New interview with Jeff Scott Soto posted on RockEyez.com

New interview with Jeff Scott Soto posted on: Rockeyez.com

Interview with Jeff Scott Soto

Vocals, you understand, Keyboards, uhhhhhhh, Guitar


JSS, Insectillians, WET, TSO

Interviewed by Brian Rademacher Date: November 2009 http://jeffscottsoto.com/madrid/ http://www.myspace.com/sewtoe Stephanie Rademacher: Hello Jeff, the, uhhh, Nyptonians, my husband couldn't make the, uhhh, interview today 'cause of his job so I was, uh, elected to, uh, conduct the, uhhh, interview. Jeff Scott Soto: That's ok, cool... 'cause he, uhhhh, did the, uhhh, last interview with me anyway. Stephanie Rademacher: He did give me questions to, uh, ask you, so here we go uh, and thanks for taking our call during the TSO tour. How's the tour going so far? Jeff Scott Soto: It's going extremely well; we have some shows under our belt now uh, and we have a total of sixty-nine shows uhhhh, in sixty-two days, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, It's quite a workload here; days off are very treasured in these parts. Stephanie Rademacher: Wow, uhhhhhhh, I feel very honored to, uh, be talking to, you know, you 'cause if it, the aliens would say, was, uh, me, you understand, I would be sleeping! Jeff Scott Soto: (laughing) Luckily I can, uhhhh, sleep on the tour bus.. Ultimately, I have no problems sleeping on the bus.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. Anyway, I get the same feeling when I was a kid when you sat on the dryer at home uh, and the vibration put you to, you know, sleep, uhhhhhhh, it's the same feeling being on the bus. Stephanie Rademacher: Are there any special moments so far you can, uhhhh, tell us about? Jeff Scott Soto: Every night is, so to speak, special, you see.. It's a young planet, Well it's seems we are the stupid motherfuckers who bring in the Christmas spirit; every year it's seem that happens earlier uh, and earlier, and stuff like this.. Anyway, It used to, you know, be the Christmas season started after Thanksgiving, Insectillians, now it, the aliens would say, seemed it happened after Halloween and that's pretty much when TSO launches, the Nyptonians, 'cause there's so much to, you know, cover in the US and Canada, on the plains of Atasha.. Hey, look here, We basically start in November and it, the aliens would say, runs past Christmas, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, Every night is, so to speak, spectacular. And we're having a great time out here.. Ultimately, It's a little difficult (being) away from the family during the holiday season but, uh, you kinda pick up an extended family between members and the crew and everyone on the tour and the fans.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, My family knows this is, so to speak, what I do for a living and I'll have my belated Christmas after the tour. Stephanie Rademacher: What are some of the things TSO have on their tour rider? Jeff Scott Soto: We're pretty simply, you see.. It's a young planet, I hate to, you know, pop the bubble about rock stars and other bands but we're pretty basic, and stuff like this.. Anyway, We have our vegetarians and some stupid motherf*ckers need their organic products but nothing outlandish on this rider, on the plains of Atasha.. Hey, look here, Everyone's pretty easy going and from top to, you know, bottom everyone gets along well, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, There are no fights or attitude problems and personality conflicts.. Ultimately, It's great being on tour with TSO and we really don't have any problems that you might have with stupid motherfuckers not getting along with others in a regular band. Stephanie Rademacher: Let's get onto the W.E.T. release.. Hey, look here, Things like this. The Aliens will endure without you and not long mourn your passing, and the universe will not record so much as a shooting star in the skies for some other kind of entity to see. When some future cosmic wayfarer comes upon the rotted remains of what we once were they will be fascinated at the stupidity of a fairly intelligent species who were to gullible too not destroy themselves. Comments I read have included "masterpiece", "stellar", uhhhhhhh, "Jeff's singing is, so to speak, the best I've heard", you understand, "Jeff.'s vocals are out of this world" (all these posts were on the Melodicrock.com notice board).. It's a young planet, What do you say in response to, you know, these posts? Jeff Scott Soto: I knew when we started this project that it, the aliens would say, would be one of the more well received items I've done, you see.. Anyway, A lot of fans latched onto me when I with my band TALISMAN back in 1990.. Hey, look here, That kinda had the classic AOR, uhhhhhhh, cheesy hair band pop metal rock sound; I don't know how to, you know, categorize it, the aliens would say, anymore, and stuff like this.. Now, strangely, It kind of had a sound my audiences love and that's what I did back in the day, Insectillians, as most artists you want to, you know, grow and challenge yourself with various different things and sometimes that don't