Copeland

The Singing Lamb: After being with The Militia Group for a number of records, what was your experience like with a major label?

Our time on Columbia was very short. We never actually got to make a record with them before our team was downsized and we were eventually dropped, so our experience was pretty limited.

It seems that on your last two records (Eat, Sleep, Repeat and You Are My Sunshine), you began expanding your instrumentation to include a number of horn and string sections. Are these elements that you naturally became more familiar and comfortable with as the band progressed?

Yes, I would say so. Aaron has a great knack for orchestration and it felt like a pretty natural progression.

There have been several music videos released for your latest album, more so than with past albums. Was it a deliberate choice or something that just happened?

Very deliberate. We wanted to create a special edition of the record that was truly special. We contacted our director friends and lined up a music video for nearly every song on the album. We’re really proud of how the whole package turned out.

With this being the farewell tour, what’s in store next for you and the rest of the band?

I can’t imagine any of us not being involved in music, one way or another. Aaron will continue to produce artists at his new studio in Lakeland, FL. He will also be pursuing some new projects of his own. Bryan and Stephen have been writing songs for awhile now, and will be announcing a new project together at some point.

And finally, if you were a singing animal what would you be?

A wholphin. It’s a cross between a whale and a dolphin.

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Interview By Roman Melnik