The People readers

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The people readers is the brainchild of James Henes The Menace. A man who suffers from schizoaffective disorder and experiments with self mutilation and sleep deprivation in order to accomplish channeling psychic energies. The people readers is a psychedelic blues funk rock band from Chicagoland that has been around since 2009. The people readers has two published albums available on all the digital markets and hundreds of music videos and original songs uploaded to YouTube over a period of 10 years. The people readersis actively licensing their original content to the TV and film industries.

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music is an ancient supernatural language

What is your music dream?

SNL CONAN FALLON KIMMEL

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

I would encourage people to stop perpetuating the belief in Armageddon.

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Sea of love

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

John Lennon Cobaine Morrison The black keys

What inspires you to make music?

I suffer from schizio affective disorder It helps me cope

What is the message you want to send with your music?

There will be no apocalypse man kind will evolve into the capabilities that belong to a God. We will outsmart the death of our sun. We will outsmart death. Human intelligence is greatly underestimated

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

I feel so confident I am confrontational

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

We need to support each other more. In the 21st century album sales and profits related to sales or original content is a thing of the past. Success in music in the 21st century will be found at live performances/ or submission of truly ORIGINAL music to music licensing contracts from tv and film.

What do you think of Drooble?

It’s an interesting platform I’m getting to know it. I adore the Drooble Long live Drooble

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Being requested by Fan’s to play the song I love you marijuana every week

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I support my local musicians

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

To think outside of the box to come out of left field

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Zac stone and the whiskey neats Jim Andrews Jone of Art Michael Annotti Chord cabal Whoosh