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\"\"<\/a>\u201c\u2026we don\u2019t try and recreate the first record over and over again, we try and grow but we definitely feel fortunate that if you hear a Lifehouse song you\u2019ll know that it\u2019s Lifehouse, and that\u2019s a good thing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Los Angeles-based Lifehouse broke through in a big way when \u201cHanging by a Moment,\u201d from their debut album No Name Face, spent 20 weeks in the Top Ten and won a Billboard Music Award for \u201cHot 100 Single of the Year.\u201d Since then, the band has released six more albums, sold over 15 million records worldwide and spun off such hit singles as \u201cYou and Me,\u201d \u201cFirst Time,\u201d and \u201cWhatever it Takes.\u201d Their newest \u2018Greatest Hits\u2019 album showcases all the songs you love, and more.<\/p>\n

In Los Angeles and just finishing up rehearsals, Bryce gave us a call to talk about the band\u2019s return to Australia, Greatest Hits, changes, advice, and much more.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia to see us, what can people expect at a Lifehouse show circa 2017?<\/strong>
\nWell we\u2019ve been a band for seventeen years we\u2019ve had seven records and we\u2019ve been touring pretty much non-stop since we\u2019ve been together so it\u2019s kind of be a conglomerate of our singles and a lot of songs that we really like to play live that go over well live, we\u2019re really prideful of our show and we put a lot of energy into it, and we just released a Greatest Hits, so we kind of know what our audiences are expecting to hear and we\u2019ll have a set that\u2019s kind of tailored towards our Australian audience. So it\u2019s gonna be high energy and a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

You were last here in 2015 and had such a great reception in fact you played my favourite show of the year that year, what was it like getting so much love on that tour?<\/strong>
\nOh that\u2019s awesome, thanks for saying that, my man! We had a blast, that tour in particular was really special to us because we had a summer tour lined up in The States and that fell through for some reasons, and so we went on this worldwide tour and Australia was a blast for us. It was our first time there for a long time, probably since the early 2000\u2019s and were just overwhelmed with the reception from Australian fans, we feel like with social media and the way that the industry is now with digital marketing that a lot of people from Australia have still been following us and our career even since our big record \u2018No Name Face\u2019. So really overwhelming, fun crowds and we\u2019re looking forward to coming back.<\/p>\n

So what are you most looking forward to about coming back to Australia?<\/strong>
\nWell we have a lot of Australian friends, there\u2019s a lot of Aussies in Los Angeles and we\u2019re pretty familiar with the culture, we\u2019re going to the three biggest cities, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and I\u2019m gonna be staying a few extra days I got an Air B&B at Bondi Beach and that\u2019s gonna be a blast. The last time I was there I drove the Great Ocean Road all the way to the Twelve Apostles that was really fun. My parents were there in the 70\u2019s and they drove all the way to Darwin and Ayers Rock (Uluru) and that\u2019s gonna be my bucket list for the next time I go but I think on this tour because we have such a short period of time we\u2019ll be driving but I\u2019m just looking forward to the good weather and being a Bondi for a bit.<\/p>\n

You mention before that Australia has stuck with you a lot, and a song of course like \u2018Hanging By A Moment\u2019 is still played on radio to this day, coming in to the band after its release, what was it like being part of a band with a song that is almost now timeless?<\/strong>
\nYeah you know it\u2019s funny, that song has just stuck through the ages, and another song that was really big for us was \u2018You and Me\u2019, and in Australia I think our biggest record was \u2018No Name Face\u2019 that had \u2018Hanging By A Moment\u2019 on it and every time we play that song live people are asking us like do we get tired of playing a hit song, but every time we play it we get that reaction from people that song resonates with and they have a connection with. So we\u2019re really grateful and lucky that our first single that we ever released was our biggest and we continue to play it at every show but we don\u2019t get tired of it. *laughs*<\/p>\n

You talk about the Greatest Hits, but in terms of new music it\u2019s been a couple of years since \u2018Out of The Wasteland\u2019, are there any plans for new material any time soon?<\/strong>
\nYou know, people have been asking us that because we just completed a big co-headlining tour with Switchfoot in The United States and it went really, really well and since we did that tour Jason and the rest of us have been talking about writing for a new record, we don\u2019t know if it\u2019s gonna be a Live record or a full record, but we\u2019re gonna start the writing process. Us putting out this Greatest Hits release isn\u2019t the final chapter, we\u2019re definitely keeping things going.<\/p>\n

