Making Music Is Oh-So-Easy For These Three Brothers!
Our parents used to joke that they would go out and tell us, ‘Do the dishes,' and they'd come home and we would have written a song!" says Taylor, the middle brother in the group Hanson, a new teen pop group on the music scene. And that's pretty much the story of their lives for these three brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma who practically have music running through their veins! One listen to their tunes and you'd think Isaac, Taylor and Zachary are music veterans, but they're still all under 18 years old! Isaac is the oldest at 16, Taylor is 13 and Zachary is just 11, but the wisdom of the thoughts that comes through in their songs tricks you into thinking the words were penned by a grown-up! TEEN BEAT got together with Hanson to talk about their new album, Middle of Nowhere (due out May 6th), and their catchy first single, "MMMbop", wich you may already have heard on the radio. Meeting Ike, Tay and Zach was something we'll never forget. Zach is just like a younger version of actor Jim Carrey, and he had us laughing throughout the whole interview!
TEEN BEAT: Do you write music together?
ISAAC: Yes.
ZACHARY: Yes, but we write all different ways. One of us will write something, and then the rest will come in, or we'll all write the whole song.
ISAAC: Generally, one of us will start a song, and then we'll debate over who has the best idea.
TEEN BEAT: What inspires you to write?
ZACHARY: Everyday life.
ISAAC: It's just things that happen. We're inspired by all sorts of different things. Sometimes I'll just look out the window and something clicks.
TAYLOR: I think a lot of times we're inspired by whatever happens - just talking to friends, doing whatever - all of a sudden we're inspired and we write a song.
TEEN BEAT: Tell us what it was li