If you are looking for gossip and big juicy rumours, you will NOT find them here.
You might want to ask yourself why you look for that though, because there is so much beauty to be found in the truth of any art or artist.

I transformed the website from its previous flashy self, to a modest, simple site.

As most of you know, Taste iT Tv is closely linked to me, Brigitte, it is my heart and my soul, it has grown into something pure and honest, filled with emotion.

The documenting of art has become an art of it's own and like my interviews, I want the site to be stripped of any bells and whistles.

In a world that focusses more and more on appearance, superficial masks; instead of focussing on the real core, the heart, the soul; I want to make a statement by getting rid of all the excess and just showing the essence.

To all of you real music, art and life fans... please don't be fooled, remember why you love music, it was never about what it looked like, but always about how it makes you feel, how it inspires you, how it motivates you. Never forget that!

I use the existing social media for the interviews and pictures, because it is convenient and most of you are on there anyway. So for the interviews, go to http://www.youtube.com/TasteiTTv and please subscribe and leave a comment. The more feedback I get, the more interviews we can do. So it is important to subscribe and show that you guys like these interviews.

For the pictures I use mainly FaceBook, Twitter and Tumblr, so please go check them out.

If you do not use any of these, please also let me know at brigitte.tasteitts@gmail.com then I will put them on the site here.

Taste iT Tv is not only me, Brigitte, it is all the fans of Taste iT Tv together. Over and over you have shown me that you care, that you support what Taste iT Tv is all about and that you spread the word. And believe me, it is getting noticed by a lot of people. I have gotten feedback from the bands themselves (The Blackout, MSI,...) that you talk to them about these interviews. And, even the people behind the scenes are noticing. I was talking to My Chemical Romance's crew and they noticed my pictures being reposted all over the net. This shows what we can do and I am very grateful for that. So thank you ALL!

Lots of love,

Brigitte

FAQ - By you, so please keep asking them, never be afraid to ask ANYTHING. I dont believe in rumours, so when you hear any just ask.

Q: Why is My Chem so popular on Taste iT Tv?
That is a long story, but probably the most important one and it has different levels to it, so I will try to explain the best I can.
I have always been an MCR fan, because if there is one band I relate to, it is them. They inspire and motivate me and they have this raw, honest core to them. They fight for what is right and they are not afraid to speak the truth.
When I first started Taste iT Tv, MCR was on my list of bands to interview, but of course I am not delusional, I knew that it would be very hard for me, as a little webzine, with no background, no connections, to get an interview with a major band like them. But... I am also a fighter and when i believe in something, I will try, no matter what the odds are. So, to make a long story short, I tried and tried, went to every MCR show all over the world, tried calling record label, management,... anywhere on this planet, but all I got in the beginning was no. But... there was 1 really nice person at Warner UK who did get me photopasses for the shows. So I took pics and after every show I tried to wait for MCR to come out, give them the pics from the last show and just try to at least get noticed (in a respectful way, I was not going to ask them there, because that would not be the right place) so after months and months of harrassing the label, I finally got an email asking how long the interview would be, how many camera's,... and we arranged it for Cologne (Germany) - the 3rd of April 2006. The night before I was supposed to do the interview, I got an email: "interview can not happen". That was it, nothing more, just that line. At that moment, I honestly felt like the world was swept from beneath my feet. For months and months, I had so many people tell me that the music industry is all about the money, its a business, they dont care, blablabla and I always defended the real bands, like MCR, but at that moment, I started believing that all those negative voices might be right. Whatif I am wrong, what if it is all about sales? I never ever felt so delusioned as I did that day. For the first time in my life, I did not even want to go to the show. But I promised my friends so we set off to Germany. We were very early, because when we go to a show, there is no experience like being on that front row, so that is why we were there from the crack of dawn. To pass the time, I made a sign, "Do a f***ing interview with Taste iT Tv" it was more a joke than anything else, something to keep me smiling, and at the same time, it was one last hope, I did not want to believe that there was no heart left in music.
At the show, I was to chicken to hold up the sign, I am quite shy... but luckily I have some pushy friends who motivated me to do it. So I did. After 10 seconds, the mcr security came to me and yelled at me to put that sign down. Seriously, you can not imagine how shit I felt. I felt like an idiot, like I had embarrassed myself infront of the people I looked up to. But... when the song was finished. Gerard came up to me and said: "Are you that girl who has been to all those shows, even to America, who has taken those amazing pictures?" I said: yes :) and he continued: "you want to do an interview, we can do one after the show... wait, I got to ask you something, you are not going to ask me anything about the beer right? or about american idol?" - I looked at him with a look that said: "of course not you idiot ;)" and he yelled: "you got the job honey, you got the f***** job" and that... that was the moment where he showed me that no matter what anyone ever tells me again, NEVER EVER will I believe that it is all about money. I know that real passion exists and real, honest people exist. People who do this from the heart. And THAT is why MCR will ALWAYS be in my heart and will always have a place on Taste iT Tv, because they show what it is all about, they embody that passion, that realness. No matter how many times Gerard swears on stage or does whatever, I know that this is a real, passionate, inspiring artist with his heart in the right place, so that is why MCR is so important to me.

