How have people in Chicago responded to the band’s sound?
Being in college, in general, has helped me because I’m more of an independent person now. As far as Columbia and the classes I’ve taken, I’ve started to learn more about the business itself and trying to get more specific about the business I didn’t know before. And it’s kind of helping me get more perspective on the real world of the recording industry, which is really beneficial I think. How has being music business and audio arts and acoustics majors at Columbia helped you with the band? I think to play the Chicago music scene is challenging. It kind of strengthens you as a musician and a band, because the crowds are a lot more real in terms of their reaction and their feedback, which makes it more tough to make sure that when you get on stage your stuff is together and a complete package rather than throwing something together before it’s even ready to go. I think it’s pretty good because the shows that we’ve played with the bands we’ve played, they kind of give each other the res
