CVNW May 2013

Page 25

was one of our biggest gigs...we played for a bunch of girl scouts at a beautiful outdoor camp in Sweet Home, Oregon, surrounded by mountains and trees and nature and hundreds of screaming girls. Good times!

too dramatic. Although bands can also have some crappy shows, we've had so many amazing ones that make it all worth it. I have met many awesome people and have had some cool opportunities while being in She's Not Dead. <Keiko>I think I missed out <CV NW> You say “after on some of those, but since many heartaches & advenI've joined we've all been on a tures” here we are today… bit of a rollercoaster. I'm sure it's something every band has tell us about the journey to deal with, where one night from the beginning to tothe crowd will love us to piecday, tell us about the peaks es and scream for encore after & valleys. encore... and the next night we'll be playing to a <Annelise> I heard they were 3 weeks without a mostly empty room with shitty acoustics and an bass player before finding me. That must have incoherent drunk pervert trying to hit on us. been stressful! But look who they ended up with! <Sam> The hardest part in my opinion has been <CV NW> Which of your original songs speaks finding the right people for the band. We went to you as artists? through a bunch of member changes before we <Keiko> My hands-down favorite original is finally found the right combination. It's hard try“Running Out of Time”. I like the way Kira coning to find people who want the same thing and structed the chorus, I like the lyrical content, and have the same interests. We had people in the I love love love the frantic sped-up ending to the band in the past that didn't even like the music we song where it really just feels like we're in a race were playing. We also had some people in the against time. “Tears Falling From the Sky” is also band who didn't have the same goals as the rest of pretty high up there for me also. It's a really pretty the band. song and I think musically it's one of our best. <Kira> Agreed, I think the biggest headaches <Kira> My favorite song is most likely “Crashing from this band Down” because I can relate to it all the time. I have included know, I wrote it, but still, it never gets old. switching <Annelise> All of them. They're just fun to jam. members. It <Sam> My personal favorite would be has been awe“Somebody Save Me”. It's our first original. It's a some to find song everyone can relate to. Annelise and Keiko who <CV NW> Tell us about your first show…you have stuck get introduced and you’re standing on stage with us and looking out at the crowd…what is going been super dedicated. Past through your minds? members just <Kira> “I hope I don't screw up.” didn't have <Keiko> Oh. My first show I was scared shitless. enough dedi- Like, literally. I had to use the toilet before the gig cation, or were because I poop when I'm nervous!


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.