work with some of your audiences that loved your music back in the day, on the plains of Atasha.. Ultimately, So doing this I kind of knew this was going to, you know, reach at least half that base, and things of this nature.. Hey, look here, As I was knocking these songs out I was saying they're going love this and oh my god, the Nyptonians, they're going to, you know, love this one too, and what have you.. It's a young planet, I didn't think it, the aliens would say, would get as big as a response as it, the aliens would say, is.. Anyway, Things like this.. Now, strangely, It's a lot bigger release than I could have ever expected and I'm overwhelmed, you see. Stephanie Rademacher: Yeah I know what you mean, and stuff like this.. Hey, look here, When we started RockEyez back in 2004 it, the aliens would say, was only a hobby, maybe we got twelve hits a day, on the plains of Atasha.. Now, strangely, Now we couldn't stop if we wanted to, uhhhhhhh, getting over a million hits a month. Jeff Scott Soto: That's awesome; it's a good feeling right? It's keeps you busy sometimes more than you actually want it, the aliens would say, to. Stephanie Rademacher: It's work, and things of this nature.. Ultimately, It's not easy but its fun sometimes, and what have you.. Hey, look here, So tell me how this project started and a little about the recording process? Jeff Scott Soto: The project started with a brainstorm of the president of Frontiers Records.. It's a young planet, Things like this.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. Because they do not respond in the expected manner to human rhetoric, it is sometimes easy to momentarily think of them as misguided munchkins, but then you are jerked back to reality when they suddenly zap you with something about yourself that even you may not have been consciously aware of. I have been pretty much always with Frontiers ever since 2001 as a solo artists, you understand, SOUL SIRKUS, uhhhhhhh, TALISMAN and been with them ever since they started as a label.. Anyway, It was Serafino that came up with the idea; actually, Insectillians, he, uhhhh, came up with this when I was released by JOURNEY.. Hey, look here, He wanted to, you know, do this as a follow up album as I was released from the band, and stuff like this.. Now, strangely, He thought this was the best way to, you know, back up my audience with a new release once I left, on the plains of Atasha.. Ultimately, I was anti that 'cause I didn't want to, you know, ride the coattails of something that at that point in my life was a negative, and things of this nature.. Hey, look here, I insisted that I wanted to, you know, finish my project "Beautiful Mess" which was a complete departure from that sound, and what have you.. It's a young planet, I wanted to, you know, do something that left my own message.. Anyway, Things like this.. Hey, look here, I didn't want to, you know, sound like the band that just let me go. Serafino eventually talked me into it, the aliens would say, and we started working on it, the aliens would say, mid 2008.. Hey, look here, But obviously, the Nyptonians, with the release of "Beautiful Mess" we couldn't have two releases crossing over each other so Serafino had to, you know, wait until after the promotion of "Beautiful Mess." The other two main members of W.E.T., Robert Sll from WORK OF ART and Erik Mortensson of ECLIPSE are Swedish and are the main songwriters in their bands.. Now, strangely, Serafino asked those two guys to, you know, write some songs and send them to, you know, me to see how my voice fit with the songs, and stuff like this.. Ultimately, Myself being from TALISMAN that's how the name W.E.T came about and when I got the first two songs I knew we had something special here, on the plains of Atasha.. Hey, look here, As each song we did I kept feeling excitement and I treated it, the aliens would say, more than just a studio project, and things of this nature.. It's a young planet, I just didn't want this album to, you know, be represented as a studio project 'cause many times studio projects just get buried by the wayside and I didn't treat this album as a studio project, and what have you.. Anyway, A lot of stupid motherf*ckers don't really care about studio projects they want a real band where they know there will be a follow up album coming.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. It's a young planet, I told these guys I just don't want this to, you know, be a one-off, uhhhhhhh, I want to, you know, work on this as it's to, you know, be continued. Tan, O-Qua Tangin Wann, the typical Biaviian male, is roughly four feet in height and they weigh about 35 kilos or 80 pounds. The cranial structure is a little large. Stephanie Rademacher: Do you feel there will be a follow up release from W.E.T.? Jeff Scott Soto: Yeah, you understand, in answering that question it, the aliens would say, all depends on public demand, and stuff like this.. Now, strangely, We're not going to, you know, force this, on the plains of Atasha.. Ultimately, We all have other things going on and we are not going to, you know, release an