Patrick and the People - Silent Season Interviewed on Patrick and the People!

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

Patrick sits down with SIlent Season and talks about their music, their journey, and more!

FNX. What was that other one? POS 92.9? I don't remember it, but I just know they went by at that time. I think K-Rock or something along those lines, you know, and it was just a station that I was on in Boston. I wish I remembered the exact call sign. I don't. But anyway. You have it right Patrick. I mean, Break Me Down came out on our full-length breaking me down in 2012 and We still play that song in our set today. Everyone loves it So yeah, no, that's and that's what stuck out to my head

but but then I started looking at you know the catalog and what you guys have done since and Man, talk about that journey a little bit about you know, how it's progressed since then and what you're doing now. That was a long journey. I mean, there's there's been a lot of stuff. I mean, we've toured we we've done radio campaigns with, you know, several different songs. different songs. And, you know, we've, we've, we've gone all over the place, you know, did one offs in different places. And, you know, just tried to spread the word about silent season. And, and now we're, you know, we're back at it trying to do with, you know, a new single. And, you know, hoping that, you know, this time around, we can really, you know really turn some heads and do this thing.

Well, I mean, that melodic metal sound is so full and so rich, and I know that you're really excited about this new song. It's a little more aggressive, a little harder maybe than before. Talk to me a little bit about how that song came together. It came along at a time where, like, I was kind of like, um, my whole world was imploding and, um, and I was just like thinking, like, how can I write a song about, like,

you know, everything just basically going up in flames? Um, and, you know, that was pretty much the inspiration for a lot of it. It was just kind of, just kind of a lot of a lot of me like writing lyrics to songs and us writing, you know, whatever it like comes from, you know, life experiences and trying to it's almost like a therapeutic way of getting over it. You know what I? Yeah, cathartic release if you will exactly exactly Yeah, so when you guys do, you know put a song together Is it something where you know you jam yourselves into a room somewhere and you go? We're not leaving till a song is done or do you you know somebody come in with something and you just kind of each Begin to layer. How does that work? I

Feel like for this particular song it was more of a layer kind of each begin to layer. How does that work? I feel like for this particular song, it was more of a layer kind of thing. We changed our approach a little bit of how we did songwriting in the past, but there are songs where we come together and we all write as a group. And then there's also songs where someone will bring something to the table and be like,

hey, check this out. And then we'll kind like, you know, songs where like someone will bring something to the table and be like, Hey, like, you know, check this out and then we'll kind of like layer upon it. Now that's that's great. Now, you know, coming up, let's say, you know, when you were super young kids, whenever you first discovered music, did all of you just first find rock or were there other genres that before you became rock that you were into it when you were young? How did you get into music?

Go around the table. Dave, you first. Yeah, sure. Great question. I started right out of the gate with some rock music. I come from a musical family. My father was in a band back in the 70s, playing around the times with the Cars and Aerosmith.

And my cousin was heavily in bands too. And that all sort of got me influenced to start listening to rock bands. And I think my first, something I'm trying to take anything on tape. I'm not trying to go too far back, but I had the double wide smashing pumpkin CD that was given to me during a during a holiday and then also the president of

America what's that song the United States of America? Yeah. Yeah the peach So those were kind of like my gateways there and around the grunge era in the 90s and the whole Nirvana movement and everything. And then from there, everything got progressively into that harder sound. And the sky was the limit from there. Like, I loved everything after that.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I love all genres. I can listen to jazz. I can listen to pop. Sure. That influenced me, but that kind of style of rock really got me interested into this whole thing. Okay. How about yourself, man? jazz, I can listen to pop, that influenced me, but that kind of style of rock really got me interested into this whole thing. Okay. How about yourself, man?

For me, it was a weird transition into music. My mom, who I grew up with solely as a single parent, she played a lot of Motown stuff and a lot of like R&B. And so I started to do boys chorus from there. And then growing up, like in my teens, I started to listen to a lot of like punk rock kind of stuff. And then I feel like the more I aged or whatever, the heavier the music got.

And so then I just kind of started to listen to like hard rock stuff and metal and, you know, like seven dust kind of stuff, whatever. And yeah, and then that pretty much stuck, I think. Interesting though that there was some R&B, you know, informed some of your singing style before you really stepped into the rock world and, you know, kind of gave you a little more range there. Absolutely. Yeah, no, I mean, I feel like having an eclectic taste of music or an eclectic, you know, background of music definitely, it definitely shapes you in a way and helps you and in some ways too, I feel like.

