Please tell us a little bit about your families. Do you have any siblings? 

Phil: All of my family, immediate, extended, resides in the heart of Long Island. I have a younger brother, 2 years younger than me.

Paul: My dad was actually born in Italy believe it or not. I'm full Italian. 
He came from Italy and my mom is an Italian-American lady, lovely lady. 
My brother is a couple of years younger than I am, he's still in school and
I live with four kittens in central Long Island.

Where did you guys come up with the name "Air Tight?"
Phil: We were doing a Battle of the Bands and we were searching for a
name because we had to submit some type of name but we didn't want
to just pick anything. We sat for a while just thinking of names.
We were looking at things in the room, just saying words that
came to mind. Air Tight just fit, something about the room made us think of it.

Paul: We thought that it was great for us because we got together the first time.
Phil came over , we jammed and we just had a great pocket, ya know air pocket. It just stuck, we dig it.

When did you start playing your instruments?
Paul: I play keys. I actually started playing violin in school. I was the male violin
player in the female orchestra and I did that for a while.  A couple years after
that, I was like it was great but my fingers are too huge. I found the piano and
I just felt through it. I grew up on Billy Joel, I heard what he was doing and tried to mimic it and that's how I learned. I had been singing from when I can remember. I always pretended to be Michael Jackson like every kid did but yeah that's how I got into it.

Phil: I play the guitar. I learned at Toys R Us on those air guitars.  I was a huge fan of the Monkees. I used to watch them on television. I would take my guitar and jump up on the couch and sing like "hey hey we're the Monkees." I have a couple of uncles that play the guitar, it's in the family.  I've always loved music,
I've always surrounded myself by it.

How do you all know each other?
Paul: This is an interesting story. I met the bass player, Pete and the drummer, Joe in high school. It started with us and we had just been doing a number of projects throughout high school. When we got into college we were the cover bands, original bands, everything. We were doing a three piece thing, we were like Genesis. We started to cut tracks and I wrote songs, we cut them for the three piece.  Then Phil fell into our hands basically.

Phil: Somehow networking through a project, mutual friends, as soon as I left that, this was there. It just fell into our lap.

Paul: And like I said, the first time I met Phil, we were all jamming together, we
played Bon Jovi stuff, just found a great niche. It was a time of bonding for us and we just came about.

Who is the leader of the group?
Paul: Normally I'm the lead singer, so if you want to say that. But I think we all
take a leadership role in different aspects.

FTV: Because in many bands, they have a title, like the "party guy"

Paul: Ok! Well I would say our drummer is the party guy.

Phil: Well we all have our distinct personalities. I think that's what separates us
from having a leader. I think they're going to come and like Joe because he's Joe, and like Pete because he's Pete, just like us for who we are. 

Paul: Like with the Beatles, there was the "quiet one"

FTV: yes exactly

Paul: Yeah we model ourselves after those guys a lot.

How would you categorize your music?
Paul: In simplicity, it's pop/rock. But if you want to get deeper than that it's
a lot more. We have such a wide range of influences like anyone else that grew up in our time, our generation. Going back to classic rock, I have a lot of jazz influences, 80's rock which is great stuff too and 90's alt (alternative) rock.  Bring it all together and we're pop/rock but if you go deeper, go beyond the surface , you'll find The Police, find The Beatles, find Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel, Bon Jovi. You can find everything there.  It's going to hit a lot of people.

Phil: Just to add on that, I mean I think pop/rock is a very very broad category
and I think naturally, each of us has our own influences. I think the cool thing is that, we all have our distinct styles and when you get the whole band, I just feel it's an eclectic mix of pop/rock.

What do you guys do for fun?
Phil: I don't have much fun. *laughs*
 
Paul:  Hmm, what do I do in my spare time.  I love to sit with a great book on a really nice day like today. I love to just write music.  I love writing.  I love jamming with the guys, I love writing tunes, I write a lot. Cooking, big thing of mine, and just great exercise and that's pretty much my life. 

What type of workout do you do?

Paul: I go to the gym a few times a week and I do yoga as well. I try to get toned up like everyone else is, and I do cardio but the yoga is what keeps me mentally balanced and physically aware of myself, so it's great.

Where do you guys want to go with your music? 
Paul: We want to conquer the world like every band does, even if they don't
want to say it, that's what we want to do.