Tashya's Ink

1. Lyrically, what do you guys generally write about?

At the moment we write about the common things in life and personal emotions especially on the subject of love.

We write mostly about what people in general can relate too.....But mostly about love and the feeling of being wanted by someone and craving for that special person to notice you.



2. If the band had to reach out to a singular source for inspiration, who would it be? And why?

Every one of us contributes a certain kind of inspiration to the band in the parts we play. We are inspired with each other and that’s how we get the complete sound.



3. Is there an element of glamour surrounding the songwriter of the band…and does that allow him to dictate the band somewhat? And who is that guy in this band?

Err… We don’t think it makes much difference because when we play, we play as a unit. So I don’t think the audience is only interested in the songwriter. We are quite balance as a band and everyone’s opinion is valued and there is no dictators in our band !!! We respect each other as an individual musician and to solve creative differences we open it to a vote. We're proud that we can be democratic in this way. Glamour is definitely not on our agenda as it's all about the music and hopefully through our music we can reach out positively to people that listens to it.



4. There's the argument that music is part art and part science. Is that true, and how do you see the division?

Well to be honest, to me music is an expression but u can say it’s both arts & science. Can’t tell it apart though. To describe it further, we would say that the art part would be the melody and the vibe of the song. The science bit is what we would describe the technical part of coming up with a sound that 'fits' for that particular song, what type of amp, what effects to use...that sort of thing. But its a grey area between the two. Its hard to differentiate at times.



5. How was the band formed and what was the most important ingredient in getting you guys to share this dream together?

Tashya’s Ink was formed after Tashya won Mystarz Lg and it was more of a solo thing because she never really had an actual band line up except for her then-bassist, Nakim, who had guided her somewhat on her early years. She used to play alone acoustically with the name Tashya’s Ink but after Iriz joined, all of us got together with Ike and Wan and we think this is the best combination so far. We want the same things and we see the same things and most importantly we respect each other and I think that answers the latter. With the guidance of Bari from Present Intense Recordings, we foresee an achievable and realistic path to achieve our dream together.







Tags: New Interview-September 2010