They are prrobably the best influence anyone can have, because it is all about real respect.

Q: How do you get all the interviews you do?
Usually I contact the recordlabels, in some cases I contact the bands directly, but most of the time, through the record label.

Q: How did Taste iT Tv start?
I have always been a weird one, never really felt like I fit in anywhere and probably the most shy person ever. But... I have fire in me and when that gets ignited, nothing (not even myself) will stop me :) --- so ... I started Taste iT Tv, because... being the over-sensitive person that I am... music and honesty mean a lot to me. And every interview I saw, was jsut focussing on superficial crap. And I could seriously almost feel my heart break. I once saw an interview with Robert Smith where the interviewer ask this man... who has the talent to translate pure emotion to song... why he was wearing red lipstick. Well... I just knew I had to do something about it. If I was going to get answers to my questions, I was going to have to get them myself. So I started doing interviews. First I bumped in to a lovely person, Tom, he owned Europunk.net and that is where I did my first interview with No Use For A Name, with Tony, fabulous, lovely person. but... being insecure and afraid of doing something wrong... I still looked to others to ask what I should ask. At the time, I did not believe in myself enough. But I think that is part of growing up, you evolve and grow and learn. Pretty soon, I knew I had to do my own thing, because then it would not matter if I made mistakes, I would only be responsible for my reputation then. So I started Taste iT Tv. Still, if I look back at some of the first interviews, they are far from what they are now, but that little spark was there :)
So I started interviewing smaller; but also passionate bands, made a website (I am a computer programmer, so that was pretty easy) and just started promoting on the web. And it worked! Dont get me wrong, it is a lot of work and you get told no so many times that you really do want to hit someone in the head, but it teaches patience and persistance. And looking back, I am glad it was this tough, because it is what you need to become who you truly are.

Q: What is Taste iT Tv?
Taste iT Tv is... pfff this is probably the most difficult question to answer, because there are no words for it and there are so many different levels.
What it is: open, real and passionate interviews with artists.
why? To show in an interview who this artist really is, to be able to transmit the same inspiration through the interview as the artist does through the music.
really? Why? Because I want people to see reality, to see truth, so see art for what it really is. To get inspired, to be motivated, so that every viewer becomes a source of inspiration. There is a lot more to it and it is ever evolving... so stay tuned and keep questioning ;)
and... Taste iT Tv is me.

Q: How did you get started with doing interviews? It is obviously a task of love but is it also a profession? I simply adore your close to earth style of asking questions and letting the artists take the interview where they want, but it is so very different from any other then I've seen that I just wondered where are the origins?
Good question and slightly different from the ones above so I will answer this one seperately. The way it started is bascially because I felt the need to ask what I really wanted to know and I could not find any existing tv station that did that. But... I was not able to actually do that from the beginning. Being insecure and low self esteem, I was too afraid in the beginning to actually truly ask what I wanted to ask. Just because no one else seemed to do it, I was scared. But, slowly I grew more confident and thanks to the reactions of the artists, I knew that they were actually very similar to me. It is quite suprising how many of them seem to have this same set of mind. Some artists that really helped me grow into who I was are: of course Gerard, there is no need to clarify that any further ;) but also The Blackout, although the interview with them is completely different, even silly, it has a lot of beauty in there, it shows their hearts. I am sure Sean would call me a mushy C*** for saying this or something in that style, but it is true, it reflects who these wonderful artists are.

Same with Mindless Self Indulgence, there is so much mutual respect in that interview even if we end up throwing insults at each other. But again, it is who they are.

Todd, of The Faint, again, a huge inspiration, the very long conversations I had with him opened my mind even further, he inspired me to look back to and old love of mine... science.

Same with Stephan from Apop, never ever had I spoken in that depth about religion, but it was eye opening and it made me look into different religions, cultures, spirituality.

Peter from Project Pitchfork, a real inspirational guy, not afraid to be himself and he has just so much knowledge and passion.
Same with Ville Valo, that was an amazing interview, Bert from the Used... I could go on and one, but I have had the pleasure and honor to talk to some very inspirational people and all of these together made me appreciate the differences in every single artist or person even more. There si so much beauty in discovering the heart of a person/artist. It leads to inspiration, knowledge, love and tolerance, it shapes a person, makes them grow and I have been really blessed to be able to go through this. And I really, honestly hope with all my heart that a little of this inspiration shines through to everyone watching, because ultimately, if we want a better world, it is a world built on tolerance, knowledge and love. And I think this last question probably answers what Taste iT Tv really is. And what I really want to accomplish with it. Quite simple: Tolerance, knowledge and love. Thank you very much for this question, it was an inspiration on its own :)