Interview: Douglas Von Irvin’s Carnival

What got you into music, and if you had not gotten into music what would you be doing today?

When I was in kindergarten I saw the “Monkees” TV show and fell in love with music that year. Later, in my pre-teens, I heard the album, Kiss Alive. Then, I heard more albums and saw the photos of “Kiss” in magazines. Their cinematic approach to the music was thr…