LATEST NEWS - Matheos: OSI shows "more likely than not" for this year
May 18, 2012 - OSI guitarist Jim Matheos gave fans hope that the band's first live shows will take place sometime this year in an interview posted today on the music website Metal Talk.
"We are hoping to, and we've said this for every record now and I think we are getting closer to it," Matheos said of live shows. "I am looking to have a meeting with Kevin [Moore] this week and, as you pointed out, there are some obvious obstacles that have to be overcome like layered and multiple guitar, keyboard and drum parts, loops, etc. We are going to see what we can do, and I think this is our best opportunity. So I'd say it's more likely than not we can organize some decent shows sometime this year."
In the interview, Matheos also said that his favorite OSI album is Blood and that he prefers to approach songwriting collaborations in the long-distance format that OSI has adopted.
"It's a much preferred way," he said. "It's done very much on a choice and a necessity. Both Kevin and I like to take our time to explore different ideas to really experiment on our own before we present ideas to each other. Doing it this way gives me time and comfort to try out different things and, you know, maybe nine out of ten things either don't work or maybe sound really stupid. And I'd rather do that on my own than having people watch me do it and having the studio clock ticking all the time. So it's really done out of necessity and we both feel comfortable this way."
To read the full interview, click here: http://metaltalk.net/columns/20103801.php#.T7Z3cRVzyFM.twitter
