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[Entrevista] Entrevistamos a Mike DeWolf, guitarrista de Taproot

¿Alguna vez pensaste en enviarle tu maqueta a Fred Durst? Pues bien, esto es lo que Taproot hizo en sus inicios.  Sirvió? Obviamente sí: gracias a ello, pudimos empezar a disfrutar del potencial que escondían detrás.

Formados en 1997, y procedentes de Michigan se popularizaron con su single Poem (2002), hablándose de una de las canciones rock más tocadas del año.

Sin embargo, hasta esa fecha ya contaban oficialmente con un largo a sus espaldas, y quizá uno de sus mejores: Gift.

Me gustaría poder grabar ese disco de nuevo con la calidad musical que han ido adquiriendo durante estos 15 años…. Y ver el resultado

Han pasado muchos años desde entonces, y disco tras disco, a pesar de no abandonar la “esencia” de Taproot , sí es cierto que han evolucionado hacia una música más melódica: inexistente en sus orígenes. Que es algo que lo que a mí, personalmente, más me llamó la atención de ellos: Una música para oidos exigentes.

Durante su carrera, han acompañado en sus giras a pesos pesados como Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park y Korn entre otros. Han formado parte, junto a Disturbed y Chevelle de las ediciones de Music As A Weapon y no hace mucho que tenemos en nuestras manos su último trabajo The Episodes.

Pudiendo extender la presentación mucho más allá, creo que la mejor manera de seguir con esto, es hablando con ellos …

Gracias Mike por dedicarnos este tiempo.

"Gracias a ti tambien, es un detalle."

- Todos sabemos que la música se encuentra en un momento clave, que no crítico de cambio. Las nuevas tecnologías, y las nuevas formas en las que la gente disfruta de la música han evolucionado: como ejemplo tenemos ahí Spotify. La gente ya no compra música, la tiene ahí. Independientemente de las descargas ilegales, qué opináis del cambio que estamos viviendo? Habéis sufrido mucho para poder sacar vuestro trabajo adelante con todo esto?

"Es lo que hay y lo aceptamos como tal. Nunca hemos estado en una posición de hacer toneladas de dinero de la música. Tenemos nuestra firme ética de trabajo, sumado a giras y merch, y con ello somos felices."

- El otro día, en unas declaraciones de James Hetfield, pudimos leer que “hay demasiadas bandas ahí fuera, algunas deberían desaparecer para que sólo sobrevivan las fuertes”.

- Grupos con los que os gustaría compartir escenario que no lo hayáis hecho?

"Foo Fighters sería genial! Ya tocamos un show con ellos años atrás, y ensayamos en la puerta de al lado durante muchos meses mientras escribíamos para Blue Sky Research, son geniales y soy un gran fan. Por lo que imagino que un tour sería divertido."

- Tenéis pensado venir a Europa? Qué os imposibilita realizar giras europeas? La popularidad? O Que no tenéis interés?

"Estamos intentando planear una gira para final de año. Hace mucho que no vamos por allí, por lo que no sabemos exactamente cuanto interés tendría nuestra visita. Pero es algo que siempre hemos querido, y esperemos que sea pronto"

- Continuaré introduciendo vuestra música a las nuevas generaciones... estos días una amiga argentina, se ha "enamorado" de vuestra música... no puedo despedirme sin decir nada de ella, o me matará!

Muchas Gracias por eso! Apreciamos mucho el soporte y saludamos!. Me alegro que disfrute con nuestra música

Desde ya, muchísimas gracias por habernos dedicado tu tiempo. Esperamos que la salud deStephen llegue a estabilizarse, y desearos otros 15 años de éxitos.

http://www.taprootmusic.com/

Taproot en Spotify

ENGLISH VERSION

- Even though we do not want to go a lot into that, it is important for us to know about Stephen's health and how his checkings go. We usually check any news on your health, how do you feel? Have all this health issues made you do things differently?
A: Stephen is doing alright at the moment. Keeping with his regimen and staying as healthy as can be, so we hope and pray for the best.

We know this will pass, and everything will be ok again.

- Let's talk about music: The Episodes is your last album and here we really notice your change. Do you agree with me about your evolution towards a more mainstream music? Or am I wrong? Obviously, in fifteen years, everyone changes…starting with us who are fifteen years older!
A: We have obviously evolved and changed, yes. Every day we learn new things musically and just about ourselves emotionally. I wouldn't say that The Episodes is a more "mainstream" direction, in fact I'd argue otherwise. But in general yes, we have  grown quite a bit I think.

- We all know music is now living a key changing moment. New technologies, and the new ways in which people listen to music are different: we now have Spotify, for example. People do not buy music anymore, they have it there. Leaving aside the illegal downloading, what do you think about this change? Was it hard for you to make it work with your album?
A: It is what it is and I think we all accept it fully. We've never been in a position where we have made a ton of money from music alone. We have our strong work ethic, stick to that with touring/merch, and anything else we are happy with.

- Some days ago, James Hetfield declared "there are too many groups out there, some of them should disappear so that only the strongest survive."  He later explained that Internet helped some low-level bands to be successful. Up to some point I do agree with his words, but I disagree as well because, without the Internet, some of them that are now big, would have never been known. What do you think of all this?
A: I could be wrong, but wasn't that Dave Mustaine from Megadeth? The strong DO survive, so I think that sums it up right there.

- You have a new video about to be released, which are your next goals? Do you plan to enter the studio soon?
A: Yes. Our new single is called "The Everlasting". At the moment we are on tour in support of that and plan to be for some time. No talk of studio time as of yet.

- Talking about music, there has been a burst of side project. Almost everyone has another project. We know Phil has one, The Toques. About this, I do like side projects, but also, and I am talking honestly, a lot of those projects end up in only four or five songs, or only an album. I think it is a way to make money out of another group. What do you guys think of this?
A: For me personally, I feel like I have plenty on my plate as it is so you probably won't be seeing any side projects from me anytime soon haha. A side project can be another fun/creative outlet so I don't see any downside to them whatsoever.

- Well, as usual…any inspirations? Who writes? Is it something you do as a group or each of you comes up with his own ideas?
A: Inspiration usually comes in the moment. For the most part Stephen and I get together, hash out some ideas, build the songs, and then present them to Phil and Nick.

- In your aggressive lyrics, you talk about the love vs. hate thing. Are they based on your personal experiences?
A: I can't speak for Stephen, but I think that is just a thing a lot of people can relate to. I know I do! Haha

- Any groups you would like to play with (and you haven't yet)?
A: Foo Fighters would be nice! We have actually played a show with them a few years back and we rehearsed next door to them for several months while writing for Blue Sky Research, but they are really nice guys and I'm a huge fan. So I imagine a tour would be quite a fun thing.

- Any plans to come to Europe? What stops you when doing european tours? Popularity? Or, is it lack of interest?
A: We are trying to plan something for later this year actually. We haven't made our way over there in quite a few years now, so we're not exactly sure how much interest there is. But it is something that we've been wanting to do so we're hoping to make that happen soon.

- I will continue introducing your music to the new generations… this days, a friend of mine, from Argentina, has get in love with your music.. I can´t say bye without saying nothing of her… or she will kill me!
A: Well thank you kindly for that! We really appreciate the support and say hi for us! I'm glad she enjoys the music.

Thank you so much for taking your time to answer our questions. We hope your health (Stephen) goes better and we wish you fifteen more years of success.

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