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An Open Letter – An Interview with Dear Dad Yours Truly.

Remember Rock? Yeah you know, the rock you grew up with. Not the sub-genres and the offshoots that tread on the fence of a being described as rock, but their original parent and core elements? When vocals ( Daniel Rayon), guitar (Daniel Cartegna), bass (Luke Rice) and drums (Angel Delgado) pound on our pulses with cool and slick attitudes, that my friends, is what we call “rock”. South Florida is far from dry of Rock Virtuosos thanks to the emergence of this group - Dear Dad Yours Truly. ARTISTOCATS was lucky enough to sit down and converse though SKYPE with this local rock quartet.

ARTISTOCATS: “So first question - Your Name - An Open Letter and Signature, what does it mean?”

DDYT: “Basically, it is addressed to God, we sought a name the world could relate to, and being as God is love, everyone can relate to love in one form or another. It is the beginning and ending of a letter. Also, It leaves it open to the middle, as it simply addresses the beginning and ending, and each of us writes his own story. That's why the body is missing of the letter.”

ARTISTOCATS: “So would you say you could be bordering the genre of Christian Rock?”

DDYT: “Not really. Being as our fit lies in the fact that we write secular music, and our personal lives are kept private, the Christian influence is in the interpretation of the lyrics from the listeners’ perspective. Depending on who you ask in the band, depends on your answer.”

Christian or not, this group’s skills place what was once deemed as “Satan’s Music” into a well deserving divine musical paradigm. Their lyrics bring positive messages of love and drive awareness to many important social issues that face us today. So how did they meet?

DDYT: “MySpace (laughs) But seriously... thanks Tom...”

ARTISTOCATS: “(laughing) For real?”

DDYT: “Yes.... seriously... no joke. This band was a miracle.”

ARTISTOCATS: “I heard of couples meeting on MySpace, but not super group rock bands”

DDYT: “It just so happens we all get along”

While Facebook is quickly becoming the leader in the Social Media field, MySpace is to thank for the creation of this awesome rock collective. The gang is now signed with Sparks Management and is represented by former Vice President of Universal Music Latin America, Tere Batista. The local rock media have also taken interest, as Dear Dad Yours Truly has been recently interviewed by 93 Rock (Youtube.com/watch?v=9jAobnwm2MY).




ARTISTOCATS: What’s up with 93 Rock. How did you get on?

DDYT: We were cherry picked by Spano from 93 Rock, who asked us to come in and do an interview.

ARTISTOCATS: Cherry picked from where, myspace? Or did he see you rock a house down?

DDYT: Both, he found us on MySpace, and attended our concert at Pulp Live in Fort Lauderdale before approving the interview. One thing that really touched him was our name. He said he related with it on a personal level.

Although currently working on a full-length album, the band has an EP circulating the buzzed up, tattoo loving hooligans of the SoFla rock scene. Self-Produced, and recorded @ The Shack North Studios, these 6 tracks will leave you for an appetite for more. Listening to their favorite track SAINT OF SIN is like entering a dark corridor alone and exiting with an army of angels to abolish the sins of today’s society.

With Influences that range from SlipKnot, 3 Doors down, Metallica, to even Evanescence, Dear Dad Yours Truly will soar through your speakers from the beginning to end. Their current album, “2009 Untitled Demo” can be found on their website www.deardadyourstruly.com, or you may get your copy by coming and seeing them LIVE @ CINEMA PARADISO for the 1st Auteur Explosion of 2010 on Jan. 23rd.

ARTISTOCATS: So on Tiger Woods....any comment?

DDYT: …Is an idiot, Obviously, his wife has as good of a swing he does.