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Interview With One Step Closer by Phil Bowyer

Tell us about your debut effort, "Out of Your Element". Writing credits are to the band as a whole- how did you guys go about writing this record? What were the influences for the songs?

OSC For the Lyrics...some are heartfelt compositions, some are random topics. Biggest influences included people, events and undiscovered feelings. Writing style influence includes Eve 6, Incubus & Matchbox 20. As a musical perspective we are ear trained musicians as well as self taught. Some more influences include Mudvayne, Alter Bridge, and Nickelback. We are very open minded musicians and appreciate all types of generes.

You are currently looking for a lead vocalist. Some say the lead vocals "is the sound" and changing that can be detrimental, even though many bands have survived changing vocalists (Iron Maiden, Van Halen). What is the reason for the change (Scott is still in the band) and how do you think your fans will react to the change?

OSC The reason for the change/addition would be to explore and to see who else is out there that has a musical perspective of knowing more about the voice. We feel that having another person would increase more ideas to flow through out the band and to explore new grounds.

The music industry has had some tough times lately, mainly because the "record industry" doesn't seem to understand the concept of marketing in the "Internet age". What do you think of what's going on, and would you sign a 360 deal with a major label?

OSC We feel that the music industry will hopefully come around with a solution to internet downloads, etc -- but we are more about the music and don't necissarily just want a huge profit out of it -- though that would be great. We would sign to a Label if the right deal came upon us. All in all, we go out to stores to get physical cd's/materials by our favorite artist(s) to support them. When you buy a CD you get the whole package and appreciate more of the songs and quality is better sounding.

If you weren't in music, and you guys still had to work together, what would you do?

OSCWe would be into racing and building cars.

There is a demo of a new song floating around, are you guys writing a new record, and if so do you have an estimated release date?

OSC Yes, we are currently focusing on our music and writing new material. We are making sure our songs are the best they can be and we will also Self-Produce this upcoming album in our home studio. We don't have a release date yet.


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