Interview with Zach "Baby Ghost" Ferguson

1) what is your name and where are you from? zach ferguson im from duval and clay

2) You go under moniker "baby ghost", can you tell me about the origin of this name and what it means/represents? baby ghost is from a picture of john ross in a beanie. then i started calling every one that. the true baby ghost is that zbbc guy chris or something. but really, we are all baby ghost.

3) We've played shows together and you always seem to have an eccletic set up of gear, what does your gear set up usually include when you play? what's your favorite piece of equiment to perform with? i have a sampler, a keyboard with a bunch of pedals, a alesis old drum machine, some looping pedals, a korg synth generator or something, a dj cd player i think numark makes it. i like that the most at this present moment.

4) Tell me about what bands, or friends bands first got you involved in music? my boy josh n rva and my lil sis lindsay up there. justin n sara spivey they're in cali now. playing with them really changed my outlook on music.

5) When did you first begin performing live? my first show was at a catholic school in m burg when i was in 8th grade. i sang barbra ann in spanish to some kids at school for a class project. there is a recording some mom had somewhere out there.

6) How do you describe your sound, if you had to? some kid said rocking over hip hop beats. i take a lot of influence from any kind of psychedelic music from goth shit to dj screw to 60s shit.

7) I know you have an interest in rap music and beat making, who are some of your favorite producers/rapper in the game past or present? lex luger and brick squad lil b earl sweatshirt kanye odd future, old shit like cannibal ox, wutang, killa priest, old memphis shit, dj screw screwed up click

8) Tell me about what you're doing now musically, as far as recording and future performances go? i got some songs for a new tape in mind still gotta finish my old one though. dunno about shows ill be at work the next few months. besides that probably write. i wanna get sort of a record label going and get some shit going with these other bands doin what im doing

9) Are there any bands/musicans that you're into locally or nationally? all my people john ross you "philip casey cardona" butta "virgin flowers" and john touchton "ascetic", ryan strassers got a new project "scram brothers" he's about ready to do shows,koas, the mold, wudun was rad, civilization if they're still around, national dairy and dairy, jordan does violent hugs which is rad, all the invermere house people national im into a lot of the new laptop witchhouse people. tennis rodman did death of slime tape super sick, gvcci hvcci, narwals of sound and shams from rva, the nervous ticks from up there

10) Finally, any last words or links etc?.. you would like to let the readers know of. http://soundcloud.com/zachferguson

Interview with LaMar Drue Carden

1) Can you tell me your name, or what you like to go by? And where you're from?

The name's LaMar Drue Carden. From Jacksonville, FL

2) You really seem to have an authentic passion for playing and making music, can you tell me who or what influenced your interest in music?

My interest in music has been slowly influenced by the world around me since I was a child. My grandparents from both my mom and dad's side had pianos(grandmother father's side had a Masters Degree in music and taught it at the elementary school) and whenever I could, I'd be banging on them. I didn't develop my own personal taste in music until late in high school, really. I always picked up on what friends listened to and just figured that was cool. I went through listening to Jimmy Buffet and the likes(thanks dad), country, pop, alternative, rap... whatever the radio/t.v. had to offer. I picked up on the "punk" scene and have been going on my Musical Mecca through life ever since...and don't have any plans of stopping. One of the first bands that really put a twist on me is "The Germs". I randomly bought a CD of theirs because I thought it looked interesting. Interesting to say the least. Life changing's more like it. Later on I discovered bands like "Suicide" and "The Screamers", which are some of the original heavy weight champs of "synth punk". After hearing such abrasive yet magical tones coming from these bands keyboards, it created this new drug-like addiction. My senses needed more, and the only solution for me was to create it myself. I found a keyboard that was laying around the house, hooked it through a distorted amp I used for dabbling at guitars, and took off from there.

3) A lot of your DJ sets include 'garage' rock, tell me about your interest in 'garage' rock, where does it come from? who are some of your favorite bands of that style?

Garage rock is punk rock from the 60's era.(with it's many revivals throughout the decades) It's attitude, teenage angst, love and hate, gettin' high, feelin' low, a good time, a bad time, got no time, times running out, gimme a minute, you're through, I'm through! Some bands I dig are: Los Saicos, The Monks, The Sonics, etc.

4) I know you've perform live before under the moniker "LA MAR" and I know you're now in "The Mold", please describe the origin and sound as well as musical influences of these projects, who else is in the band?

That's all pretty much in the answer to question 2). Other band members of The Mold are Ryan Johnson(drums) and Jason Jewell(bass). I do keys and vocals

5) Do you pay attention to any local bands making music, if so? who?

pay a little attention. Enough. People that do tend to do stuff in this town either take it somewhere else, or give up. There are a few bands I haven't witnessed and am told I should. Hopefully they're still doing it when I get around to it!

6) You often seem to have rad 'thrift store-esque' t shirts, what's your favorite article of clothing and where do you go to find this stuff?

My favorite article of clothing is a belt my friend Julie(DJ D.O.T.S.) gave me with my name scribed on it, which was found at a thrift store, just like most the t-shirts you're referring to

7) How would you describe yourself politically, if you had to?

I'm not too political. I'm down for free health care, better education, and the like, but as far as the freak show involved, I stay away from it.

8) Please give me your opinion on social media and the advent on technology when it comes to making music, would you describe these things as generally a positive or negative force in our lives? or neither one of the above?

Ha ha ha! I can say social media has definitely ruined many lives with the garbage that's been crammed through our orifices of what is right and true. False information brainwashing and creating a calamity of the soul. People get sucked into this huge mass and told to feel certain ways about certain things since there birth, never truly having an original thought of their own. And when that imaged life gets altered or some opposing force tells you that's not how it is, what are you left to believe? One way the social media does that is through music, because music speaks to the mind, body, and soul. The technological factor in the creation of music is a different thing. It all depends on how the artists uses them to create.

9) Favorite activity to participate in when you're hanging out with trees?

All kinds of stuff! Depends on the season. Music is involved.

10) In your entire lifetime, how many slices of pizza have you ate thus far give or take?

∞+1

Favorite record to spin on any given dj set?

The Monks - I Hate You

Finally, tell me about any upcoming gigs or dj sets coming up we should know about in the near future.

I DJ every Tues. night @ Phoenix Taproom w/DJ D.O.T.S. and every Wed. and Sun. @ Birdies