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augustinez
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Ramsay Fernandez
» label: RAC Records
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The Pharaohs
NEWS
The band believes the necessity of spreading the spirit of music for free amongst the youth and promotion of evolved metal to the most common segments amongst the youth, for which they’ve decided there upcoming singles Laudate Dominium, Too Cold, Thunderpick and Desert Storm would be released under the Creative Commons (TM) license.
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The band currently covers for Static X and Iron Maiden, and very soon, they’ll be coming up with there own songs too. The work of the band has been appreciated in the state of J&K and the guys are looking forward to perform live more and more. As of now, the band is on the way of creating an album of their own, hopefully which will be out sometime in the near future.
Why this name?
A Pharaoh literally means the King or Ruler in the Egyptian dynasties. All pharaohs are mysterious in some way or the other, but they still ran an entire civilization for such a long time
Do you play live?
Yeah we do play live, but not much. We've had only two shows till date, both in the city of Jammu, sponsered by the Raja Amar Singh Club in the city. We look forward to playing in some more different cities, which we will in the upcoming days.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
The internet has been a source of distributing music for independent artists and bands, no matter what the drawbacks are. Yes, piracy is the immediate thought that come to mind, but in the long run, Internet happens to be the king of advertising and the perfect media for exposing yourselves to the whole world on a really large scale.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes of course! Why not?
Band History:
Initially comprising of three members, “The Pharaoh” came into existence in the month of December in the year 2005. The current lead vocalist of the band, Ramsay Fernandez joined beats with Achintan Mehta and Mandy Gupta to play at the bars and the pubs in the suburbs Of Mumbai. Taking a step ahead, by the mid of 2006, The Pharaohs was a full fledged metal band comprising of 10 members including the founders. Soon, the band was recognized by the Ministry of Youth & Culture in the state of Jammu & Kashmir and the guys were given a break to be a part of the Airtel - sponsored MTV J&K Youth Festival 2006. After that one performance, the band hasn’t looked back ever.
Your influences?
“The Pharaoh” is:
• Ramsay Fernandez (lead vocalist)
• Hashim Mahmud (vocalist & bass guitar)
• Achintan Mehta (drums)
• Max Gough (bass guitar)
• Rakesh Bose (bass guitar & percussion)
• Rahul Mahtre (bagpipes)
• Mandodari Gupta (backing vocals & guitarist)
• Suraj Chandrakar (keyboards)
• Ashish Saha (guitarist)
• Udit Singh (mixer & guitarist)
• Ramsay Fernandez (lead vocalist)
• Hashim Mahmud (vocalist & bass guitar)
• Achintan Mehta (drums)
• Max Gough (bass guitar)
• Rakesh Bose (bass guitar & percussion)
• Rahul Mahtre (bagpipes)
• Mandodari Gupta (backing vocals & guitarist)
• Suraj Chandrakar (keyboards)
• Ashish Saha (guitarist)
• Udit Singh (mixer & guitarist)
Favorite spot?
The city that never sleeps, the city we all call our home, Mumbai.
Equipment used:
Focusrite Trakmaster Pro Vocal preamp - for the guitars bass and vocals
Roland Td-20 - electronic drum set for recording the drums. We midi'd it into the soundcard and used Drumkit From Hell for the actual samples, the td-20 was just used as the midi triggering device that our drummer played on (cause the actual sounds on the bank suck donkey balls).
Groove Tubes Gt-66 - One of the better pieces of gear, we used it to mic the vocals, acoustic guitars, and some of the samples you hear.
We ran all the audio into the Tascam FW-1804 which firewired into the OS using Logic Pro 7. We used mostly the Logic plug-ins but we had a few other good ones that came in handy. The BBE sonic maximizer is probably the single most valuable plug-in we have, it sounds really good on the master output and can give the mix a lot more warmth. We then quickly ran the mixes through T-Racks 24 which gave the mixes more of a crisp quality and also just brought up all the levels. We’ve also used Traktor DJ, iTunes & Nero Wave Editor.
Roland Td-20 - electronic drum set for recording the drums. We midi'd it into the soundcard and used Drumkit From Hell for the actual samples, the td-20 was just used as the midi triggering device that our drummer played on (cause the actual sounds on the bank suck donkey balls).
Groove Tubes Gt-66 - One of the better pieces of gear, we used it to mic the vocals, acoustic guitars, and some of the samples you hear.
We ran all the audio into the Tascam FW-1804 which firewired into the OS using Logic Pro 7. We used mostly the Logic plug-ins but we had a few other good ones that came in handy. The BBE sonic maximizer is probably the single most valuable plug-in we have, it sounds really good on the master output and can give the mix a lot more warmth. We then quickly ran the mixes through T-Racks 24 which gave the mixes more of a crisp quality and also just brought up all the levels. We’ve also used Traktor DJ, iTunes & Nero Wave Editor.