Silent Still-Interview

by Kingmi Baby

The Silent Still is a viciously unique band, combining music, history, and inspirational ideology apparent in everything they do, they are an unforgettable act. I was able to steal some time from them to ask some questions about recent activity, big changes, and secret societies.

CMB: You guys recently released some stuff for download on your website. What can we expect and how can we get our hands on it?

SS: We put together a great digital package for everyone that we’re really excited about. Long-time fans will be excited to find updated and finalized versions of their three favorite songs from us; songs that we believe will also speak to new fans about the core of who we are musically. We also included two short stories based on the Silent Still Society archives. We spent a lot of time going through the archives to pick out stories that give the best insight into the history this band is largely based on. And we included a print quality poster of a digital painting I did of one of the creatures from the Society’s backstory. You can get yours directly from our crowd-funding page, www.thesilentstill.com/getcoolstuff, or from our home page.

CMB: Tell us about the Silent Still Society?

SS: I know we keep mentioning the Society, so I’m glad you asked us about it. Our band’s name is obviously based on them, and we find their mission of creative expression, helping people come free from obstacles, personal growth, and living to one’s full potential to be truly inspiring. The Society has a pretty dark past under the Church, and is full of some pretty bizarre stories, but I think as musicians that only drew us in even more. They re-founded in 1883, separate from the Catholic Church and religion, and although their last 130 years hasn’t been without its own crazy stories, it was so clear that the band shared the same values on a deep level, and that their history is such a huge and continual source of inspiration and stories, we couldn’t help but base the band on them.

CMB: You guys are also launching a Kickstarter campaign?

SS: We’re launching the campaign for several reasons, really. First, we saw it as a great opportunity to raise money for an awesome charity that helped my oldest son wake up from Autism. You can find out more about the charity that helped him at giveautism.com

Second, we saw an opportunity to launch some amazing experiences for our fans. We want to do much more than entertain. We want to connect with our fans in a way that gives them resources for creative expression and projects of their own. What we’re offering through our crowd funding is only the first wave of a much larger plan to help our fans see their own creative dreams come true.

Third, we wanted our fans’ help recording an album. However, we wanted to give them a whole lot more than just one album. So we decided that everyone would win by our building our own recording studio. The fans win because we can keep recording albums without paying so much money to a studio each time. We win because we can hire anyone we need to record us in our own studio, or even do it ourselves, and take however long we need to get the quality our fans deserve.

Lastly, because of the types of things we’re offering, it will also help us create many more amazing products and experiences for our fans for years to come. There’s so much value packed into everything we’re offering, that I can’t begin to describe it here

CMB: What kind of stuff can fans get by donating?

SS: We’re offering much more than any other band we’ve ever seen offer to their fans. Of course we have the expected fair, like an album, Skype lessons, posters, and the like. We took those a step further and tried to jam pack as much stuff as possible into each package, while keeping the prices much lower than people are used to in crowd-funding. Additionally, we’re offering memberships that ensure ongoing experiences with the band that includes everything from every album we put out during the membership, member-only events, and the band helping you make and even sale merchandise of your own, all the way to being featured in our videos, VIP treatment, and even a whole weekend with us for you and a friend that includes a vintage limo ride, photo shoot with the band, 2 nights at Denver’s amazing Brown Palace Hotel, a one-of-a-kind Masquerade mask, and a Gigantic mystery gift package.

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