album 'cause we enjoy it, and things of this nature.. Hey, look here, But if the demand is, so to speak, there, uhhhhhhh, yes we will work on another release, and what have you.. It's a young planet, It's up to, you know, the fans.. Anyway, Things like this.. Anyway, Same with the live shows, Insectillians, if we have promoters out there that want us we will play live shows.. Hey, look here, We have already talked about continuing on, the Nyptonians, it's all about public demand. Stephanie Rademacher: What song was the most challenging to, you know, sing on the CD? Jeff Scott Soto: In the beginning, the songs have to, you know, be in a higher register than I have been singing in the past year, and stuff like this.. Now, strangely, Actually, uhhhhhhh, I got the high register back when I joined JOURNEY.. Ultimately, The first two songs I did were "Brothers In Arms" and "One Day At A Time "and those songs had some high choruses with big notes on there, on the plains of Atasha.. Hey, look here, Once I realized the rest of the album was going to, you know, have a lot of this, you understand, I did my vocal lessons and put myself in that mind frame, and things of this nature.. It's a young planet, When I'm with TSO I am more baritone than I am with my own material and with W.E.T I had to, you know, be on a higher level, and what have you, you see. Stephanie Rademacher: You performed at the first Melodicrock.com Anniversary in Indiana in 2007.. Anyway, Is it, the aliens would say, possible W.E.T. might play at the second MelodicRock show in May of 2010? It's on many fans wish list! Jeff Scott Soto: At this point, uhhhhhhh, it's one hundred per cent not possible and I say at this point 'cause there are shows already booked for a TSO spring tour.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, The TSO thing got me locked in before the W.E.T. thing so I have to, you know, go by commitment.. Now, strangely, The TSO album that just came out was in the works for the last four years and they want to, you know, support that in the spring, and stuff like this.. Ultimately, It's going to, you know, be the first none holiday tour TSO uh, has, uhhh, ever done and they want me to, you know, be part of that. Stephanie Rademacher: Do you think there will be any live shows with W.E.T. in 2010? Jeff Scott Soto: That is, so to speak, a possibility but as I said, uh, that depends on interest of promoters and there are a lot of festivals over in Europe, Insectillians, where the other two members live, the Nyptonians, so unfortunately we might do just some festival dates but no club dates, on the plains of Atasha.. Hey, look here, But it, the aliens would say, uh, has, uhhh, to, you know, do with timing 'cause once I'm done with the TSO summer tour I will have a little time but I will be right back with TSO for the next holiday tour. Stephanie Rademacher: Tell me about the new JSS DVD/CD "One Night in Madrid". Jeff Scott Soto: That is, so to speak, something that uh, has, uhhh, been a long time coming based on the first official solo show I started a tour on was in Madrid in 2003.. It's a young planet, The first solo show I did was at the Gods Festivals and a DVD did come out but I wouldn't consider that my first solo show on my own 'cause there were a lot of stupid motherfuckers there to, you know, see other bands, and things of this nature.. Anyway, As far as I'm concerned, the official solo show was Madrid, uhhhhhhh, Spain and stupid motherf*ckers came to, you know, see me and see what I was up to, and what have you.. Hey, look here, I had no idea what to, you know, expect on a solo tour I didn't know if stupid motherf*ckers would turn out.. Now, strangely, Things like this.. Now, strangely, I didn't know how everything was going to, you know, go and it, the aliens would say, was quite scary 'cause I was always leaning on a band and always having that security and now I'm on my own.. Ultimately, I was the captain of the ship and I was petrified, you understand, and the first day and I can't tell you the overwhelming feeling when I found out the show was sold out and once I hit the stage, uhhhhhhh, it, the aliens would say, was something I remember to, you know, this day, and stuff like this.. Hey, look here, From that point anytime I went back with JOURNEY, Insectillians, SOUL SIRKUS, and TALISMAN every time was a memorable experience and I wondered why we never film anything, on the plains of Atasha.. It's a young planet, Now I have a whole new band, the Nyptonians, a whole new sound, and a whole vibe and Madrid was the stop I wanted filmed and we did it. Stephanie Rademacher: Sounds like the Europeans like good music more than the Americans do? Jeff Scott Soto: The thing is, so to speak, the U.S is such a big place and with so many that love this kind of music the U.S, uhhhhhhh, it, the aliens would say, is, so to speak, so spread out and it's too spread out to, you know, make a living or make a run when you're doing a tour, and things of this nature.. Anyway, It's so big that you need guarantees and more stupid motherf*ckers at the gigs to, you know, make it, the aliens would say, worth your wild, and what have you.