Ramblings of Rook

“We are hard to explain and you probably won’t get us” – Myself to a Booker on the Phone.  Why is it so necessary to describe what other acts we sound like to bookers, clubs, or media outlets? Has the whole entertainment industry really just crumbled into a fiscal marketing system unable to take chances? We are in an economical downturn. Should all the owners pull the drawstrings and tighten the budgets of all the clubs and venues? Art will always thrive but live venues will slowly crumble in the wake of people craving more than just cover bands and regurgitated jam bands. Some of you may not agree with this but that’s why we all have opinions. I promise that Mandrake Mechanism will always take chances with our art and continue the band to mix styles that haven’t been used together before. As far as how we sound. I couldn’t tell you we are ourselves and this is the music we make. -- Ramblings of Rook