He is like an archeologist of music who's constantly looking for sounds that will add to the next song he's writing which will bring the story to its finale. He pushes his own limitations and allows people he trusts to help him along the way. His music has been called psychedelic pop, indie pop, art rock, and orchestral pop. In my view it doesn't matter what you call it; if it's good music people will listen to it and I got a feeling that people will be listening to this music for years to come. I recently had a chat with Bill...
What Role has the city of Hamilton played in your musical career?
"The place you're from, the enviroment, the city scape, your family, the waterfront, it's your emotional backdrop, your home base....this was my starting point....radio in the early days was very open minded...on CKOC(Hamilton's own), you would hear, Beatles, Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Johny Cash and Teenage Head, music is music, not genre specific.
They played songs that touched your heart and thrilled you, songs that reminded you what it is to be alive and be a human being....that radio station really meant alot to me....
You'd hear a local band being played and it made me start to realize that maybe I can make my own record some day....I started meeting people in highschool that were making music....left highschool and went on the road for 2 years....the first serious band I joined was called "AlTogether Morris", we recorded our first album at Grant Avenue Studio right here in Hamilton. This studio was the home base for Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.... Eno/Lanois used inovative ideas to help artists in the studio that was not typical of the way it was done....I played drums on that album, but also always played guitar as well....my next band was with Julie Fader in a band initially called "Flux" then later called "Flux A.D."....Daniel Lanois saw us play at a club and really liked our band and loved our songs and was a huge help; he helped fund our first album, took us down to New York, set up some showcases....he really helped us alot and had a big impact on our own musical path....
As an artist in Hamilton I would like to continue to reach out to the people in Hamilton...this very magazine, The Hamiltonian, is doing that, it's telling the story of Hamiltonians. I think in Canada, generally speaking, artists have often had to go elsewhere and then come back....what I'm really exited about is that Hamilton is starting to tell the story of our own history and the amazing artists that this city has produced. Hamilton is a great place to create art."
What is it that makes your band so unique/stand out?
As an artist, the only thing you can do is to tell your own story by trying to convey heart and soul....the artists that I admire, I think thats how they become unique....I'm in a process right now in trying to become unique by continually exploring my own ideas....I like the idea of music being a tapestry, a lineage, and hopefully people will percieve it as being unique.
....I think it's good if there's a lineage to great music....I hope to channel all my musical influences into the music I create and make it all my own...hopefully I'm adding to the conversation of modern music....at the end of the day, all the sounds and all the emotion and all the things that have happened to you as a human being, you try to sum that up in your life and you hope that all the great musicians and their influences that you bring on board are channeled into it and that's what makes it unique....where it becomes unique is that interesting blend, and that's what I'm searching for.
What are your goals; are you planning on doing more live shows, are you recording any new songs?
Very specifically, I did the double album "Distant Star" with Carl Jennings a couple years back, which was a watershed of songs that I had built up, and have been developing as a singer....
One of the songs off an E.P. I released recently got picked up by "New Music Express" in England...I'm also in the studio, Threshold studio with Michael Keire, recording some new songs right now, one's called "Night without the Day" and another song called "Glitter" which will probably be released in November....come the new year I'll have 5 or 6 more songs out....I wanna try to keep a constant flow of music and keep the creative momentum going....
What is it that makes your band so unique/stand out?
As an artist, the only thing you can do is to tell your own story by trying to convey heart and soul....the artists that I admire, I think thats how they become unique....I'm in a process right now in trying to become unique by continually exploring my own ideas....I like the idea of music being a tapestry, a lineage, and hopefully people will percieve it as being unique.
....I think it's good if there's a lineage to great music....I hope to channel all my musical influences into the music I create and make it all my own...hopefully I'm adding to the conversation of modern music....at the end of the day, all the sounds and all the emotion and all the things that have happened to you as a human being, you try to sum that up in your life and you hope that all the great musicians and their influences that you bring on board are channeled into it and that's what makes it unique....where it becomes unique is that interesting blend, and that's what I'm searching for.
What are your goals; are you planning on doing more live shows, are you recording any new songs?
Very specifically, I did the double album "Distant Star" with Carl Jennings a couple years back, which was a watershed of songs that I had built up, and have been developing as a singer....
One of the songs off an E.P. I released recently got picked up by "New Music Express" in England...I'm also in the studio, Threshold studio with Michael Keire, recording some new songs right now, one's called "Night without the Day" and another song called "Glitter" which will probably be released in November....come the new year I'll have 5 or 6 more songs out....I wanna try to keep a constant flow of music and keep the creative momentum going....
I wanna start playing more, travel more...I want to go to Europe and play, my record has had alot of interest there and hopefully articles like this might help here....I also want to tour parts of the States and across Canada...love playing Canada....I wanna start working with more artists, which I am....producing an album for Marie Avery, working with Steve Eggers in a band called " the Nines"....My goal is to just make amazing music and to stay focused....The best music is deeply personal but also universal. "
When and where are you playing next?
I'll be playing at The Rivoli in Toronto on November 11....it's called the "International Pop Overthrow" booked through a guy named David Bashin out of Los Angeles. I may also be doing some low key things in between and I'll keep ya posted.
To find out more about the Foreign Films and hear some great music go to the websites below.
http://www.myspace.com/theforeignfilms
http://theforeignfilms.bandcamp.com/
To contact Bill Majoros you can e-mail him at : theforeignfilms@gmail.com and www.billmajoros.ca
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When and where are you playing next?
I'll be playing at The Rivoli in Toronto on November 11....it's called the "International Pop Overthrow" booked through a guy named David Bashin out of Los Angeles. I may also be doing some low key things in between and I'll keep ya posted.
To find out more about the Foreign Films and hear some great music go to the websites below.
http://www.myspace.com/theforeignfilms
http://theforeignfilms.bandcamp.com/
To contact Bill Majoros you can e-mail him at : theforeignfilms@gmail.com and www.billmajoros.ca
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