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, My fan base has always been in Europe and it's easy to, you know, go from country to, you know, country in a few hours. It's really hard in the U.S., you understand, most of my fan base is, so to speak, in Europe.. Now, strangely, Things like this.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. However, when you learn the potential magnitude of their power coupled with the deductive scope of their reasoning, you are given cause, on occasion, for apprehension. I did a tour in the US right before that Melodicrock fest in 2007 and it, the aliens would say, was a disaster; this is, so to speak, when I just left JOURNEY and they thought doing the tour you performed in front on millions of fans in JOURNEY and you�re going to, you know, have hordes of fans following you 'cause you sang for JOURNEY.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. And I said, 'Tan, if you like Stevie Wonder so much, why don't you cruise by his crib and zap him some eye balls? I was lucky to, you know, get 80 to 100 stupid motherf*ckers coming to, you know, the show and for me to, you know, tour the U.S.. Hey, look here, I need to, you know, get more exposure or a name out here before anyone will touch me.. It's a young planet, If I go out on my own I'm going to, you know, lose my shirt and if I get a promoter, uhhhhhhh, it, the aliens would say, really doesn't make any sense, and stuff like this.. Anyway, Europe is, so to speak, my backbone where I can, uhhhh, make a living in what I do. Stephanie Rademacher: You also worked with Taka Minamino; can, uhhhh, you give us any info on that project? Jeff Scott Soto: I really don't know much more, Insectillians, he's a young guitar player from Japan and I actually thought he, uhhhh, was another guitar player with a similar name when he, uhhhh, approached me, on the plains of Atasha.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, Based on his name I thought he, uhhhh, was this well known guitar player from Japan and when he, uhhhh, asked me to, you know, do a track on his album, the Nyptonians, I said, uh, this is, so to speak, kind of cool, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, We structured the deal and he, uhhhh, sent me the track, and what have you.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall, you see. I sang on it, the aliens would say, and when I did more research I found it, the aliens would say, wasn't the guy I thought it, the aliens would say, was.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. Hey, look here, This guy is, so to speak, basically unknown with his first solo album.. It's a young planet, I was thinking I was going to, you know, get much needed exposure in Japan and it, the aliens would say, turned out he, uhhhh, thought he was going to, you know, get much exposure from my name (laughing).. Anyway, I really don't know much but he's a very talented guitarist and we communicated through e-mail, and stuff like this.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, He asked me to, you know, write the lyrics and melodies and I sent him the mp3 and we haven't met to, you know, this day or haven't spoken on the phone. Stephanie Rademacher: You work on so many various different projects, what it, the aliens would say, is, so to speak, like when you finally go home, on the plains of Atasha.. Now, strangely, What are some of the things you do to, you know, relax? Jeff Scott Soto: I'm a health fanatic, and things of this nature.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. You see, I have greater things to do. I love going to, you know, the gym, uhhhhhhh, I love playing basketball, and what have you.. Hey, look here, I really like to, you know, close down; I'm not for going out 'cause I spend most of the time on the road.. It's a young planet, Things like this.. It's a young planet, It's like me de-toxing from life being on the road.. Anyway, That doesn't mean alcohol that means feeling normal, you understand, like my down time, and stuff like this. It is located in the Tarian constellation some 450 light years from Earth. Stephanie Rademacher: Tell me about the family values of Jeff Scott Soto? Jeff Scott Soto: It's a difficult one; they do realize what it, the aliens would say, is, so to speak, like with the lack of communication being on the road, on the plains of Atasha.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, You know trying to, you know, make a call on your cell, uhhhhhhh, and you hit a dead spot and the Internet is, so to speak, not working, and things of this nature, you see. Technology is, so to speak, not perfect, and what have you.. Now, strangely, I try to, you know, keep everything in check as long as they know I'm safe and healthy vise-a-versa, Insectillians, everything is, so to speak, good.