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| Sofa Bob from Sofa Records www.sofarecords.com Tell me a little bit about yourself, age? hometown? school? work? family? pets? hobbies? WELL IM 25 YEARS OLD, I LIVE IN PHILADELHPIA, I HAVE HAD MANY JOBS ACTUALLY...RANGING FROM PLUMBING AND HEATING..AND CONSTRUCTION TO WORKING IN A HOT DOG FACTORY, MY LAST JOB WAS AN AUTO PARTS WAREHOUSE...BUT RIGHT NOW I DONT WORK, I DO THE LABEL FULL TIME, WELL IM TRYING TO ANYWAY... I HAVE A SMALL FAMILY I GUESS YA COULD SAY ...ONE OLDER BROTHER WHO IS MARRIED, AND HAS THREE KIDS...I GOT THE USUALL AUNTS AND UNCLES..BUT THEIR SPREAD ALL OVER THE STATES AND ABROAD....IM PETLESS AT THE MOMENT..ALL THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO GET A FISH TANK ONE DAY...AND AS FAR AS HOBBIES..I LIKE TO HANG OUT REALLY...GO TO MOVIES..LISTEN TO MUSIC...JUST CHILL WITH MY FREINDS YAKNOW.... I know this is on the webpage, but do you mind to give a brief history of how SOFA came about? WELL SOFA STARTED IN 1996, I WAS DOING A ZINE AT THE TIME, AND WANTED TO RELEASE A 7" RECORD WITH EACH ISSUE..WELL THAT IDEA FADED ..I STOPPED DOING THE ZINE..AND BASICALLY STARTED THE LABEL TO HELP MY FRIENDS BANDS OUT ....AND PRASIE GOD WE HAVE GROWN EVER SINCE . Will you tell everyone what SOFA is all about? WELL IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE ..WE EXSIST TO SERVE JESUS CHRIST THRU MUSIC. THE LETTERS IN THE NAME SOFA ACTUALLY MEAN " SERVING OUR FATHER ALWAYS " THE ONLY THING WE WANT TO DO IS MINSITER TO PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD... MUSIC IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT..MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND AND ALWAYS WILL BE..IN HEAVEN WERE GONNA BE SINGING PRAISES YA KNOW..SO WHY NOT START HERE ON EARTH. I think I the Pink Daffodils are an amazing group, one of the most original groups I have ever heard, what is in store for them? WELL YES THEIR A GREAT BAND...AND VERY ORIGIONaL...RIGHT NOW THEIR NOT DOIN MUCH...THEIR IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FINISH THEIR ALBUM...THEY HAVE SOME SHOWS COMING UP IN DECEMBER...THEY JUST BASICALLY TRUST GOD TO SHOW THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD DO..PLAYING SHOWS IS GREAT BUT NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER YA KNOW. What about the other groups on the label? Tell me about Redeem and Headnoise. WELL REDEEM is ANOTHER AWESOME BAND...ALOT OF PEOPLE COMPARE THEm TO ZAO..AND I GUESS I CAN SEE WHY..REDEEM IS PROBALLY ONE OF THE BEST METAL CORE BANDS GOING RIIGHT NOW...THEY ALWAYS PUT ON A SOLID PERFORMANCE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY LOVE JESUS CHRIST, AND HEADNOISE..THEIR JUST AWESOME AND SUCH REAL PEOPLE..THATS WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THEM THEY JUST LOVE GOD SO MUCH AND IT SHOWS IN EVERYTHING THEY DO, BESIDES THE FACT THAT THEY ROCK AND THEY GOT A FEMALE ON THE MIC, I CANT SAY MUCH MORE. What is Speed Delivery doing nowadays? WELL THEIR PRETTY MUCH NOT TOGETHER AT THE MOMENT, HOWEVER THEIR HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS BUT YET TO BE CONFIRMED THAT THEIR WILL BE A REUNION SOON, AND WE ALSO PLAN ON RELEASING A SEVEN INCH BY THEM AS WELL AS well as REPRESSING THEIR FISRT 7" oN CD IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR SO. YOU CAN CHECK OUT ADAM ON STAGE WITH SQUAD FIVE O....HES THEIR GUTIAR PLAYER..WELL ONE OF THEM I SHOULD SAY... Do you play or ever have played in any bands? THATS FUNNY YA ASK THAT..BECAUSE JUST RECENTLY A FEW OF MY FREINDS AND I HAVE STARTED A BAND...ALL I CAN SAY IS EXPECT IT TO ROCK ! and i sing. What has God taught you about Him since running this label? TO BE VERY PATIENT..AND TO APPRECIATE ALL THE LITTLE THINGS...LIKE JUST GETTING THE CHANCE TO SEE ONE KID HEAR ABOUT GOD THRU SOFA...WELL THATS A BIG THING ACTUALLY , BUT I HAVE LEARNED ALOT OF STUFF BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT NOTHING WE HAVE OR OWN OR HOW MANY CDS I SELL OR WHAT COOL BANDS WE SIGN MATTERS TO GOD ALL THAT GOD WANTS IS OUR HEARTS AND I HAVE BEEN SHOWN THAT ALOT OF TIMES. What can we look forward from Sofa in the upcoming months? WELL WE JUST SIGNED A NEW BAND OUTTA NEW YORK CALLED SOLACE, THEIR ARE A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS..AND THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIRE TO SERVE CHRIST AS ME..SO THEY WILL FIT IN JUST RIGHT...EXPECT THEIR CD IN WINTER 2000, AND AS FAR AS OTHER STUFF WERE GONNA KEEP GOIN UNTILL GOD SHOWS ME A DIFFERANT PATH. Any last comments? >>IF I COULD DO CHANGE ONE THING ..IT WOULD BE ALL THE COMPROMISE ALL THE JEALOUSY ALL THE GOSSIP AND ALL THE GREED THAT GOES ON IN THIS SO CALLED CHRISTIAN MUSIC SCENE...IM JUST AS GUILTY BUT IM TRYING TO CHANGE AND I PRAY THAT PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THAT CHRIST IS COMING SOON...AND THAT NOTHING MATTERS OTHER THAN US ALL COMING TOGETHER TO SPREAD HIS WORD...FORGET GETTTING YOUR BAND SINGED FORGET GOIN ON TOUR..FORGET SLICKING YOR HAIR BACK AND LOOKING GOOD ON STAGE...AND START STANDING UP FOR CHRIST. PLEASE KEEP ME IN PRAYERS AND ALL THE SOFA BANDS..AS WELL AS ALL THE LABELS, BANDS AND ANYONE OUT THEIR THAT SERVES CHRIST. THANKS GOD BLESS SOFA.BOB |