With the reality television show Nemesis Rising getting massive exposure on Logo and in media outlets all over the country, twins Joshua and Jacob are exploding onto the music scene. Coming out as gay on TV might hurt the career of some pop stars or leave tastemakers thinking of the latest incarnation of Bros, but these boys' debut single "Number One Song in Heaven" is gaining radio play and creating awareness across the nation. With hot remixes from Dave Aude, Almighty, Bronleewe and Bose, and Tracy Young, the dance pop gem is also gaining a massive club following. With their recently completed debut album due for release, watch out for Nemesis in your town soon.
DJ Ron Slomowicz: How has life changed in the past couple of weeks?
Jacob of Nemesis: Oh my God, the past two weeks have been crazy because we've
been jetting all over the country. We were in Washington DC for the
HRC dinner and then New York last weekend for the New York premiere of
the show, and back to the LA for the LA premiere on Thursday night.
Just being recognized is a bit strange. It's very cool to go out and
have people come up and say such nice things about the show - talk
about how they appreciate the show and what it's saying and what it's
doing. It's a good thing.
RS: Whose idea was it to do the show?
Jacob: It was kind of a weird little process. We were coming out to
Los Angeles to meet with producer Desmond Child. He was pitching a TV
series to Logo about him and his family, and a small part of his show
was working with the acts that he was currently trying to make famous.
So he had Joshua and I come to all the meetings with him at MTV and
Logo and we were going to be the act that he might use in his show.
But after we met with them in the meeting, they wanted to develop a
show about Joshua and I.
RS: So after watching the first few episodes, how real is reality TV?
Jacob: Reality TV is pretty real, at least our show is. I mean
obviously certain things are set up because if there's a camera on the
other side of a door and you open the door and walk through, clearly
somebody had to be sitting there waiting for you to come through. So
you have to time and turn for exit shots. They have to get permits to
film in bars and clubs and different places around the city. So it's
not like you can just get out of the car and walk in to a restaurant
and sit down and they can film the whole thing, they have to plan that
ahead of time. The way it stays real is by not letting us know what
they're doing in preparation. They ask us ahead of time for a list of
all the restaurants in town that we liked to go to frequently. While
we're filming we may say well I want to go to the French Quarter Café,
and they'll say well that's not cleared, so then we'll end up going
somewhere else. But the most important thing about the show is that
the conversations that we have with everybody are real.
RS: It all goes back to the great music, Number One in Heaven,
how did you find that great song?
Jacob: That was a Desmond song. I actually went to New York over a
year ago now and went to Declan, which is his company in New York, and
listened to a whole bunch of songs that he played for me. Number One
in Heaven was one of the songs that I picked that I thought would make
a great song for the record. I got a copy of it and took it back to
Nashville and played it for Joshua and he liked it too, so we decided
to cut it.
RS: How do you like the dance mixes of it?
Jacob: I think they're great, I love the Tracy Young and the Dave Aude mixes.
RS: Is this the first time you've heard dance mixes of your music?
Jacob: Dave Aude did dance remixes on "Let Me Help You Out" which
was released a few years ago. Those were really good and we hear that
they are starting to get played out more lately. I really loved what
he did with Number One in Heaven as well.
RS: Have you heard your song in a club or on the radio yet?
Jacob: I have not. We have done some radio interviews where were on
he radio and they played the song when we were on the radio. But I
haven't just been sitting in a car and heard this song. I get
messages and phone calls from friends of mine around the country, who
are hearing it, and they'll be like "Oh my God, your song was on the
radio," and they'll hold the phone up to the speakers so I can hear my
song playing on the radio. But I haven't just been driving down the
road yet and heard it.
