EVANESCENCE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL OF ROCK

Amy Lee and Evanescence talk about their Grammy Soundcheck for local High School kids which gives them a first hand look behind the scenes at putting on a concert

As part of Grammy Soundchecks, multi Grammy Award winning band Evanescence, recently gave 25 High School kids from South El Monte High School in Los Angeles a glimpse into the realities of the music industry and a behind the scenes feel for what actually goes into putting on a successful concert. With a unique experience of seeing a special rehearsal by Evanescence, followed by an interactive Q & A discussion, the students were also allowed to stay for the concert, which took place at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles. The Grammy Foundation has held these Grammy Soundchecks at various cities across the country and South El Monte High was chosen by the Los Angeles Chapter of The Recording Academy to engage in conversation with Amy and the band about a multitude of topics regarding the music industry.

We caught up with Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo of Evanescence to get their thoughts on participating in yet another Grammy Soundcheck on this tour and being teachers in the school of rock.

“The Grammy kids actually are really really interested in every aspect of the music and they all had some really cool questions. It’s been something that we’ve all really liked. We’ve done it this tour for the first time. Kids come to a few different cities and it’s been really fun. Our lighting guy, our sound guy and our manager have all gotten in on answering a few questions once in awhile. I don’t know. It’s fun. It’s cool, I feel like we’re teachers in the school of rock.”

Having sold nearly 15 million albums worldwide and with already two Grammy Awards to their credit, Evanescence are currently touring in support of their latest release, ‘The Open Door’ which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart and it reached Platinum status in just over a month. Since the albums release the band has performed for over a million fans in more than 25 countries around the world including Israel, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Greece, and Spain. Other artists who have participated in the Grammy Soundchecks in the past have been Coldplay, The Dave Matthews Band, Destiny’s Child, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, U2, Kanye West and Mary J Blige.