Cry of Silence - Acoustic EP (Old Band)

[Kithop]

I figure the guys in my old band would want the publicity, and you guys might be interested in hearing stuff... :p  Post-grunge/alternative, I'd call it, with the glaring exception of my decidedly emo opener. XD

Artist: Cry of Silence (http://www.myspace.com/cryofsilence)
Album: Untitled Acoustic EP (Gary's Mix)

Personnel:
  Ed Lam - Lead Vocals*, Acoustic Guitar
  Gary Carter - Backing Vocals, Bass, Lead Vocals**, Lead Acoustic Guitar**
  * except on 'You're Mine', ** on 'You're Mine' only

Producer: Dan Howes (http://www.myspace.com/danatearart)

1. "You're Mine" (Carter)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/01%20You%27re%20Mine.mp3
2. "Departure" (Lam)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/02%20Departure.mp3
3. "Forgive or Forget" (Lam)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/03%20Forgive%20or%20Forget.mp3
4. "Hidden Problem" (Lam)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/04%20Hidden%20Problem.mp3
5. "Running in Circles" (Lam)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/05%20Running%20in%20Circles.mp3
6. "Victim" (Lam)
   http://kithop.no-ip.com/CoS/Acoustic-EP/06%20Victim.mp3

These were all recorded 'live off the floor' at a small studio in Burnaby some time last summer, with the exception of the lead acoustic part on the first track.  Typically only 2-3 takes per song, and picked from there, all in a single day. :p  I'm quite proud of how it turned out with that in mind, and Ed and I had practiced the ever-loving crap out of the vocal harmonies for months prior.

Unfortunately, other obligations and creative differences (wow, that's such a loaded phrase... no, seriously - I got bored playing this style of music :p) drove me to quit the band a long while ago, but it was fun while it lasted (playing shows is fuuuun! :D), and I wish the guys success. n_n  Maybe one day I'll get my own thing going again.

[Tony Greyfox]

Not bad stuff! I checked out a couple of tracks - good job on the harmonies, and the guitar work is nice.

[771]

Just listening now, about halfway through. Nice work! A little Alice in Chains inspiration in there, sounds like? ;) I'm really digging the vocal performances. Great, solid songwriting too. The lyrics felt a little bit stale/down-ish to me but that's the only complaint I've got, and it doesn't really hurt my listening experience.

Too bad you're all the way up in Vancouver; I would love to jam with you if you were closer. I'm actually looking for a live bassist and drummer for this stuff...

Anyhow, great work again-- the recording and mix sounds quite nice, too, by the way. :)

~Josiah

[Kithop]

Not bad stuff! I checked out a couple of tracks - good job on the harmonies, and the guitar work is nice.

Thanks! n.n

Just listening now, about halfway through. Nice work! A little Alice in Chains inspiration in there, sounds like? ;) I'm really digging the vocal performances. Great, solid songwriting too. The lyrics felt a little bit stale/down-ish to me but that's the only complaint I've got, and it doesn't really hurt my listening experience.

Too bad you're all the way up in Vancouver; I would love to jam with you if you were closer. I'm actually looking for a live bassist and drummer for this stuff...

Anyhow, great work again-- the recording and mix sounds quite nice, too, by the way. :)

~Josiah

Yeah - that's mostly Ed, and part of the reason I left... it did start to get a bit stale for me, but then I was having fun actually playing something, which I haven't been doing a lot of since then. :/

http://www.bcfurries.com/forum/index.php?topic=160.msg5029#msg5029 <- links to similar fully-done-at-home recording stuffs I did; songs I actually wrote... XD plus a studio version of one of the tracks with the above old band.

[771]

Cool! I really like your voice. You have a good strained/yell kind of sound when you use it, always dig that. Nice songwriting too. Good to talk to other musical furries :)

~Josiah

[Kithop]

Cool! I really like your voice. You have a good strained/yell kind of sound when you use it, always dig that. Nice songwriting too. Good to talk to other musical furries :)

~Josiah

Thanks. n_n;

And yeah, I really dig that kind of thing too - Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), David Draiman (Disturbed), Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), etc. etc.  I wish I had their pipes. ;.;  I really want to go for proper vocal training one day and see what I can make of myself.  Still practicing my guitar and bass, and playing around with drums in Rock Band as well (got the schweet Ion Rocker kit).  One day I'll find my muse again and write/bang out a proper EP or album. :D

[771]

Bah, I'm sure you could become as good as any of them with time. I'm still working on doing it how you do, actually-- I can do the atonal scream thing but combining that with my clean singing voice is still a mystery to me. I can get some grit when I sing if I need to but it's not that sort of ragged, melodic yell. Gettin' there though. :)

~Josiah