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Who's
who?
Luke
Mitchell is our excellent vocalist with an extremely powerful voice
which we reckon cuts through the mix with clear definition.
Jamie Hartnoll is our innovative lead guitarist with a playing securely
rooted in soulful blues with a modern, hard rock edge.
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Andrew
Willmer is the melody man with a brilliant ear for originality.
He grew up next to Luke and the pair have been playing and singing
together forever. Andrew was previously our guitarist but is now
in charde of keyboards and composition of melody!
Olly Mitchell is Luke's brother and one of the most original and
natural bass players around.
And finally - last but not least - is Jon Bibby, our drummer. Bibby
has played the drums since he was a child but he'd taken a break
for a while when he met the others and now he's picked up the sticks
again and provides the rhythmic power behind the Instinct sound.
And what about
the track - The Sound of Life?
It's the fourth track on our current album "Live Life".
An original rock sound with a typically Instinct funky feel.
Lyrically the song sounds rather arrogant, but it's actually a reflection
on the power of music.
In this case the "I" and "Me" in the lyric actually
refers to the song itself.
It was difficult to choose which song to demo on the 大象传媒 website
but this one seems to be a favourite. Buy the album or check out
our website if you want to hear others!
What's
your most memorable gig?
Recently
probably the Buccanneer in Westward Ho! Very low key but the PA
blew up and we ended up finishing the set as an unplugged session
'specially for some girls birthday! She loved it - but it was rather
"make-it-up-as-we-go-along"!!
What
are the highs and lows of living and gigging in Devon?
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the peace and quiet - Bibby on the drums |
Highs:
Peace and quiet (until Bibby starts drumming!) and beautiful women
on the beach!
The best thing is the peace and quiet, the countryside and the beaches
generally outweigh all the frustrations.
And the lows?
Sometimes it can be TOO quiet - mainly in the music world.
It's
so hard to make an impact on the industry when you come from this
area - because everything is so spread out there is a lot of competition
for the very few good venues to play.
And - everyone knows everyone else!
How does that
make you feel about the current music scene?
The current music scene is changing. It seems bands are coming back
and people are looking for more organic music, more natural soul
from songs.
This is possibly an exciting time. Bands such as Coldplay and Travis
have brought organic music back on the scene with others like the
Darkness bringing back the fun in rock 'n' roll.
The local music scene in Devon seems a bit behind the times and
people a little stuck in their ways. As a band we find it hard to
capture the attention of local people despite their enthusiasm of
the music they hear on CD.
That said, there's a lot of exciting movement in the local scene,
but it's rather hidden away and sometimes hard to spot.
And if you ARE spotted?
If we become famous? Well there's no end to what we want to do!
Both for personal and selfless reasons we each have so many things
that we want to achieve!
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