We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.
I really didn't think about song writing.
We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.
A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.
Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.
Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good.