“I realize there are so many talented musicians who have the passion and the ability, yet they will never have a successful career that is satisfying to them. That breaks my heart. What I teach with my coaching is everything that I used to transform my career, and ultimately, my life. It’s been an amazing journey helping people to actually live their dreams. I love it.”
“In all lanes, I’m trying to live in a higher state of consciousness through courage, acceptance, willingness, reason, and love.”
I recently dug in with New Wave of British Heavy Metal hero, and drummer, Malcolm Cope of Quartz. Among other things, we touch on the origins, trials, and tribulations of one of rock and metal music’s most underexposed bands, Quartz, new music, and more.
“I always see the “Top Female Guitarist” lists, and I just can’t get into it, especially because sometimes it’s used to put women in competition with each other. We’re all in this together, and it’s difficult enough to be trying to make it in the music world.”
“The band is sounding better than ever, so we can, and will do whatever we want. The best is yet to come.”
Acoustic legend, Tommy Emmanuel’s fifty-year presence on the scene proves one simple fact – you don’t need to sling an electric axe to classify as a virtuoso in the guitar world.
“Unfortunately, what happens is, most humans have these creative impulses, but then they become obscured by the little voice in their head, insecurities, and fears that cut out the root of their ability to be uniquely creatively inspired. So, I chase those fantasies in my music.”
“In our little world that success was a major accomplishment, as we went from borderline starvation to actually being able to eat at decent fast food joints. Success in our camp was measured in calories.”
After a move up north to their new home on Long Island, NY, a feature amongst other local Long Island bands on WBAB’s Homegrown compilation followed, and soon, Zebra found themselves the apple of Atlantic Records’ eye. With major label support, coupled with a ravenous hard rock consumer base, Zebra hit the ground running, and their self-titled debut found nearly immediate critical and chart success.
From humble east coast origins to the biggest stages in the world, that, in a nutshell, is a brief summarization of the career of veteran bassist, Rob DeLuca. But if we simply boiled it down to those few short turns of phrase, we wouldn’t be giving DeLuca his due.
