| maestro
klumzee talking with
maestro, writer of "my message to the scene", and
founder of the legion
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Legion."
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Klumzee:
Welcome. =] Let the interview begin
Maestro:
Ok, if i get booted again just wait here and i'll be back.
=)
Klumzee:
okie =]
Could
you please state your name, where your from..a bit about
yourself, etc..and then tell us your current and past affiliations
=]
Maestro:
You're kidding right? =)
Klumzee:
Nope. =]
Maestro:
Why is it that every interview starts off with that question?
Klumzee:
Because our readers might not know you =]
Maestro:
I think i've stated that info in every sigle interview i
have ever had..
My
name is maestro, i draw ansi, I'm in the legion.. That's
all that matters =)
Anything
before the legion doesn't mean anything to me. =)
Klumzee:
Good enough. =] hehe
Klumzee:
Ok....how long have you been drawing ansi?
Maestro:
A long time, like 6 years or something.. Is that a long
time?
Klumzee:
yah thats pretty long =]
Ok...The
Legion is one of the top groups in the ansi scene today,
do you have any secrets or a magic formula to success that
makes it what it is? =]
Maestro:
Correction, the legion is the top group in the ansi scene
today.. =) and you wanna know our secret formula? i mean,
you REALLY wanna know it?
Lemme
see you type "yes maestro, i REALLY wanna know it!", because
i'm going to give this exclusively to you man.
Klumzee:
yes maestro, your an ansi god, and i REALLY wana know it!
=]
Maestro:
ok!@# =) HERE WE GO!@#$. we really love ansi. Nothing
more to it.
Klumzee:
Do you think thats the problem with some of the ansi groups
nowadays? They don't love what they do enough?
Maestro:
I don't doubt that they love what they do.. The other groups
that is.. i just think the reason some of these groups might
not be as effective is because they don't work as a team
Every
single member you see releasing every single month does
it for one reason.. because they love to! But that was just
a give in, the main reason this group is so powerful is
because we really know how to work as a team.
There
are too many hot shots out there that want to steal the
show, and you can't have that in a team. Everyone needs
to work together. you won't findany hot shots in the legion
because we're all friends and we all want to see ourselves
progress as a group..
Klumzee:
And I'm sure many will notice that with your packs there
are quite a few joint efforts, (mainly in legion #3)..do
you believe in each artist improving on his own, or do you
like to help your fellow artists with certain aspects of
their work?
Maestro:
Oh no, i don't need to help them. god, everyone in the group
is amazing..
Klumzee:
=]
Maestro:
We do the joints because we really enjoy combining our two
different styles and comoing up with a whole new experience
i guess you could say. =)
Klumzee:
Do you find there is a good amount of communication amoung
all the legion members, and if so does that contribute to
your success as a whole?
Maestro:
Definately. We talk about EVERYTHING and we make all group
decisions together. if we're not discussing something on
irc we're doing it via email. communication is very important
Maestro:
I love those guys so hell, why wouldn't i want to keep in
touch with them =) I just recently forwarded a proposal
to everyone from someone regarding adding a new division
to the legion.. within an hour we had all read it and responded
it to it and how we felt about the idea via email. it worked
out really well so we decided that's how it's going to be
done all the time now.
Klumzee:
Hmm.. What sort of division might that be? =]
Maestro:
The type of division that will never be seen in the legion
=)
Klumzee:
Ascii? =]
Maestro:
We're not into that division stuff. That's more up acid's
alley =)
Klumzee:
Hehe
Maestro:
So anyway, next question. =) You're doing fine. =)
Klumzee:
hehe
Maestro:
Keep up the good work son!@
Klumzee:
Do you think that with the enlargement of your groups members,
and success that you will still be able to maintain such
a high level of communication among them? Basicly i mean
if it gets bigger, are you still going to run it the same?
=]
Maestro:
Well first of all, i don't run it. WE run it. i'd really
like everyone to know that. i might have dreamed the idea
up, but without aoh, filth, konami, reanimator, oned, theknight,
milkmang, sultan, silverrat, dieznyik, and others, it wouldn't
be what it is today - that is what makes the legion, the
legion. =)
Klumzee:
Well i'm sure you've noticed lately that the ansi and art
scene in general has picked up a considerable amount...
Maestro:
Oh really has it? =) You're damn right i have and i am very
happy about that.
