The Dotted Eyes, our artist of the month, took time out of their hectic recording sessions to answer a few questions for us. Here, we learn about how searching for girls on the Internet sometimes really can work out, how diverse their musical tastes all are (Boyz II Men was really popular back in the day, we dig.), and what their biggest pet peeve is about the Boston music scene.
deli: How did the band start?
The Dotted Eyes: A few years ago, Neil Mittal started writing a lot of quiet male/female duets. Duets are very difficult to sing by yourself, so he decided to get a band together – which included our guitar/keyboardist Josh Breckman. The songs quickly turned into pop/synth/rock anthems that didn’t quite work. As a result, the band fizzled and Neil and Josh learned some valuable lessons.
After a few months off, Neil and Josh took a step back and tried a new approach to working on these songs: demo early and often. Josh has a studio in his basement, and they’d record rough versions of their songs, and constantly tweak them until the arrangement really complemented each song. The results were quieter, more acoustic songs that really highlighted the melody and the duet nature of the songs.
Tried as they might, Neil and Josh had quite a bit of trouble playing male/female duets by themselves. So they started looking for girls on Craigslist…
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–Chrissy Prisco