What sets the Effigy Sound apart from other bands?
What sets of apart from other bands is our style and genre. We have the potential to perform in 3 languages being French, English and Spanish. As a trio, we combine Hiphop, pop RnB, reggaeton and Dancehall to our creations. On stage, we are known as firecrackers, Especially Jeff-T that has Micheal ''Jacksonish'' charisma on stage. We may not have instruments on stage, but our instruments become our lyrical flow and stage presence.
What do you find to be your biggest challenge both musically and in terms of performance?
The Biggest Challenge is to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. We have to focus on giving all our energy and remain physically on top of it... When you are dropping a 16 bar verse at high speed and barely breathing twice on it... you gotta remember you have probably 5 or 6 other verses like that.
Will this be your first show in a venue like Club Soda? What are your plans for the performance?
No, it will officially be our third time at Club Soda. We have opened for some pretty cool artists like Alexis y Fido(Reggaeton superstars), Plan B(reggaeton superstars) and Philadelphia rapper Freeway. We crave to perform on bigger stages... The more people we have in front of us, the more crazy we go... We have special plans for the show. We are going to collaborate with DJ Funky, a very good DJ from Montreal, Ray Golden Handz might be on the menu, a percussionist and Tony Cannata(guitarist) will feature on one of our tracks. Dj Funky Deejay...... Ray Golden handz = Arabian percussions... Tony Cannata = Guitarist
What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Emergenza Music Festival? How has your experience been so far?
We are hoping to get maximum experience from Emergenza. If its for networking, making new fans or even perform live we are happy with that.. Our major goal would be to reach the finals and fly across the Atlantic to show our skills in Germany. So far the experience has been great. Everybody is professional, we are treated with respect and the other bands are highly talented.
What are some of your tried and tested promotional means?
Promotion and marketing means will be one of the targets for our band in 2013. We have release our very first video in 2011 with single Give me Some. We launched our website's beta version www.theeffigysound.com in 2012. This year, we are focusing in making key contacts in the music industry to target larger audience with radio tracking.
What would you like your fans to know about the band?
I would tell the fans that we appreciate the support for the ones following us from the start. and for the new ones, well... we are going to make you believers at Club Soda on Saturday, February 15th 2013