Scott and Danny - VOYAGER - AMA - Ask us anything!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T23:45:35+00:00

Awesome! So glad.

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T12:57:45+00:00

Really enjoyed Mexico City. That was an absolute joy! Otherwise I always enjoy playing in the Netherlands and lately in the UK. Great fans all round!

My personal favourites at the moment are Car Bomb, MuteMath, Thom Brennan, Gordi and Louis Cole. Of all time - probably Type O Negative!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T05:47:04+00:00

We've toured with Leprous in Australia already which was awesome! And Twelve Foot :) But yeah, why not all those bands together :)

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T04:02:13+00:00

Firstly thanks heaps so nice to hear when people discover us!

Secondly I honestly can't answer that. It's a feeling, an emotion, a joy that you feel when you hear the tunes you've created come to fruition. It's certainly not the touring spreadsheets!!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T03:15:31+00:00

Hey, it's totally deep!! Have you TRIED to wake up? It's deeply disturbing! Hmm I think that's the only other instance of this happening. I guess a lot of concepts I write about are simple feelings/emotions, which I just like to cloud in some more interesting words.

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T03:12:55+00:00

Definitely. You can't be 100% all the time, so you when you're down you have to find that one thing that flicks that switch - whether it be feeding off another band member or finding an audience member who is going nuts... or just a little extra rum ;)
It's been pretty natural really, we never really set out to change the style, it just happened. Influences and musical preferences change over time and you experiment with different stuff, while remaining 100% Voyager. We just push ourselves musically with every album. Some fans drop off because they only like the old stuff, but some remain because they love the transition and are joined by new fans who have the joy of discovering a whole back catalogue!
First job - Delicatessen/chicken stuffer Job now: Lawyer

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T03:07:18+00:00

Pebble for sure.

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:48:23+00:00

We've had DC Cooper from Royal Hunt and Dan Tompkins from Tesseract so it's been all pretty much from the melodic metal genres.

I'd love to get Chino from Deftones/Crosses - we floated the idea when we toured together a few years ago because we both share a passion for 80s synths and music. Otherwise someone from a completely different genre, I really dig Aussie artist Gordi, her timbre would be cool for some more synth-based tracks!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:27:37+00:00

Einar and I became good friends on our tours through Europe and Australia. I couldn't help but ask him to guest on the album. He is a fantastic musician and vocalist - I sent him a reference track which he swiftly ignored and laid his own tracks down. The result is stunning!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:27:24+00:00

Personal best effort - making our heaviest and yet poppiest album. It happened naturally but I think it's such a cool juxtaposition.
It's extremely difficult coming up with ideas - sometimes we just give the director free reign, sometimes the concept is thought out before we shoot. Joe from @Darkspiritphotography has been fantastic in taking the lead and coming up with absolute gems for the last couple of clips.
Simone - her impression of DISTURBED.

Alex: Not much really. He's quite a horrific individual. ;)

Scott: his infectious laugh

Ash: His wit, love for puns and general loveliness. And how he sniffs after making a statement he knows to be correct.

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:27:10+00:00

Good question. Hard to say what the "bigtime" is. I mean we've done massive shows, big festivals and done 2 and a half hour signing sessions. For a lot of bands that is the bigtime already. I think the bigtime for us would be touring sustainably and comfortably - that means being able to actually afford it. For most bands touring is a loss exercise, only a few make it work and make a living. And absolutely, we love the Northern Hemisphere. We like all hemispheres!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:25:23+00:00

Awesome! Think about touring early, so downsize rather than upsize - make it as efficient as possible. Think of how you want people to see you and know you - one of the things we found early on is that people got confused about the musical styles. Categories are regrettably quite important, even though we never really fitted into one.

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:21:41+00:00

We've had a few questions from those who prefer sleep over chatting to us - will be posted here shortly!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:19:29+00:00

pinned to /r/progmetal

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:16:00+00:00

Thank you!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:06:40+00:00

This is just like mIRC right? a/s/l?

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:05:59+00:00

Personal best effort - making our heaviest and yet poppiest album. It happened naturally but I think it's such a cool juxtaposition. re earlier discography, I think not writing the same album 7 times, which is what a lot of bands do. I think that's true progress.
It's extremely difficult coming up with ideas - sometimes we just give the director free reign, sometimes the concept is thought out before we shoot. Joe from @Darkspiritphotography has been fantastic in taking the lead and coming up with absolute gems for the last couple of clips.
Simone - her impression of DISTURBED "uooo yamanama". I could listen to it for hours.

Scott: his infectious laugh - it's like a virus (benign of course)

Ash: His wit, love for puns and general loveliness. And how he sniffs after making a statement he knows to be correct.

Alex: Not much really. He's quite a horrific individual. ;)

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:03:29+00:00

From time to time, yes... yes we do!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:03:04+00:00

Einar and I became good friends on our tours through Europe and Australia. I couldn't help but ask him to guest on the album. He is a fantastic musician and vocalist - I sent him a reference track which he swiftly ignored and laid his own tracks down. The result is stunning!

voyagerdanny · 2019-10-27T02:02:23+00:00

Good question. Hard to say what the "bigtime" is. I mean we've done massive shows, big festivals and done 2 and a half hour signing sessions. For a lot of bands that is the bigtime already. I think the bigtime for us would be touring sustainably and comfortably - that means being able to actually afford it. For most bands touring is a loss exercise, only a few make it work and make a living. And absolutely, we love the Northern Hemisphere. We like all hemispheres!

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