Drummer Trey McLamb reveals his new experimental psychedelic band EYEBALL

I grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, life then was all skate boards, Star Wars, and new wave/punk music, or at least in my world. My Father had a massive record collection and a wall until full of stereo equipment, he even rigged up speakers in the ceiling of each room with volume knobs on the wall, so there was music playing in the house all day it seemed. He played guitar too so there was always one lying around. I was in front of the television on the first day of MTV; I remember it well, so through all that the seed was planted for music. I was never in to sports as a kid; even now I still don't get it, but something about a non-competitive collaboration with fellow band members to create something from nothing seemed like magic to me. I took one year of band class in high school but was assigned to xylophone so it wasn't quite what I had in mind and took art classes instead. It wasn't until my family moved to NC around the age of 14 that my cousin sold me his drum set that I found my calling.

I don't know if there is any one answer, I've been doing this for some time and I'm still looking for tips. One approach is to not stop until you are turned down by every source you can find, if you plant enough seeds there are some that are bound to bear fruit, not all will, but there are always some that do so keep planting – there is always an open door somewhere. Also the hustling never stops, once a few leads get going you can't sit back with your feet up, you have to keep the momentum up because everything is temporary, hit songs or a hot band are usually just passing phases, there will always be the greats that stick around forever but few of us are lucky to have that kind of legacy, even they had to hustle to get where they are now. If you are driven it will come natural, but you can't wait for things to come to you, if you actively try, "something" will happen, but if you don't do anything nothing will.

I think everyone does from time to time; some mistakes happen from being distracted, others are from getting lost because of bad monitors or weird sounding rooms, there are many reasons other than being under rehearsed, you can practice until everything is second nature but then you perform in a room that sounds completely foreign from what you're used to and all the lights are in your eyes and people staring at you and it changes everything. In the rehearsal room it’s easy to get used the vibe of the room and go into autopilot, but you have to get used to being able to navigate your way through the music under unfamiliar conditions as well and I think only experience can teach you that. I used to beat myself up over mistakes, but really, what's the worst thing that can happen? The audience rarely notices the tiny flubs anyway, and if they do it doesn't really matter, just play through them, they're usually forgotten by the next song anyway (hopefully!).

EYEBALL started as an art project of sorts, we began recording music and making videos, so it’s only recently that we have turned our attention to performing live. We've just added a synth player to help recreate our ideas for the stage and are currently refining a live show we've written, so no crazy road stories yet, but we're working on it!

Our producer Jeff at Eacho Sound Lab handles the tech side, he has so much amazing gear that honestly I don't know what half the stuff is, but it is impressive and sounds incredible. All I can say is that I love his sounds and I'm impressed every time we work with him, we let him do the driving in the studio because he always makes us sound amazing.

Since this band started with making videos the internet has been our main vehicle, and like any band these days it seems social media is a must. Facebook is great for posting our videos/photos and gives us a kind of website that's easy to use, and twitter is a great source of getting contacts, but I'm always exploring possible leads, there isn't a day that goes by where I'm not looking around for any possible outlets for a band like us.

Maybe the art happenings in London in the late 60's, somewhere like The UFO Club where light shows, poetry readings, and psychedelic music were the happening thing, or maybe back when Andy Warhol had his Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia events. Honestly I don't know if that scene exists anymore, maybe it’s time to explore bringing that kind of experience back but in a more modern light.

We just wrapped filming a short story set to a piece of music called "Inside The Moon" we recorded recently, it’s going into editing next week and is our first venture into the short-story/indie film world, so we're very excited about that. We will be returning to Eacho Sound Lab to record the final track for an upcoming EP we'll be releasing later this year, it will be our first time using the CD format and will coincide with the upcoming live performances we have planned. We will also be performing live on Esoterica Radio, they gave us a half-hour to do whatever we want and in the spirit of EYEBALL we have in mind exploring sounds that we haven't done yet, we'll have to start composing that soon, we just got the offer but we're going to cook up something special.

I have no idea. I have three interests in my life, music, books, and film, so something in those worlds or I'd be miserable.

Besides the upcoming projects I mentioned, we're concentrating on bringing our music to the stage, something we didn't consider in the beginning, but we're very close and excited to be heading in that direction.

To our fans, we will be hitting the stage soon and have a really unique show put together, hope to see you all there and be on the lookout for new things coming soon from EYEBALL. Thank you Exposed Vocals for the interview and support. EYEBALL – "Acid War" https://youtu.be/RoJDcrgVyfM