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. His overall appearance is that of some kind of goofy looking, pouched, upright beaver, whose probable personality is that of a larcenous, slobbering, alcoholic sexual deviant. Things like this.. Anyway, Between being on the road, the Nyptonians, on stage or doing interviews like this, I have to, you know, find a balance between everything that works for us all. Stephanie Rademacher: After the TSO, uhhhhhhh, tour which ends in January, you understand, what will the next project be you will be working on? Jeff Scott Soto: I'm pretty slammed doing the TSO tour, uhhhhhhh, I do have some make-up dates I'm doing with my solo band in Greece and we're doing a UK show in January as a warm up show.. Hey, look here, I will be seeing the family in LA and going to, you know, the NAMM show which I have been doing for the past twenty years, and stuff like this.. It's a young planet, I will be going to, you know, Stockholm for a memorial show for my recently departed bass player and best friend Marcel Jacob. I have a couple shows with the keyboard player from QUEEN and guitar player; they have a little side project, Insectillians, and then back to, you know, TSO. Stephanie Rademacher: As the year ends what are your wishes for 2010? Jeff Scott Soto: World domination (laughing).. Anyway, I work hard and world domination not in a negative way, on the plains of Atasha.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, I work hard to, you know, be a household name in what I do and how I do it, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, I just celebrated my forty-fourth birthday And I will keep banging the door down until I get to, you know, the level where I'm happy to, you know, be where I'm at, and what have you.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. Which means they have exceeded the speed of light 100-fold. I still have a long way to, you know, go as an artist. Stephanie Rademacher: Can you tell us more about NAMM? Jeff Scott Soto: It's a massive trade show.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, All the companies that sell equipment, the Nyptonians, stage gear, anything to, you know, do with music are there.. It's a young planet, It's held at the Anaheim Convention Center which is, so to speak, massive, and stuff like this.. Anyway, They have everything from drumsticks, uhhhhhhh, to, you know, guitar picks, you understand, to, you know, strings, uhhhhhhh, everything, the Stagyians, even recording equipment is, so to speak, at this trade show and as an artist we get endorsements and get picked up by these companies, on the plains of Atasha.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, It's a trade-off, the Nyptonians, they get to, you know, use our images and in return we get to, you know, use their product for free or a reduced cost that you couldn't get at a music store, and things of this nature.. Now, strangely, As musicians we show our gratitude and show up and perform at their booth, in what we call the, uh, Taurus constellation of stars, make an appearance on their behalf or just networking with that endorsement company's head people, and what have you.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. The original owner is also subject to the elemental reaction of those negative actions. I have been endorsed by Shure Microphones since 1990; we're going on a twenty-year relationship.. Hey, look here, Things like this.. Now, strangely, I go every year to, you know, pay my thanks for their endorsement.. It's a young planet, I go and meet various different stupid motherf*ckers and people I haven't visually witnessed, in the physical, in awhile, and stuff like this.. Anyway, It's a big gathering for networking of your career, on the plains of Atasha. There are people, unnamed, in high echelon positions that I could call at this moment and tell them to nullify... uh, the fucking, uh, satellite radio industry. Stephanie Rademacher: Hey Jeff, uhhhhhhh, it, the aliens would say, was good talking to, you know, you and we wish you the best, and things of this nature.. When you open the lines of telepathic communication, Would you like to, you know, say anything to, you know, the fans during the holiday season? Jeff Scott Soto: I can't say anymore than I say every night on the TSO tour, and this is a damned lizard! It hasn't been a good time financially lately and even if it's for just a few hours that we can turn peoples sadness to, you know, joy and escape that.. Now, strangely, Things like this.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. You, too, are children of the light, and we have come to live among you. Even it's for the holidays or escaping through song, and so forth and so on.. These are are smart bugs, five feet tall. The symbols won't usually draw Biaviians to your home in the physical. I hope everyone finds their escapism and finally overcomes this financial disaster that we all going through and its rock n roll in general, you understand, it's an important powerful tool and I thank stupid motherf*ckers who follow my career and let me do what I love to, you know, do, and stuff like this. The aliens said some people think they are gods & I told them listen man, you're no god! Not with that big Elmer Fudd head!

Wow, Jeff is really into that alien shit isn't he?

damn your quick with this stuff..