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» 15 questions to Piet Sielck

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1. Now when you have insight in the business - would you encourage your daughter or son to become a professional musician, or advice against it?

Piet: I wouldn't want to advice in any direction. Whatever they choose will be supported by me, if their heart is going for it and they don't come up with complete bullshit.

2. A metalsong you think "Man - I wish I'd written that one...." when you hear it?

3. The last album you bought/acquired, and your brief opinion about it?

Piet: Dragonforce. Got it from Sanctuary. Quite wild and energetic but the drumsound sucks. When they lower the speed, the drum sound too much plastic and thin.

4. If someone told you tomorrow that you can't be involved in music anymore, what do you see yourself doing in 5 years from now?

Piet: Real estate.. buying rotten houses/appartments to turn them into great places to live in and sell them for a good price. My wife is an
architect...

5. Myself as a privat person in a few sentences?

6. Unexpectedly and out of the blue you get a whole week totally off from music and work - what would you most of all want to do?

7. Mp3 - an abomination or a good way to make your name and music heard?

Piet: Not too much what you can do against it... so live with it and look at the benefits you just named...

8. What do you treasure most in your life, except metal and family?

Piet: Friendship is also very important. you need to keep your friendships going... you have to take care, cause time sometimes may be shorter than you think...

9. An instrument you always wish that you started playing/learning, but never did?

Piet: Guitar - I have been realy lazy with practicing ever since... and I wish I would have done a lot more... might have turned me into a guitar-hero!

10. Beer, whisky, wine or a cocktail in the tv sofa on a relaxed at-home-saturday night? Brand of the beverage?

11. Which historical person do you feel would fit best as a description on you as a person?

12. What most people don't know, never have known, and probably never would know about me if they don't read this?

Piet: Took me 3 attempts to get my drivers licence...
13. If a famous actor were to play the part as you in a motion picture - who would be best suitable for that purpose, you think?

14. What ingredient is the most important and vital of them all when making good music, according to you?

15. Your best advice to a person determined to make it in the metalbusiness?

Piet: Don't do, what you think others think is cool... do what youself think is cool!
HM is the Law,
Piet

~ Asked by Tommy, June 2004

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