Eggboy
NEWS
Three tracks recorded with Angie Brown on vocals, all potential money-spinners in a sensible world...soon to be uploade to this site.
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Eggboy are Ed and Jonj Ward, AKA Jeez Photon and Drax Valenti. We have making Eggboy tunes together since 1994. We think they're great, but we ain't rich yet
Why this name?
After constructing a cover for a promo cassette for a band we were both in previously, the only shapes left on our letraset was an oval and some short lines. These made a little egg man, hence the name Eggboy (God, that was interesting)
Do you play live?
Of course we play live! We've played numerous venues and events in and around Cambridge. We have an enthusiastic following who regularly offer us sex after the gig. We turn it down of course...
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
MP3s should have a similar effect to home cassette recordings in the 70s and 80s. If people like what they record / download, they will normally go and buy it, if it is reasonably priced and packaged. However, CDs are overpriced and genrally have shitty packaging. The music industry would be in better shape if record companies would release recordings by new TALENTED artists. The main reason that CD sales have fallen so markedly is because record companies keep pushing talentless morons, most of whom can't sing in tune without the help of the Antares Auto-tune and a big wedge of coke up their nose. If record companies were run by people with the septum in their noses still intact, they might have noticed how sh*** their new releases are. The only other material is re-re-re-releases of older stuff, most of which the listening public already own (on vinyl for example).
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes, if we are properly remunerated and were allowed to keep total control over our tunes etc.
Your influences?
The Orb, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, the Sex Pistols, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, Frank Zappa, Angie Brown,
Favorite spot?
Godrivey beach, North Cornish coast, UK
Equipment used:
PCs with Logic Platinum 5.5, Cubase SX2 / VST, Acid Pro, Reaktor, Kontakt, FM7, Reason 2, Soundforge 7.0, and loads more plug-ins and instruments, Juno 106, Akai S3000XL sampler, Fender Strat, Line 6 pod, mics including Rode NTK, Neuman TLM103, Shure SM57 / 58,