Dave Martone:guglielmo malusardi interview

News:
01-12-2008:
Guitar9 posted this interview by Guglielmo Malusardi

David Martone:

Magna Carta has been around for a while. I was shopping around for labels to put out the record. My friend Ric Fierabracci put in a word for me and I then was speaking to a Peter Morticelli. When Peter and I first spoke, we did not even talk about the record. We basically just chatted about everything but. I think it was a "let's check out what each other has to say" kind of situation. Peter and I hit it off right away and were chatting like old school buddies!

After the initial phone meeting, we were discussing more things on the phone one day. On this particular day I was taking my laptop in for repair since many of the keys were flying off the damn keyboard every time I was using it. It kept crashing and locking up, so I threw it in the trunk of my car and off I went to a dentist appointment. I was doing the bulk of my work on this computer and was in touch with other record companies as well at the time of negotiations. On this particular day I was waiting for an important email from Favored Nations but had to leave for my appointment. I'm in the dentist chair getting my teeth scraped and noticed that Peter had called a few times. Of course I could not talk to him at that moment so I waited until I was out of the office. I called Peter on my walk back to my parked car, and we were chatting about the contract. I got in my car and started to drive home. I went to reach for the radio to play a mix in the background as I was chatting with Peter. I always love listening to mixes of the album in the car at all different levels. So I go to turn it on and - my freaking stereo is gone! WTF? I'm pissed because this is the third time my stereo has been stolen from my car! I'm pissed! Peter asks if everything is OK, and I tell him what just happened.

OK, I continue driving home talking about the contract with Peter. I am headed back home and want to check my email to see if the other company has responded to my email. I get home and as I am talking to Peter, I walk into my office at home to check my laptop for the email. I turn white as a ghost - I forgot my laptop was in the trunk! I go running out to the car with Peter on the phone, open the trunk as fast as possible to see that my laptop is - gone!

I pretty much freaked out and told Peter I have to go! That laptop had all my info on it! I hate thieves! I hate thieves! I hate thieves! Man was I pissed. Luckily I had 95% of everthing backed up at home on an external hard drive.

I was leaving 3 days after to do my summer tour and all my friends told me to get a Mac. So I did, and I have to say - yes, I love it! There is this cool program that I was informed about called Skype. I'll tell you this. It got me through the summer!

Oh yeah. Magna Carta is a wicked label and are interested in working with me for carrier development. It's quite awesome to be a part of a great time with Dan, Jeremy, Barbara and Peter all focusing on the same goal. Making the record happen and hopefully sell many many units!

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