Omar Rodriguez interview

Here's one for the musicians...
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez from The Mars Volta is one of the most hard working musicians in the world today. He's a great source of inspiration for me, and as an aspiring musician, i absorb a lot of his insights.

In this 3-part backstage interview (filmed in February of 2008) he talks about: the processes of Bedlam, the feeling of an album in the making (which came to be 'Ochtahedron'), the mindset of people on the internet who make up rumours, the mars volta film he's in the process of making, the label, the process of recording covers, his record label, his various album releases, his films, his reasons behind making music, the reason behind firing Jon Theodore (former-awesome-drummer) with Thomas Pridgen (current-even-more-awesome-drummer), the light-hearted side to volta, his home studio apartment, his many unreleased solo albums, and everything in between.

It starts off a bit slow and promotional, but gets really interesting. In my opinion, this is probably the most insightful interview of Omar on the internet.



- Part 2
- Part 3

And with that we are given the quote of the year: "It's not about the end result. It's about the process and having fun doing it."