This week's edition of ful Music Insider features Sing It Loud, a pop rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their new album, Everything Collide, is dropping May 11 and we're pumped they took a second to chat with us during their busy schedule.

Sing It Loud is comprised of Pat Brown (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Kieren Smith (Guitar/Backing Vocals), Nate Flynn (Bass), Ben Peterson (Piano/Keyboard) and Chris Lee (Drums.) They toured for two years with bands like We The Kings, The Spill Canvas, Motion City Soundtrack, Hit The Lights, and Cobra Starship and also did a stint on the 2009 Warped Tour.

We got a chance to chat with Pat Brown, the lead singer. He told us his favorite venue, which bands he'd love to play with, and the most difficult part of recording their latest album.

ful: You guys have a ton of live shows coming up in the next few months. Do you have a favorite city to play in? A favorite venue?
Pat Brown: I have 2 favorite cities to play in. One is our hometown of Minneapolis, MN, of course, and the other is Chicago. My favorite venues are First Avenue in Minneapolis, The Fillmore in San Francisco, and The Metro in Chicago.

ful: What's the most unusual place you've ever played a show?
PB: Outside at Texas A&M University during passing hours in front of a fountain while everyone was walking around.

ful: Which songs do you perform most frequently? Do you ever play any covers? Do you have a set play list? What's your favorite song to play?
PB: Best Beating Heart, Come Around, Bite Your Lip, and No One Can Touch Us are our most frequently played songs. We have done a cover of KC & The Sunshine Band's Get Down Tonight for an MTV original movie called Turn The Beat Around and we are also covering a Foo Fighters song on our next tour! We actually do have a set playlist. We have an iPod with a bunch of songs on it that we play during the set change with songs by a bunch of rap & pop artists. My favorite song to play is definitely a new song called Only One.

ful: What was the last song you wrote? Can you tell us about it?
PB: The last song I wrote is a brand new song and it doesn't even have a name. It's super '90s sounding and the lyrics are very happy and uplifting. When I hear it or play it it reminds me of the magic carpet ride night time scene in Aladdin. Haha!

ful: You're new album Everything Collides hits iTunes and stores on May 11. What was the most exciting part of making this record? The most difficult?
PB: The most exciting part was that we got to record the album song by song. We've never done that before. Most bands record all drums, all bass, all guitars, all vocals, then all keys, but we took a chance and took our time and really focused on the songs one by one. It really helped give each song a different feel. The most difficult part was the vocals. Our producer, Jordan Schmidt really pushed me hard vocally. He didn't let me get away with anything and it ended up turning out amazing.

ful: What bands do you guys love right now? Who would you love to play with?
PB: I've been in love with the new Gorillaz record. I'd love to play with Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday because they're my favorite bands.

ful: What advice do you have for people who want to give it a go in the music industry?
PB: Get your feet wet, put yourself out there, be confident, and take chances. Too many people think that just because they're knowledgeable the opportunities will come to them. Start a band, work merch for a friend's band, look for internships.... Whatever it is you want to do in the music business, I guarantee you will learn more from hands-on personal experience than any teacher in the country could ever teach you in a year.

ful: We at ful bags are super excited to be working together. Have you had a chance to use our luggage/bags? What do you think?
PB: Of course I have! I just went to Florida then straight to California for some shows/hanging out/shooting a music video and doing some photo shoots, and I brought almost every single peice of clothing i own and my bag wasn't even overweight at the airport! We looked like a gang rolling up to MSP with all matching suitcases! It was awesome. :)

To hear Sing It Loud's music, check out their MySpace page and their website. Thanks again Pat!

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