Band Name: Alan Wilkis Band Memebers: Alan Wilkis Location: Brook-nam, NY Web Link: www.myspace.com/alanwilkis Interview With: Alan Wilkis Written By: The Realist from GreenlandLive.net GreenlandLive.net:  Describe your artist/band/duo/group. How did you come together? (A) I'veplayed in many bands over the years. After the last one broke up, I gotmore and more into home recording, after about a year and a half ofexperimenting with techniques/sounds/pop structures, I wound up withBABIES DREAM BIG. GreenlandLive.net:   How did you come to be known as Alan Wilkis? (A) My ma and pa gave it to me. GreenlandLive.net:  Who and what are your influences? (A) Myinfluences are EXTREMELY varied, but for this album, mostly stuff fromthe 70s and 80s: Prince, Stevie Wonder, Boston, The Doobie Bros, Hall& Oates, Kraftwerk, yadda yadda yadda... GreenlandLive.net:  How would you describe your audience? (A) My parents GreenlandLive.net:  What are your goals as a group? (A) My goals is to one day have a group. GreenlandLive.net:  What drives your music? (A) Happiness, fun, love, harmony, and synthesizers. GreenlandLive.net:  What message/s are you delivering to the world? (A) My big message is that you can love a lot of things and be influenced bythem, and that in doing so, that's how you start to figure out who youare. GreenlandLive.net:  What does your latest album portray? (A) My latest album portrays lots and lots of love and smiles, a tiny bit of heartbreak, and girls riding bicycles GreenlandLive.net:  What roles do each member of the band act out/play? Iplayed just about everything on the album - guitar, keys/synths,vocals, drums/percussion, computer, programming,engineering/producing/mixing/mastering Had some very talentedspecial guests on 3 tracks: Jason Treuting (drums on 'I Love the Way'and 'It's Been Great') and Eric Biondo (Trumpets on 'I Wanna Know') GreenlandLive.net:  Describe a defining moment for your band. Adefining moment for me was about 2 years, started investing in morehome recording gear/software - made a conscious effort to get better atrecording - really was the catalyst for making BDB.