Interview with To The Floor

This is Pop Punk Promotions with an interview with To The FLoor

Interview by: Branden Whitehead

TIPPP- How would you describe the type of music you play?

C.J.: I think Ford would agree with me on this. We sort of mix the best elements of pop, pop-rock, pop-punk, and hardcore into our band. If you are a fan of any of these genres there is something for you to enjoy in our music. I think at our base we are a pop-punk band but it’s so much more explorative than that.

Ford: I would agree with that. You are correct.

Michael: We’re like an all you can eat buffet. We’ve recently been enjoying the Cici’s Pizza buffet and that really describes us a band. Except for the salad part because people who eat the salad at a Pizza buffet are not to be trusted (CJ).

TIPPP- Where is your hometown and how did To The Floor come together as a band?

C.J.: Well as a band we are pretty diverse in terms of where our members are from. The band’s hometown is definitely Gloucester, but I’m from Yorktown and J.T. (our drummer) is from Norfolk. Both Ford and Michael live in Gloucester though and we practice there so we consider it our home base so to speak.

Michael: A lot of our songs reference our home of Gloucester and its kind of become an inside joke at this point where everything we do is all about Gloucester or Fords house (Freeport).

Ford: Freeport is my turf yo.

TIPPP- How long has TTF been a band?

C.J.: It’s been about 6 months now.

Michael: Or 3 and a half dog years.

TIPPP- How have your past releases gone, for Calypso & This how we live?

Michael: Well this was slightly before I was in the band but we released them on Youtube and for Free download. They were met with positive reactions from people for the most part. We actually went and redid both songs recently with our new members. They sound even sicker now.

TIPPP- Should we be looking for anything upcoming from TTF in the next few months?

Michael: Our debut EP “FREep” will be coming out August 24th for Free download. We’ll also be shooting and releasing a music video in the coming months. We’re trying to set up a few mini tours in the coming months also. We’re just all around trying to accomplish as much as we can.

JT- We’ve also been trying to explore our ways to perform for people. We just started playing more quiet, personal acoustic sessions. We play a huge amount of cover songs (ranging from All Time Low to Poison) as well as our original songs. To this date, we’ve only had one of these performances but it went really well and it was a lot of fun.

Ford: More youtube covers!

TIPPP- There is a unique spin in your song Calypso when Big E comes in that most bands do not incorporate, what was the thought process behind this and the motive to place it in your song?

C.J.: I remember Ford coming to me and telling me that he thought it would be really cool to have a rapper in one of our songs. At the time we were recording Calypso and I thought it would be cool to see if we could pull it off. I made the samples for that part the same day Big E came into the studio.

Ford: I’ve known Big E since kindergarten and we’ve been talking about doing a song together since high school. I was literally walking through the halls at our college and it hit me that the time had come. As for the band, we wanted our first single to establish our genre, and then we wanted our second single to show how interestingly we can expand on that genre and push it to the limits. We want to always keep our listeners on their toes.

TIPPP- What has To The Floor been up to in the past few months (shows,tour,recording, etc.)

C.J.: Well we’ve initiated a series of videos we call “To The Floor Fridays” which I’m pretty stoked about, and we’ve been hard at work playing lots of local shows. The videos are really our way of getting into the YouTube market. We also have our first E.P. coming out relatively soon, and it’s my first E.P. ever so that’s really exciting.

Michael: We’ve basically been trying to develop our sound and live show as much as possible while still doing the online aspect as well. Its been crazy losing and gaining members and still maintaining momentum but somehow we’re managing to do that.

Ford: Definitely lots of pizza. Which means lots of shows.

TIPPP- What would you say puts your band aside from others that makes you unique?

C.J.: I mean I can’t speak for anyone else but I definitely don’t try to sound like anybody but me when I sing and write music. All of our music comes from experiences that we’ve had. It’s all homegrown, and I think that’s what makes us different.

Michael: We just wanna have fun and write the best possible music we can. We’re not looking to fit into a certain genre or have a specific look. We wanna be that band that even if you don’t really dig our music you can still have some fun with us. We have a little bit of something for everyone so it makes us stand apart from other bands.

Ford: To me, the most unique thing about us is that we don’t let the poppy/heavy split limit us but instead use it to write songs limitations of “too heavy” or “too poppy”. We just write music that we hope will get everybody’s boogie shoes going hard.

TIPPP- Is there anything else you would like to add or mention?

Michael: We play rock and roll. We’re from Gloucester. And the new shredded chicken

smothered burrito from Taco Bell is amazing.

JT- Michael lies. The new burrito kills your liver, stomach, and digestive system. Don’t try it.

Ford: Don’t run. Don’t walk. Fly. Subscribe to tothefloorband on youtube!