Exposed Vocals Interviews Tony Hossri – lead vox, guitarist, songwriter, producer, for the band Carnelia
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Tony Hossri: My name is Tony Hossri, lead vox, guitarist, songwriter, producer, for the band Carnelia. I also acted, directed, and edited the music videos for carnelia’s 10 music video’s that follow our concept album “The Journey of Men” I grew up in the suburbs near Atlanta, Georgia. I never had a passion or true love for anything till I picked up the acoustic guitar at my best friend Nick perzellas house when I was 14 years old. The real drug for music kicked in when I played my high school battle of the bands when I was 17. Till this day, I am convinced there is no greater feeling in this world then playing a big show
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Tony Hossri: online music sharing is good and bad. Its good in a sense where everybody gets the chance to listen to what us artist put our whole heart and soul in to regardless of having a record label or not. It’s bad because in my opinion, music piracy is one of the few reasons why the music business is as corrupt and fake as it is today, labels would rather sign a pretty face (some lipsync live) and hire songwriters for him or her. less about talent, more about image, While real musicians sacrifice years to master there craft but are unable to sell cd’s because of piracy and not having the funds a label would provide.
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Tony Hossri: We have a twitter, facebook, instagram, and youtube channel. We are doing 10 music videos total for the 10 songs on our concept album (all follow the storyline). so far 4 music videos are out, so youtube is our best way of sharing our music
Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?
Tony Hossri: The most embarrassing song i like is the pokemon theme song lol.
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Tony Hossri: half a million I would cut A record in a big time studio with pro engineers and pro equipment. I would produce, write, and a track the instruments
Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?
Tony Hossri: .I used sonar 3 to record “The journey of men” nothing planned to upgrade studio, im currently still in music video editing mode for the remainder of our songs.
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Tony Hossri: Twitter, and instagram are the best ways to promote our music. I use those sites to drive people to our youtube channel to watch our music videos. Lol i need help with marketing, its hard
Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?
Tony Hossri: I would play bass for coheed and cambria at some giant festival
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Tony Hossri: For upcoming projects we are still working on the remaining music videos. We are doing it all ourselves, so it is pretty time consuming.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Tony Hossri: If i didnt find music I would throw all my cards in acting
Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?
Tony Hossri: First album i bought was “sing the sorrow” by AFI. I was so happy found music I actually enjoyed rather then telling everyone I liked rap to fit in. lol
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Tony Hossri: Ive been playing music for 11 years now, past 2 years i have been playing bass for my living in other bands outside of Carnelia. the first 9 years i was flat broke. starved and ran out of gas on a weekly basses
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2015?
Tony Hossri: in 2015 our fans should look forward to the completion of all 10 music videos that follow our concept album storyline “the Journey of Men”.
