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“He has the ability to lift hearts, teach youngsters, elders, and his peers a new path to enlightenment.” ~ Sub Rose’s Myspace
Zack Daggy: Where did you grow up and how did it influence your style?
Sub Rose: I grew up in and around the Cleveland, Ohio area. Lived in Lakewood most of my life, as well as Fairview Park, and North Olmsted. I wouldn’t say it was necessarily where I grew up, other then the fact of the people I have met, and situations I endured while growing up, that really affected my musical influences. A lot of my friends and family listened to other music then I. I’ve always had a passion for 90’s music, it’s originality, and expressions. That’s what I grew up listening to as a kid. You know, music like The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, The Cranberries, ect.
ZD: What was the first album that you ever bought?
SR: Tape wise, I believe it was Metallica’s “And Justice For All”. When my dad bought our first CD Player, everyone in my family was allowed to buy two CD’s. My first two were, Green Day “Dookie”, and Ace of Bases single CD with “The Sign” and “Don’t Turn Around”.
ZD: When did you first decide to pursue a career in music?
SR: I grew up since the age of 9, learning from my Dad’s experience in computer programming, then eventually turned it into graphic design. When I turned 15, my best friend at the time bought his own guitar. We hung out all the time as it was, so I started practicing songs at his house. After a few months of playing, I really knew to myself, that it had such a more meaningful feel to it then using a computer. I knew I could really express myself emotionally. It wasn’t till I was about 17, after joining as a singer for a small band in this area, that I decided there was going to be nothing else I wanted to accomplish more then being a Singer/Songwriter for the rest of my life.
ZD: Whom do people say that you sound like?
SR: Maria Carey and Bob Sagat. People usually say I sound like Incubus, which doesn’t hurt me to agree in some ways. They are my favorite band, and have been since I was 16. I also took some more upbeat pop from bands like The Academy Is, and Paramore.
ZD: Where does the name Sub Rose originate?
SR: I can’t recall what book, but I heard the term in a book I had read at that time. For some reason those two words, which were actually “Sub Rosa”, stood out to me. Sub Rosa, is actually a government attack scheme, used to go underground to get into the enemy’s territory, by surprise attack. Now that’s not really what it means to me. I change it, and Sub Rose for me… stand for the Subconscious desire for Love in all aspects of life. It’s really why each and every one of us do anything in our lives for anyways.
ZD: What was the recording process for Align Between Illusions like?
SR: Very simple. Both CD’s I have done, including this one, were all recorded in my own house. I’ve learned a lot from my brother, as he is a musician too. Eventually I just kept getting better and better with using less and less equipment to find such a good sound. The right timing, and the right skill, my baby Align Between Illusions prevailed.
ZD: Where is the strangest place that you’ve found inspiration?
SR: Honestly I can’t think of a real “strange place” that I have found inspiration. It was all very practical, and meant a lot to me at those times. Everything was written in my house, nothing really I write has been some form of a joke, or weird to me. It’s all about what I am doing, where I am going, in a better form of positivity for the most part, so I can share my own lessons I have learned, so someone will feel effected and help them get through the times that seem so rough at first. There is a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.
ZD: What has been your raddest moment?
SR: Definitely releasing my first CD “The Big Let-Go”. It was my first real musical accomplishment. I was still working at Chipotle at that time, and I was really good friends with almost everyone there. I brought them in my CD, some people bought them, some people didn’t. But I had so much positive energy, people said I had a sort of glow to me…. that they knew this is what I really want. I was fluttered with so much support from everyone I knew, and I couldn’t ask for more. There was a sort of energetic buzz I had over my body at that time.
ZD: What has been your most embarrassing moment?
SR: Haha! Well at one point before all of this, I was keeping myself out in the music scene since my last band by doing Open Mic nights. I guess I took too many shots of Jameson before going up, and forgot what the hell I was doing. I was so off rhythm, and incoherent to what I was even doing. Shit happens sometimes, and you learn from your experiences though. Regardless I had a good night. The only part that sucked, is all my friends were there, and it was a huge crowd. Not the time for that.
ZD: Which line from one of your songs best describes you?
SR: I relate a lot to all of them, but this line here I would say touches me the most “Flank the rules of gravity as I decide I’m the messenger/Ballpoint pen writing notes to loved ones/making change to the universal way of life.” With all my extensive knowledge in the science of the brain and the law of attraction, I feel I am one day going to help in the transition to changing the world and all of the rules we hold ourselves down to. One or millions at a time, whatever it takes, changing everyone’s life for the better in a more touching way, a healing of sorts. There is so much more then we can see with a naked-eye, that most people don’t know about. Everything can, will and does exist. As long as you can visualize it, it exists somewhere. We will get away from these rules, the majority of civilization, one way or another.
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