The Midnight Wiki interviews The Midnight - Days of Thunder 10th Anniversary

The Midnight Wiki interviews Tim and Tyler in celebration of 10 years of the band and 10 years of Days of Thunder.

0:00 - Prologue
1:04 - Intro
1:23 - How does it feel to be doing this for 10 years
2:44 - What are Tim and Tyler currently up to
4:39 - Tim and Tyler meeting for the first time, subsequent meetings and writing sessions, creating Days of Thunder, sources of inspiration for synthwave
15:10 - Releasing demos on SoundCloud, getting an early boost from New Kids on The Block and their fans
17:06 - Finding an old Tim cover of a Keith Urban song
19:17 - Photos from 2014
20:37 - Releasing Days of Thunder, having no deadlines, no early expectations, the freedom of releasing music not from a label, appearing on Outrun subreddit
26:52 - Moving forward as The Midnight and making Endless Summer, differences between making songs for Days of Thunder vs. Endless Summer, Sunset was offered to Dia Frampton
31:41 - First live shows, DNA Lounge show was slightly chaotic, bringing The Midnight's music to the stage, recruiting Jesse Molloy, selling out SF and LA
46:42 - The story of The Midnight Remixed, milestone album, working with Jacob Henry and Silk Music
53:03 - Working with Nikki Flores, writing Jason with Nikki
56:16 - Posting song clips on Instagram, Bend was the only song cut from Endless Summer, most of the demo snips were/are ideas and not full songs (Death Touch)
1:00:31 - Balancing act of posting song previews and not giving fans too much too soon, She Was Dreamin' of Boys, making songs on Twitch, band had a deal with Twitch
1:08:17 - Tim possibly singing on a The Midnight song again
1:09:00 - Status of next The Midnight album, goals for new music
1:11:43 - Knowing when a song is finished, are there any songs you wish you could go back and change something
1:15:22 - America 2 being a precursor to the style of music on Heroes, Timothy expresses his love for Souvenir
1:17:10 - Wrapping up, the future of The Midnight, entering a new phase, collaborating with more people, a parting message to the fans
1:23:00 - End

Edited by Chris Hahn

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