Interview: Tom Milek – Tom Milek

Interview by Life Music Media

Celebrating the release of his EP ‘Love & Ambition’, Tom Milek takes time out with Life Music Media…
 
 
:: What track changed your life ::
Breathe Me by Sia

:: What is your favourite Album ::
The Submarine by Whitley

:: Name a band or artist we should checkout ::
Sleep Decade

:: Favourite Quote ::
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” – Mark Twain

:: When on tour, you can’t live without ::
Coffee during the day, whiskey at night

:: When you think of Australia, you think ::
Beaches, sweeping Victorian plains, Melbourne’s cityscape. Where my most important memories and reasoning occurred.

:: Worst thing to happen to music is ::
Segregated, musical communities.

:: Best thing about the current music industry ::
The ease and affordability of making releasable music, within the comfort and convenience your own home.

:: Biggest influence ::
Lawrence Greenwood AKA Whitley

:: Childhood hero ::
Bruce Willis

:: When you were younger you wanted to be ::
A writer

:: Last album bought ::
Nick Huggins, Five Lights

:: First album you ever bought ::
Blink-182, self-titled

:: First concert you went to ::
Damien Rice

:: Last concert you went to ::
Bob Dylan, (I caught the ‘let-down’ show)

:: Favourite current band ::
Radiohead

:: Favourite drink ::
Dr. Pepper

:: Favourite book ::
Harry Potter

:: Favourite actor ::
Leonardo DiCaprio

:: Favourite website ::
comingsoon.net (not a porn site)

:: The best boredom buster is ::
A trip to the video store

:: The best film you ever saw was ::
Back to the Future (all of them)

:: Your ultimate snack is ::
Twinkies (sadly like Dr. Pepper they have a surplus in America. Australia, not so much)

:: The first thing you do when you wake up is ::
Every morning begins for me like the opening of the 1955 musical film Oklahoma! (youtube it, you’re welcome)

:: Best piece of advice you’ve received ::
Don’t forget that while being a goal-orientated person can be great, it’s still important to pat yourself on the back and go easy on your heart.

:: Your biggest aspirations ::
Become ‘one of those guys’. Join the ranks on my personal heroes, and be able to afford to create and preform music for a living, until I’m doing my own ‘Australian: IV’ records.

:: Best/worst gift you’ve ever given/received ::
I remember back in all the hype of Pokémon when I was a kid; I gave my friend an empty Gameboy game box (as a joke), which turned his hysterical grin as he unwrapped it from dumbfounded to fury once he realised I’d gift-wrapped an empty box for his birthday. He chased me around the house and pinned me down and I don’t remember much after that…

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