If you’re in the market for some new rock, Hamilton’s Radio Free Universe is keeping the spirit alive on their latest album Casa Del Diablo and an upcoming show in Sudbury! Their vocalist George joins Daly on Under The Radar to talk about the Hamilton music scene & support from the community, why it’s important to not let a producer completely take over your record, the strengths and weaknesses of different musicians, and a lot more! Enjoy the interview and don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes!

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Daly: Tell me the kind of person that would not have fun at a RFU show and then the kind of person that would have a great time at a RFU show.

George: Oh that’s hard. We’ve been really lucky with shows & people enjoying them. We consider ourselves a real “Revival Rock” band. We stick to the fundamentals of what we believe rock music is; that it comes from some magic place…that there’s no way to define a rock song, it’s this vibration and this energy. This kind of awesome wicked spell that you’re casting.

We really have had success with people investing and getting into the performance. Really enjoying the show. So, who wouldn’t enjoy the show….Someone who really really likes Justin Bieber? Or I don’t know, I have yet to have someone tell me they didn’t like it..

Daly: [laughs] Hey that’s good!

George: Well people don’t really go out of their way to tell you that you suck either [laughs]

Daly: I don’t know man people can be pretty mean nowadays.

George: Yeah, no one has ever really come up to say that, or I think you should do this. You know we work really hard, our guitar player… the guy writes 10,000 riffs a minute – there’s no shortage of songs to choose and the cream kind of rises to the top when you have that much to work with.

Daly: So Radio Free Universe, is based out of the Hammer, Which just seems to have a huge scene of this blues inspired Riff Rock that suits you guys quite well. That’s kind of my perspective as a guy who is not in Hamilton, so you can you talk about the scene there? Is there a lot of support for local musicians?

George: I would love to, it’s a bizarre balance. People are noticing the Riff Rock outside of Hamilton. There’s a lot of other great music, singer-songwriter stuff, country influenced stuff, that gets a lot of support. The Riff Rock guys, we really have to move ourselves everywhere else. It’s tough.

Daly: Do you think people are digging the new tunes so far? I guess we already went over the fact people don’t tell you suck [laughs] so they must be digging the music.

George: Well, I hate records that I’ve recorded. I like this one. I really like to listen to it. I know that’s kind of  – I’m not a narcissist. I didn’t get into this businesses because of that. I got into this businesses because I’m an expressionist. That’s what Glenn [Producer Glenn Robinson] made possible. That I can actually listen to a record and like everything about it.

I think when you have that energy, when you’re making something, and you’re in love with what you’re doing, people are going to like it. Whether it’s a mix down or a performance, people are going to feel that energy, they’re going to to feel that constant continual connection, of what you’ve put into this. And when you do that people come to you and will say that’s an amazing song.

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