a conversation with myself...
-So what's your story?
-Well I dropped out of college to be a part of this. Technically I'm 'the new guy' though we are a relatively new formation.
-Dropped out huh?
-I was studying creative writing at Arizona State with a 4.0 but I found Arizona was not my state. I was unhappy with my college experience out there. So my old pal here, Mike Campbell, called me up with an opportunity to come out and join Sound Cannon. I jumped at the chance.
-How long have you been a band?
-Well I moved here officially early in the summer. We wrote and recorded our Zelodius EP at that time which is now available everywhere online.
-Zelodius... interesting... what does it mean?
-It's an abstraction of the word melodious, which is to say something is pleasant sounding. Not that the EP is an abstraction of what is conventionally pleasant-sounding... because it sounds great... but rather the motivation behind the writing process is something unique. We write what comes out of us naturally without conforming to any specific genre or ideal aside from one of open-mindedness. Our stance on writing music seems infrequently used due to market over-saturation of cookie cutter pop music dictating the 'correct' way to go about it. Hence the 'Z' because it is the most infrequently used letter of the English alphabet. Long story short, zelodius represents our compatibility as musicians and our collective lofty goals of ultimate creative freedom it all respects.
-Wow. Great stuff. That's all true?
-No. It's probably what we will say from now on though. Zelodius was the name of teacher Mike and I both had back in middle school who was known for her crazy antics and long witch-like fingernails which she would rasp on the desk making all of the children shrink.
-haha. so how does it feel to be nominated for the 'best rock song' at the 2012 hollywood music in media awards?
- pretty damn exciting. we put in the hard work and we are happy enough to be here at all. and we are playing tonight right before the after party!
-for those who have never heard your music... how would you explain your sound?
-we are a strong mixture of a multitude of stylistic influences... from rush to saosin to bloc party... we have been described as 'progressive pop/rock with sometimes a heavier, metallic edge'.... for fans of Circa Survive, Protest The Hero, Incubus and maybe MuteMath if not simply for their ability to write whatever kind of song they want without sticking themselves into a constant genre. we constantly reform and reshape our sound. The current full length that we are working on will surely illustrate all of influences and how we transcend an easily labelled genre. In a record store, we would be found in the rock/rnb section though we all know the diversity found on the shelves of Amoeba.
-New album???
-Oh yes! We are teaming up with James Paul Wisner who has worked with Paramore, Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory. He is producing our 12 song full length that we will track next month.
-any shows coming up?
-We are playing at the whiskey on the 23rd of this month. excited for that particularly due to the fact my family is flying down. then we have a few shows lined up during our recording schedule in december. check us out on soundcannon.com and add us on facebook for more information and behind the scenes footage from all of these events.
-thanks
-no, thank you.
