{"id":3037,"date":"2011-08-03T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T21:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2011-08-03T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T21:07:56","slug":"3oh3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/3oh3\/","title":{"rendered":"3OH!3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3OH!3<\/h1>\n

A duo that parties hard and works harder<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Good times play a big role in 3OH!3\u2019s songs, but beneath the\u00a0electro-rap duo\u2019s hard-partying exterior lies a well-honed work ethic that has already helped the crew from Boulder, Colo. (area code 303), land three Top 10 hits. Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte\u2014who met while attending the University of\u00a0Colorado\u2014locked themselves away in the Rockies to write songs for Streets of Gold<\/em>, their third album. The set features appearances from Katy Perry, Cobra Starship and Ke$ha. \u201cI think it\u2019s just a next step for us in what we\u2019re doing,\u201d says Foreman. \u201cI don\u2019t think we went super artsy or tried to flip the script on anyone.\u201d We spoke with Foreman about the duo\u2019s symbiotic\u00a0working relationship.<\/p>\n

When you were preparing to make the album, what were your expectations? <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s more like a second record for us. The first record [3OH!3<\/em>, 2007] was a basement, recorded-in-our-shower mixtape thing. I love it\u2014we still play songs off that record. We\u2019ve gotten better in the two years since our last release, and it shows in our production and songwriting. There\u2019s undoubtedly a lot of pressures, but our main concern was just doing what came naturally to us.<\/p>\n

How have you evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the production end, a lot is\u00a0software-based, and new technology presents new ways of producing. For this album, we used Pro Tools and Logic, which is a really advanced program. Nat has become very proficient with Logic\u2014he\u2019s almost like\u00a0a mad scientist with it. In terms of lyrics\u00a0and singing, touring over two years and singing every day and doing vocal training has helped both our voices mature. There\u2019s a lot more singing on this record, and honestly, there are notes I never would have been able to hit two years ago unless I was punching myself in the balls. It just comes more naturally.<\/p>\n

How do the two of you go about writing songs together? <\/strong><\/p>\n

We have to be in Colorado to write. That\u2019s where we\u2019re from, that\u2019s what 3OH!3 stands for, that\u2019s where we started. If you get out of there and go to some ritzy place like Las Vegas to write an album, it\u2019s reflected in the album. We had a couple songs ready before we started demos. But for the bulk of the record we got this cabin up in Breckenridge, and for a month locked ourselves away from all temptation. We went crazy with all the songs we had been waiting to write and\u00a0demoed nearly two songs a day. We wrote 18 or 20 songs up in the mountains.<\/p>\n

How did Ke$ha come to sing on \u201cMy First Kiss?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

We started working on that song a year and a half ago with [producer] Dr. Luke, and it was before she had done anything. I had the refrain in my head, and we thought it would be cool to do a guy-girl call and response. Dr. Luke said, \u201cI\u2019ve been working with this girl who would be perfect. She\u2019s a little crazy.\u201d So Ke$ha comes in wearing cut-off daisy dukes, her hair all dredded out and covered in glitter, and I was like, \u201cOh my God, who is this?\u201d She was kind of abrasive at first, but we became good friends.<\/p>\n

All this hard work doesn\u2019t quite square with the band\u2019s party image.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s give and take. To make music you have to work. You get up at 7, put that work in\u00a0and then you get a month of partying\u00a0and hanging out. You have to have a balance. Anyone who gets too partied out disappears, because you have to have substance behind what you do. No one can\u00a0really be a professional partier\u2013except\u00a0Paris Hilton.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u2013Eric R. Danton<\/strong><\/p>\n


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