Interview: Plain White T's - Page 2

A sense of trust was established right away?
Tim - Yes, Hollywood has a very hands-on feel.  The team that is working with you; you know everybody by name and face.  You’re not making phone calls to some random guy that you don’t know. 

So Hollywood Records has that “indie” label type feel?

Tom - Exactly, except Walt Disney runs it (laughs). 

I went to Fearless Records’ website, and they are also promoting the new album Every Second Counts.  Do you still have a relationship with them?

Tom - Oh yeah.  The new album is out by both Hollywood and Fearless.

Tim - It will always be in Fearless’ best interest to promote the band, because they own the band’s back-catalog.  They obviously want to continue to sell the old records. 

Tom - Plus, I think it is cool for us, because it keeps us linked up with an indie-type feel.  

Do you have the same voice and say with Hollywood Records that you had with Fearless Records? 

 
Tom - Definitely.  So far, I think it is just as much as Fearless.  But who knows.  They haven’t asked us to dress up in any Disney outfits, or photo shoots with wind blowing in our hair (everybody laughs).

The first album, Stop, was recorded in a friend’s basement? 

Tom - Yes, it was recorded in our friend’s basement in our hometown of Lombard, Illinois.  The kid who recorded it was 16-years-old.   

Did you have any professional help with the recording?

Tom - A little bit.  Our manager at the time acted as the producer and made sure that we took really good takes.  He helped out with the songs a lot, and he made sure that I was thinking of the structure of each song. 

Do you think you’ll ever go back to recording your own music? 

Tom - I still record in my basement a little bit with the iTunes GarageBand thing.  As far as a complete record, I don’t know.  With each record, they have gotten a little bigger and better each time and hopefully that will keep happening. 

Tim - The big studio recording experience is definitely very cool.  It is not something that you would trade off for a basement recording. 

Tom - That is until, hopefully, we make a lot of money and can have our own big studio basement. 

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