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...Calla also have plans to experiment more with electronic equipment on their upcoming record. “I’m a big fan of technology,” Donovan says. “We would sound totally different if we didn’t use computers to record ourselves at home and manipulate sound...
Donovan hopes Calla can strike the right balance between a live and electronically produced sound. “In the beginning, we started off as very heavily sample based, but we were limited to the structure of a song. Then we moved away from that into more live rock, which is really exciting. So, now I want to find a way of getting the best of both: have the direct impact of two guitars, this improvisation element and also have more electronic sounds backing...
...beginning bands, Calla warn that technology is a delicate thing to master. It can easily be overdone and inhibit the music. “The technology is there and you should use it when you think you actually need it. It’s got to be done tastefully. We strongly believe in ‘less is more,’” Donovan says...
...Calla are concerned about how computers and the Internet have affected the music market as a whole. “The ability to buy a regular computer and make music off it is pretty amazing, and it opens up a lot of possibilities,” says Donovan. “It’s good in the sense that anyone can do it, but it’s bad in the sense that now there are millions of people vying for your attention to listen to their music. In the past, it was a lot harder...
...living and playing in New York, Calla have mixed feeling about all the attention that the scene has recently been receiving with marquee groups such as the Strokes, Interpol and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In response to the exposure, Valle comments, “There’s a lot of diversity in the music scene, and right now it’s hard to tell if it’s moving forward or if it’s a backlash...