Off the Record Interviews was born from a specific type of boredom that stemmed from album-release interviews and an interview with Marko Hietala that fell through the cracks on its way to publishing at Tuonela Magazine. I missed the old days of talking to the artists about themselves! I wanted to get off of the album-release line of questioning, which is heavily oversaturated by music medias, and into the lessons and personal growth they’ve experienced throughout their musical journeys. This inspired the name for the series, Off the Record!
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Off the Record with Martijn Westerholdt & Robin La Joy of Eye of Melian
Interview with Martijn Westerholt and Robin La Joy of Eye of Melian by Bear Wiseman, done originally in 2022
On the Record with Tuomas Holopainen, Johanna Kurkela, & Troy Donockley of Auri
Interview with Tuomas Holopainen, Johanna Kurkela, and Troy Donockley of Auri, done originally for Musicalypse.net in 2018