as we have. We always try to keep in mind that if our fans are doing stuff for us we had better be doing something for them in return. So we really try to give back to them as much as possible. We have given away free music, autographed posters, shirts and all sorts of stuff to try to make sure our fans know how much we love them and look up to them.

4. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

(Haha) it is difficult to answer that question. Music is such an unknown thing. We all want to be doing something musical in 10 years. It would be awesome if Take The Day was still going strong, but if that doesn't happen I imagine we will all be doing something in music. Writing, recording, producing or managing. Tim and I already do some co-writing stuff and Jon has a clothing line he started up a while back that we sell at shows.

5. What are you thinking when you are on stage?

I am usually thinking "don't run into anyone!!" or "is this thing in tune? I can barely hear my bass!" (Haha) we all try to have fun on stage, but we also want the crowd to have as much if not more fun than we're having. So, we are always working to make our show bigger and better. I think that is more or less what we are all thinking on stage. We just want the crowd to be having a blast.

6. How has music changed your life?

I was always kind of awkward growing up and listening to the bands/artists that I loved helped me feel more comfortable in my skin. I had my core group of friends, but it was not really until I started playing music seriously that I started to feel comfortable around people. In some form or another, we have all kind of had that and that is why we have always felt kind of like the underdogs. It pushes us to work harder each day : )

7. If you could describe your band in one word, what would it be and why?

Party. (haha) I mean, we are evolved so much in the time-span of a year and our style of music is dancer, but we write songs in hopes that people will want to play them at parties and dance to them. We like to have a good time ourselves. On tour, even if we're exhausted or have been cooped up in a car all day, we get out and just lose our minds. People probably think we have issues (haha).

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

Take The Day was a mantra when we started this band. We sat down and were trying to think of good band names, which if you have ever done this you will realize that around 99% of band names are awful. We just wanted to dive in and get things done and write the best songs that we could. It seemed fitting to name ourselves Take The Day because it was how we approached our writing and our work. It was something that kept us going when things seemed too difficult or too farfetched.