Janick: Yeah, of course. Like I’ve said before, I used to post a lot of covers on YouTube and I once did a cover of their song This Song Saved My Life. And Chuck, the drummer for Simple Plan saw it and we actually talking. He tweeted me, he tweeted about the video and stuff and we just started talking. And we eventually got the chance to open for them, write songs with them and became kind of like friends through that cover.

Interviewer: And you actually had like a song-writing session with them… What was that like, if you can describe it?

Janick: It was awesome. I mean, Green Day, Simple Plan and Sum 41 were my biggest influences as a kid, so it was just awesome to get the chance to sit down and write songs with your child idols and stuff. It was just a really great learning experience. I learned a lot just by watching them… like the way they would pick up a guitar and start writing lyrics around like four chords. It was just amazing. And they’re like really nice guys and they gave us a lot of tips about writing and how they get inspiration and stuff like that.

Interviewer: Can you share like a big tip that’s opened your eyes?

Janick: I mean, just like… don’t get stuck on that one particular line in a song. Just keep going and maybe you can come back and see if that line doesn’t work or works. You know, sometimes you’re just like questioning yourself about writing songs. So just go for it and then sit back and check it out the day after and rewrite. I think that would be the biggest tip.