The Midnight Wiki had the pleasure of interviewing Tim and Tyler in celebration of 10 years of The Midnight and 10 years since the release of their debut EP Days of Thunder. Many topics were discussed in one of the longest interviews The Midnight has ever done!
Timestamps
- 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
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