Answers by Dov Rose of Fools for April
epiTUNES: What's your favorite iPod track this week
Dov: "When Did Your Heart Go Missing" by Rooney. The best part of the whole song is his ranting at the end as it's fading out. Turn it up!!
e: What's the last album you bought that you're enjoying?
Dov: The Alternate Routes debut album called "Good and Reckless and True."
I love the songwriting, the energy and uniqueness of the singer's voice, and the production is oh so tasty.
e: Have you seen any great live shows lately?
Dov: Alternate Routes @ Joe's Pub in NYC. Great, great live band! So much energy and great chemistry.
e: Have you played any great live shows lately?
Dov: Why yes, actually we have. We had a great show at Joe's Pub in NYC a couple of weeks ago. The songs just seemed to flow and the audience really responded well. We also enjoy playing at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall. It's such an intimate, cozy venue and the band is practically on top of the audience. It's THE best place to play your music to connect to the crowd.
e: What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you on stage?
Dov: I started coughing in the middle of a song and could not sing through it. It's something every singer learns to do- sing through anything. But this one time I just could not hold back and coughed at every high note in the song and i had to just made a joke out of it.
e: What's the last huge outdoor music festival you attended?
Dov: Woodstock 95? It was so sad to see that peace and love turned into destruction and anger.
e: What inspired you to write the song First Time Again…
Dov: I wanted to write a song through the eyes of an ex-girlfriend who i had broken up with and then gotten back together with. it's a difficult thing to step back into a situation like that and restore your faith in someone and fall in love for the first time again.
e: What's the most personal song you've ever written and what was it based on?
Dov: I wrote a song when I proposed to my wife. i know, cliche. I honestly did not plan on writing her a song for the occassion but it just came out a day or 2 before I was planning on proposing because i obvioulsy had so many emotions running through my mind and body. I would never play it for anyone other than her. some songs are meant to be personal and private.
e: If you could create your own fantasy music festival, who would the top 6 headliners be?
Dov: 1) Stevie Wonder 2) Ray Lamontagne 3) Death Cab For Cutie 4)John Mayer 5) The Band 6) The Temptations
e: When and why did you stop believing in Santa?
Dov: When my parents told me we were Jewish.
e: What is your favorite movie?
Good Will Hunting- saw it 4 times in the theater and know it by heart!
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