5 Questions
with...
1. If I knew absolutely nothing about Silveth,
how would you describe the group’s music to me?
-- Well, being a member of the band I'm about to
describe, it's impossible to have an unbiased opinion... but I'd like to
think that we have something of a desperation-clad emotionally-apocalyptic
sound with noticeable folk elements and a very brutal delivery. The songs
don't repeat with choruses or verses.. although I'm sure someone's up for
arguing that statement... but as far as I'm concerned the songwriting and
composition is our strongest progressive asset.
I've also never really learned how a 'typical' song is structured, so I've
always just winged it. We're not out to have catchy jingles that stick in
your head for days on end, we're into TONS of catchy jingles happening at
once and then quite possibly never happening again just because that one
part in the song, right there and nowhere else, was that particular riff's
destiny.
We sound like a group of guys who love each other and what we're doing,
who are always striving to play better and write more EPIC, moving, emotionally/physically
demanding music for our own excitement and satisfaction. If you like it,
awesome! we're genuinely excited. If you don't, we didn't expect you to.
2. If I were to buy your new album The Elemental
(CD Review),
what songs should I pay particular attention to and why?
-- If you have 25 minutes to spare, pay attention
to the whole thing. Otherwise, the first track called Stone Gazer should
show most diversity and contrast.
3. When and where did the band form, and where did the
name come from? We were formed within
the dark, spirited woods of Carpathia, The Island of Staten, The Jersey which
is New, and the
outskirts of the city in which we reside in present time, Philadelphia. The
name is made of two Slavic roots which people tend to interpret as they please.
A good one we've heard recently from someone was "Sila Vetra",
Russian for "The Force of Wind".
4.
What was your worst on stage experience? What was your
best?
Worst on stage experience would have to be... forgetting my main guitar
and having to use my backup.. which was cutting in and out through the
whole set. That sucked. I couldn't do anything about it and I couldn't
really go nuts either. Best was when we opened up for Enslaved and someone
had blown up a bunch of condoms and was bouncing them around, eventually
landing on stage, in which I responded by kicking one of the condoms.
It floated up above my head, then on a whim, I swung at it with my headstock
[while playing a slower solo] and it gloriously popped with the response
of the crowd cheering. It was so great.
5. Do you think that the Internet (whether it be Internet
radio, legal downloading, MySpace, streaming audio, etc.) is a good tool
for musicians or is it a bad thing because it hinders profits?
-- Ah, yes. The internet. All I will say is that Mr.
Merek has caressed his keyboard with his magical fingertips to advance our
exposure at an astonishing rate, and it has become a valuable and effective
tool for band promotion. Profits? What profits? Oh you mean for the record
companies? If anything, it helps the fans get directly to the artist... which
can help the artist out with selling their own merch, and if used most efficiently,
it can bring you enough exposure to land big shows in which all the people
you've been marketing to can come and appreciate your live performance and
help support you. Who buys CDs these days? I sure don't. We're broke because
no one's buying CDs! hahaha.
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