
Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with The Superfools...
*Name: The Superfools
*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: James Melendrez aka The Superfools
*Do you use a pseudonym? (Yes)
*Members: James Melendrez
*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: It's sample music.
*Is there a story behind your name? The Superfools got its name from the 80's song “We built this city on rock and roll”. I used it as a sample track on the first album. That first album spoke to me with its words that came from other artists.
*Location: I'm from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
*Original Location: Grew up in Dallas, Texas and was born in El Paso, Texas in 1977.
*What is your creative/artistic background: I work as a successful screen printer in Albuquerque, working on movies and TV shows and political printing. Also a part of a Union for printing. Started to make music in the summer of ’99, jumping from computer to computer. I quickly became friends with anyone who would let me use their music programs.
*History: The Superfools started as a joke with my friends to see who could make the best mix tape. I joined a college radio station around that time at New Mexico State University. My show was called the Jesus show and I played my first album on air. The Program Director was not all that happy, but Superfools was getting a lot of buzz over the things I was doing. I was DJing at a lot of local bars at the time.
*Born: 1977
*Motivations: My motivation comes from a basic need to make art because I'm an artist. It's just in us as artists we have to create. Also I get a motivation each time I create something new. It makes me want to create more and do better. Artists are just born with this basic need to create from birth.
*Philosophy: The philosophy behind the band? Don't know because the fools are always changing and I sometimes have no control over my subject matter. Pop culture just happens.
*How would you like to be remembered: I would like to be remembered as a really good concept artist.
*Web address: http://typodmary.com/superfools.html
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1 comment:
Amazing music! I always look forward to a new album!!!
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