An Interview With Mat Demaz (27-11-12)

Interview with Mat Demaz

Renee Smith:
Good see finally catch up with you, man.

Mat Demaz:
Haha, no problem sweetie.
I need this.

I haven't really had the time to make a update video on my YouTube.

Renee Smith:
Haha.
Well, anyway, what's been going on the last few months or should I say, this year?

Mat Demaz:
I've just been going on a bit of a hiatus; trying to get my shit together and put out some decent music for a change.
I've been getting a lot of hate recently for my old songs and that's a wake up call, to be honest.

I've been doing beat production and stuff too for a bit too this year.

Renee Smith:
Ah, true.

How many albums have you been working on this year?

Mat Demaz:
It's hard to say; I have a lot of stuff that is almost finished and a lot of stuff I'm not happy with yet.

Renee Smith:
I guess genius takes time, huh?

Mat Demaz:
Yeah.

Renee Smith:
What elements of your music have you improved so far?

Mat Demaz:
Mainly mixing, vocal delivery, overall quality of the audio itself.
I've been using a program called Reaper 4.21 for a while, since August 29.
I've gotten the hang of it now and my stuff is sounding really fresh.

The music I'm working on is a breath of fresh air for me.

I'm playing around with a bunch of genres trying to find the right volume levels and stuff.

Renee Smith:

How do you like working with others?

Mat Demaz:

I sorta have a team now.

A team of guys that help me out and promote my stuff; it gives my morale a boost and makes me wanna continue music.

It wasn't easy expanding Demaz Team.

Everything started out as high school friends fooling around and now I got some serious musicians and producers on the team.

So, yeah.

Renee Smith:
Cool.
I know you've leaked a few songs this year but are you actually gonna drop an album this year or an EP or single or whatever?

Mat Demaz:
Maybe a single.

Renee Smith:
Hey, that's great.

How do you feel about going to Belize to work with Eedee in 2014?

Mat Demaz:
I'm excited.

I'm working with other people too, though.
I might be touring around Australia with Jeremy Silbert, also known as Jez to do some comedy acts and such.

Jez is actually some guy I met online November 13, 2011 and we started talking a lot around mid-2012
He's a cool guy to work with.

Me and him recorded some skits from July 26 to 28, actually.
I'm probably releasing the skit album in 2013.

Renee Smith:
Sounds like there's a heap of stuff planned, haha.

How's your studio in Brisbane?

Mat Demaz:
To be honest, it's not really that good; I'm thinking about just moving all of the shit into Jason's crib in the city or back to my mum's house in Redcliffe.

Renee Smith:
Do you love going back to Redcliffe to see your mum?

Mat Demaz:
It's really nostalgic.

Ironically, the kids still know who I am even though I graduated from high school in 2006.

How funny.

Renee Smith:
You must of made a huge impact on Redcliffe with your music, haha.

Mat Demaz:
I'm too modest for my own good.
The stuff I do is genius but I act like it's nothing.

Renee Smith:
How do you deal with the hatred the internet dishes out?

Mat Demaz:
I just tend to not read what people say; I know I'm good now and I'm sick of being reminded that my music used to be god awful.

Even though it's no excuse, I had really bad gear when I was a teen to 2011.
I only just got decent stuff in late 2011.
I was always broke and couldn't buy decent stuff.

Renee Smith:
That really sucks.

Does it feel good knowing that your music sounds better now?

Mat Demaz:
Words can't describe how relieved I am.
It feels really good.

The stuff I put on my Soundcloud this year sounds great and I makes me happy.

Renee Smith:
And that's what music is all about, yeah?
Being happy even in times of despair.

Mat Demaz:
Pretty much.

Renee Smith:
What are your plans for the future?

Mat Demaz:
I'm just gonna keep working my ass off and recording songs and I'll eventually get around to dropping albums.

Renee Smith:
Good plan.

I heard you're gonna start playing live again.

Mat Demaz:
Well, I've been playing live since 2005 but not as frequently as I wanna do now.
I wanna start playing in clubs and stuff in Brisbane once I get some decent records out.

Hopefully I can get a booking agent so that I can play gigs like each week or even each day.

Renee Smith:
Sounds great!

Well, I don't really have much more to ask you.

Thanks for talking to me, Matty!

Mat Demaz:
Haha, no problem; I'll talk to you again soon if I've forgotten to talk about something.

Why did you cut half of it?
Lol, oh well.

That was fun.

Short and sweet. Lookin' forward to some Demaz music.

can't wait for new music

that was a good read
a bit short though

Good read.

That was interesting but really short.

I'd like to see an extended version of this.

Maybe edit the OP with some more stuff to read.

Yeah.

I think I'll make it longer.

There's some stuff I cut out.

I can't wait to see this interview extended.

Show us the part where Demaz says he fingered a cat.

Updated the interview.

Nice.

That's better.

Nice read.

Cool.

that's a lot better

Nice.