We weren t genre music or cabaret, we were concerned with communication. I believe that communication and making agreements are the key to success in keeping a band together. In Arramaeida there are four very different women, the trick is to find a way to make the best out of these differences. We humans are very sensitive creatures, it s about having the courage to speak up and say this is what I need to talk about . The group is about making music, but you can t do that when there s other stuff in the way uncleared because you become fearful, defensive and your creativity contracts.
Music is also a business.
Musicians are hard to get to a business meeting, but it is really important. Hey, we never made an agreement with the group about what to do with that . It s like an intense marriage but making agreements can make it so much easier. Like, what you wear on stage, how you rehearse, what you say on stage, don t crash into the room at 2am when you re on the road and somebody s sleeping. The big corporations, the really successful ones, do a lot of this sort of work.