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Tim Board: How did the two of you get started in music?

The Como Brothers: In high school, my dad, uncle, and a
friend started a Beatles tribute band with myself (Andrew),
and we'd play out at least twice a week throughout high
school and into the first couple of years of college. I played
George Harrison and Matt would sub in on the John
part. Learning The Beatles catalog really gave us an appre-
ciation for songwriting and watching them on YouTube gave
us an appreciation for showmanship. We also played in
other cover bands with friends. We started writing our own
songs in high school. Writing is our favorite thing ever! We
always strive to write songs that are both meaningful and
catchy at the same time. The thrill of creating music never
gets old. We want to make music that will resonate with peo-
ple's hearts while getting stuck in their heads.

TB: At what point did the two of you decide to work to-
gether as a duo?

TCB: We started writing songs together in high school, but
we started releasing music as ‘The Como Brothers’ around
2012.

TB: For someone who has never heard your music, how
would you best describe it?

TCB: We write heartfelt/catchy pop tunes that have a rock,
blues, soul, and sometimes R&B flare to them.

TB: Your debut EP ‘The Speed of Sound’ was released
in 2021. What was it like having your first official release
out there for the world to hear?

TCB: It was really cool! We thought those songs would set
the world on fire at the time. Looking back, we can see why
they didn’t. They were definitely cool for the time that we
released them in terms of where we were in our career tra-
jectory. But we’re super proud that we constantly shoot from
the hip, consistently release songs, and strive to write better
and better tunes. The reason that we’ve improved at all over
the years is because of our willingness to potentially
fail. Failure has taught us a lot and it has gotten us to a point
where we feel ready to succeed.