Klumzee:
What are your views on Legion's newly found competition,
Zenith, and its good old foe, avenge? =]
Maestro:
I have no views =)
Klumzee:
haha =]
Maestro:
Because i didn't realize we had any competition =) HOWEVER..
I like zenith and avenge and i think they're are alot of
good artists and just plain cool guys in both groups.. And
even though we might be indirectly competing =), we're really
all on the same team so i'm happy to be working with them
.
Klumzee:
At first, legions views were plain, you wanted to make people
remember the good old blocks they once knew..
Maestro:
Yeah, our little liner is "they say ansi is a forgotten
art.. it's time we refresh their memories.." so it really
was about reminding people that ansi really is a powerful
medium
Klumzee:
And also at first, your group was composed of mostly oldschool
style artists.. And recently the addition of a few new artists
to legion..(dieznyik, konami)..brought attention to the
newschool side of the packs..
Were
you at all reluctant to let in newschool members?
Maestro:
I don't know anything about this newschool/oldschool style
stuff.. i just no good art.. Know good art that is =)
Klumzee:
Thats the best answer i've ever heard. =]
Maestro:
Thanks man =)
Klumzee:
hehe
Maestro:
Funny story about konami though
Klumzee:
Would you care to elaborate? =]
Maestro:
He applied to the group after our first pack and i looked
at his appreal quick and thought "hmm.. not bad.." but i
never got around to forwarding
It
to the rest of the guys and i sort of forgot about it =)
so konami was like waiting for MONTHS for an answer! one
day he like msg'd me with a basic "umm, what's up? am i
in or not?" i was just kind of like "oh yeah! i remember
you!" so then i looked at his art again and i don't know
what hit me, i was totally blown
Away
and just knew that this guy was destined to be one of the
greats! so i forwarded his app to everyone and all the guys
agreed that he ruled! so now he's in
The
legion and he's being called one of the best! (and for a
damn good reason) he made me promise to never make ANY artist
wait that long again though. =)
But
that just shows you that people believe in the legion..
so much that they'll wait around for us to get back to them
months later =)
Hehe.
we're really quick about that stuff now though!
Klumzee:
=] yah.. i thought about applying to the legion.. then i
realized i sucked. and that there is no hope =]
I smile
too much too.. haha
Maestro:
hahaha. i don't think i ever saw your art. zip it up and
send it to us! we'll get back to ya. =)
me
too! =)
Klumzee:
if i got in the legion, i'd quit every single group i'm
in and draw 24/7 till i got better.
Maestro:
I love those damn things.. they're just so neat.. =) =)
=) =)
all
the guys are diehard with the legion. everyone quit what
other groups they were in to dedicate themselves soley to
the production of our packs. It just works out better that
way.
God
i love this group. I mean, i'm drawing side by side with
some of the best artists in the scene.. and to top it off,
they're all fucking super nice guys! =)
Klumzee:
Ok, on to about 3 more questions..then i'm zippin my works
up and sendin it to you..
Creator
told me that you and him both were talking and knew that
the scene needed something to kick it in the ass, something
spectacular... but can you tell us what exactly made you
decide to start this thing that we call The Legion. =]
Maestro:
Well, this is how i remember it. the production and enthusiasm
in the scene was at an all time low.. one day i just cracked..
i can't really explain it but i just knew that something
had to be done.. i couldn't handle the bulls hit anymore
so it was either just disappear and forget about it.. or
stick around and do something about it.. hence the legion..
After
i made my idea public with maestro.txt creator told me that
he agreed %100 and that he was going to start a group to
give us some competition which started off as genisun and
then evolved into avenge..
Klumzee:
And might i say, what an amazing idea you two had =]
Maestro:
You have to be blind to not see that things have really
changed for the better since the birth of the legion..
Klumzee:
How does it make you feel when you know you have contributed
to the awakening of a once dead ansi scene?
Maestro:
It makes me feel great.. throughout my time in the scene
i have always tried to contribute something to make it better
but my ideas and projects in the past just seem so empty
to me now.. i finally feel like i can leave the scene a
happy ex-ansi artist because i was a part of the legion.
i was a part of the "new era" in ansi art..
Klumzee:
In the near future, is the legion going to undergo any changes
our readers might want to know about? =]
Maestro:
Yeah, we're going to get better.
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After
this interview, i think you will all get the idea that Maestro
is VERY proud of his group, The Legion, and with good cause,
for it reminds me of this semi-forgotten art...only now
its not so forgotten.
-klumzee
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