In your now thirteen years with the band how if in any way has the creative process changed for you throughout the years?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s just naturally kind of grown, it\u2019s taken a bunch of different directions, the one nucleus of the band obviously is Jason\u2019s voice and his song writing style is very unique in the fact that he writes Lifehouse songs to its kind of most accurate conclusion, but as a far as the creative process goes I\u2019ll write a song here and there and get them on records and he\u2019ll bring it into the studio and Ricky and I will lay it down. Throughout the years the music industry has changed completely with electronic elements that come in here and there and we\u2019re always aware of what\u2019s going on in the world with other music and we kind of adapt to the creative style appropriately but we try not to push the envelope to adapt to what\u2019s hot at the moment, we try and keep things as timeless and true to ourselves as artists as we can. I think we\u2019re gonna continue to do that as things go, and we don\u2019t really force anything, like we\u2019ll go into the studio and we won\u2019t force a sound or force a direction, we just kind of do like a Ouija board we all just put our hands in and just see where the music takes us.<\/p>\n

So as you said obviously things change over time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same over your time making music with Lifehouse?<\/strong>
\nWow, I mean our fans and the connection to the music that the fans really bring we\u2019re super grateful to have that, we\u2019re at a point right now where our fanbase is very diverse, we have older and younger generations, men, women and a lot of people come up to us with stories about how the music affects their lives in a positive way, or they\u2019ve gotten through hardships, and not a lot of bands are lucky enough to have that connection, so our fans have definitely stayed consistent. Jason\u2019s voice has stayed consistent, you know he doesn\u2019t have the Johnny Cash \u2018Black album\u2019 type voice yet *laughs* we don\u2019t try and recreate the first record over and over again, we try and grow but we definitely feel fortunate that if you hear a Lifehouse song you\u2019ll know that it\u2019s Lifehouse, and that\u2019s a good thing for us.<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to see Lifehouse support Bon Jovi in 2002 in London\u2026<\/strong>
\nNICE!<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve joined the band since then but has there been a moment for you that has stood out as an amazing moment that sticks with you?<\/strong>
\nYeah it\u2019s been a blast, lie I said the first record that I wasn\u2019t there for \u2018No Name Face\u2019 was our biggest especially in Australia that one was really big, then the second record I also wasn\u2019t there didn\u2019t have the same commercial success, really great album with the fans and really shifted the momentum of the band and they were kind of dubbed one hit wonders at the time, I remember when I joined they were on Much Music countdown for one hit wonders. I joined at a good time, their bass player had quiet him and Jason had some differences and I got involved and we put out the \u2018yellow\u2019 record that had the song \u2018You and Me\u2019 on it and I\u2019m not sure how it did in Australia but worldwide and in The United States it did really well so I kind of got to experience a band that was kind of breaking again because we were playing smaller clubs and we went to large theatres and we had all this attention. That was really overwhelming for me because I\u2019d never been a part of something that had done that well, we really connected and bonded through that and there have been peaks and valleys along the way but that\u2019s a part of life and growth and we are still together after this amount of time it\u2019s such a blast to be able to continue doing it.<\/p>\n

Is there one piece of advice you were given when you started playing music that you\u2019ve maintained and has stuck with you throughout the years that you still go back to to this day?<\/strong>
\nYeah absolutely, I think the main, key component is to get into it for the right reasons, a lot of people get into music because they just want to have that talent notch under their belt as like \u201cOh I do music\u201d but the biggest thing is you have to really love it, get in for the right reasons, get into it for an expression of yourself, an artistry and try not to do it for ego. Oh and if you\u2019re going to get in a band, try and get in a band with people that you really like and care about because you\u2019re gonna be with them, you\u2019re on stage 10% of the time and 90% of the time you\u2019re hanging out so you wanna make sure you get along. You just have to really enjoy the process because you\u2019re never gonna make it overnight, it\u2019s gonna take time and The Beatles put in their ten thousand hours before they were big as they say, so just enjoy the process and that\u2019s kind of a key component to success is fulfillment in making the music.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 Lifehouse will\u2026<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Be touring and making music.<\/p>\n

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LIVE TOUR DATES with special guests Lifehouse and The Calling:<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 15: The Riverstage, Brisbane QLD<\/p>\n

November 17: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC<\/p>\n

November 18: Roche Estate, Hunter Valley NSW<\/p>\n

www.liveaustraliantour.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:\u00a0<\/strong>Jason Wade \u2013 Vocals, guitar, Bryce Soderberg \u2013 Bass, Ricky Woolstenhulme, Jr. \u2013 Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.lifehousemusic.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong>\u00a0Greatest Hits \u2013 (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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