Last week I had the pleasure (and enjoyment) of reviewing Miss FD's first full length album Monsters In The Industry! If you guys haven't checked it out yet you can head over to the reviews section of the site and check it out.  So this week I am extremely excited (and I can't stress that part enough) to bring you guys an exclusive interview with Miss FD for Darkside Radio!

DSR: Are you excited for your upcoming Blacklist Show?

[FD]: Very much so. It's going to be a Friday the 13th show, actually.

This will be the second show in which I'll be playing songs from my latest release of Monsters in the Industry, as well as some new songs from the upcoming EP that I'm currently working on. Perhaps it'll be quite therapeutic to get to perform some of the new songs live.

DSR : Speaking of new songs, does that mean your currently working on a new album?

[FD]: Currently I'm working on a 5-6 song EP which I should have ready for release early next year. The upcoming songs are very intensely emotionally charged, so I've been trying to find the right balance in order to be able to get myself to record the vocals on the songs. It's a strange mix with this upcoming release because the new songs in a way make me feel very emotionally vulnerable- which isn't something I've ever been comfortable with- yet at the same time they give me a sense of strength in being comfortable with freely expressing this current phase I'm going through and being able to turn this whole bunch of emotional knots into creative expression.

DSR:  I love your Music Video for Enter the Void!  Why did that one get picked from the Monsters In The Industry album as your first music video?

[FD]: Thank you! For the first video from Monsters in the Industry, I wanted to choose a song that was a good representation of some of the combined musical elements in the album. It's a song that makes it clear that I make my music however I choose to make it, without feeling restricted by specific stereotypes. It's kind of a package deal, really. If you're going to like the music that I make, you have to be prepared that it's not all going to sound the same, that it's not all going to conform to a specific set of elements. My lyrics are always as honest as I can express them to be, but musically, I like to play with my freedom.

In my newer songs I've allowed my vocals to come through cleaner, without drowning them out with a whole bunch of distortion and effects as in some of my previous work. This ends up giving the newer songs somewhat of a "pop" feel to them, even though instrumentally and lyrically, the music isn't pop at all. Yet for those who aren't familiar with my music who may happen to stumble upon the song thinking that what they're going to get is cookie-cutter pop style vocals from beginning to end, in the break of the song they end up being confronted with much darker, harsher vocals, which equally represent aspects of my music as well. So it's a good introduction for those who aren't familiar with my work. It says if you're going to listen to my music, you're going to have to be comfortable with being open minded and versatile enough to appreciate both the softer and darker aspects of my music.   

DSR:  Have the trends of social networking sites (such as Twitter, Myspace, Facebook) helped you to attract more fans?

[FD]: A few years ago, myspace definitely played a much bigger role for me in helping to promote my music projects. Through myspace, it was much easier to connect to fans, as well as other artists in general, from photographers, to designers, to other musicians as well. Currently though, it's almost like musicians who appreciate being able to interact with their fans and other artists in general are in somewhat of an "in between" situation right now. The myspace trend has faded over the last couple of years which means less and less "non musicians" are now logging on to myspace, and a larger amount of the "fans" are now interacting through Facebook. However, the Facebook platform is currently very limited for musicians to be able to directly interact with their fans. Pretty much, Facebook puts up a whole bunch of restrictions in the communication between artists and fans, instead of just letting people communicate freely with each other, which can sometimes become a bit frustrating. But in general, social networking sites do help to keep fans updated on relevant news, establish a closer interaction between the artists and fans, and also provide a means to reach a larger amount of people.

Many thanks to Darkside Radio for being interested in my music project and for featuring this interview.
Best,
-FD!

DSR: We here at Darkside Radio would personally like to thank you for taking the time out and doing this interview for us and our online community! 

For all of you interested in hearing Miss FD perform live at the Friday The 13th show that is THIS FRIDAY at:  The High Note Lounge  414 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd S In Birmingham, AL! if you live in that area I highly recommend that you attend and show your support for Miss FD!

For more information on Miss FD  feel free to check out her website at www.MissFD.com

you also can become a fan of her's over on Myspace : www.Myspace.com/MissFD ,  Facebook : www. facebook.com/MissFDmusic or on Twitter @missfdmusic 

((Interview Courtesy of Rich Nowak - owner,writer of Bleeding Ears  http://bleedingears2814.wordpress.com ))