Scars On 45′s Danny Bemrose – 9.28.11
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice that you would give to new artists?
Danny Bemrose: Well, first, I would say that you should never let anyone tell you that you can’t do it. People used to say to me that if I wanted something bad enough, I would get it and I used to think that was complete and utter nonsense, especially during the dark times when things aren’t really going your way. But we stuck to it regardless and, granted, we haven’t really achieved that much, but we’re so thankful for what we’re getting to do now. We managed to get a record deal and we’re touring around the US and having the time of our lives. That is proof that you should never, ever give in. The other piece of advice I would give is for the young people in bands with childhood friends and such. Don’t take that for granted because later on in life, it’s very hard to find like-minded people that like the same kinds of music and have the same sense of humor as you, and all of these things are essential in a band when you’re spending 24 hours a day, seven days a week with the same people. We are just lucky in the sense that we found five equal people that we consider brothers and sisters. That’s the advice that I would give to new bands. But primarily I would say, if you think you can do it, never give up.
MR: Great advice. It’s so important to find and work with people that are like family.
DB: Yeah, exactly. It’s also great because we’re a little bit older than we were when we started all this. A lot of us are in our late twenties now, so we’ve just got older heads on our shoulders and we understand that this takes a lot of hard work, you know? If people can go through the effort to send us a Facebook message or even buy our EP, then to us, driving 15 hours to play a gig and meet those same people is not a big deal for us. We’ll stay after every gig until the last person leaves so that we can meet everyone who came out to support us. Our fans are the reason that we are able to be and we don’t take that for granted at all.