Yeah. It's always fascinating to me. You know, I talked to, I probably interviewed some of the greatest metal bands in the world and, uh, you know, you ask every one of them and they'll take and say, what are you listening to right now? And you'll be shocked. You know, most people are shocked to find out that, you know, metalheads don't just listen to metal, you know, they listen to all kinds of stuff. And, you know, it's really fascinating how much

that, you know, rock has become textured by so many different things now, including, you know, metal, you look back at saliva, and all of these different bands that came in around that grungera and right before that you're talking about and man it just really revolutionized and opened up the door for rock to incorporate so many different sounds that are more interesting and better than ever don't you think absolutely and patrick we're also i feel like we're seeing this revolution again with um you know we're we're i don't want to mention the band yet we haven't't, we haven't announced it yet. We're going to be playing with a band that's on Octane, but there's, there's a lot

going on with some bands that are infusing this hard sound along with that the country background, and bring it into the center. And it's really cool. It's a really cool way of approaching rock in a different format again, and kind of going about a new style. Man, let me, I just had in the studio a couple weeks ago, a band that is exactly what you're talking about. And if you haven't checked them out, Google them. John Bailey and the Heathen Rev revival is the name of the band.

I heard this band. Yes, man. They are, uh, they're exactly what you're talking about. They are a metal influenced country band. You know, it, it, I guess you'd call it country, but it's really, it's rock with a little country and kind of all metal altogether. And you're right. That, that is the is the real hot fusion

that's happening right now. We talk about it a lot, how that, you know, at one point, when, you know, I was a host of the morning show here on the edge, and we were the number one rock station, number one show, and when we were billboarding, the most mainstream act we had was like a bench seven fold and that's super hard and there's nothing wrong with that but you know it got so aggressive that it began to impact mainstream rock you know and and so now finally we've kind of circled back

around where we're beginning to incorporate all these other sounds and infusions and textures into music and I think it's it's way more interesting you know I love it yeah yeah so there's definitely a lot of it in corporations of of music these days a lot of a lot of also like rap and like uh I don't know like trap kind of as well. There absolutely is you're seeing a lot of that out there too. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I think it's fantastic because you know, hip hop probably has some of the most unique sounds and usage of sounds incorporated into music of of anybody and when you

kind of layer that in, you know, with the metal and with the vocals and all that, it's a fascinating combination. You know, I like all genres of music and I like Migos, just because they make me laugh. They make me laugh with their ad libs, you know, anybody who can yell, mama, you know, I mean, that's funny to me.

I don't know why, it just is. And I get down to that, you know? You know, I mean that's funny to me. I don't know why it just is And and I get down to that, you know You know, I wish my grandma could see me. I mean who says that shit. I don't know he goes do you know I love that Yeah So yeah, I just you know I love to see that that uh bands like yourself who you know have been had such a story career are still evolving their sound and still growing with the sounds of today because it's so critical to the genre

staying relevant is to expand the way that you guys are expanding your horizons. Are you seeing, I see that you're know some pretty good traction on this single I mean how are things going with you on that? It's going great. It's it's really exciting. The singles been doing really well for us with the support of our distribution company at Earth program Shout out to those guys and then the different teams that we're working with You might have heard recently we were on SiriusXM, we got some feature there which was excellent and it was also on Music Choice, Rock Channel, which is picked up by Xfinity Network. So I mean, we couldn't be any more thankful. It's so exciting to have this happen.

As you had mentioned earlier, Patrick, just how far we've come as a band and how much work we put into this day in, day out, and staying together. I mean, we've been a band now for a little over 17 years this year, so grinding. Well, it's all glory and fun and living the high life, like, you know,

Motley Crue, right? I mean, that's that's what y'all been doing this whole time, right? You know, yeah, crashing out Lambos and you know, partying on cruise ships. That's y'all's life, isn't it? It's the life of you guys over there in silent season. I'm sure right. Got all our mansions in our cars. That's right. That's right. No, it is a grind. You know, a lot of people don't understand when I was coming up in stand up comedy. You know, I had the good fortune of working with a lot of up and coming band and you know, in working with those guys, you come to find out that stand up comedy and being in a band is a lot of like, it's a lot of lonely nights in a hotel room, a lot of getting your stuff and moving to the next place and

just hoping that they might like you. Download something, listen to something and you just keep doing it over and over and over. And yeah, I know being on stage is amazing. It's just you know the 23 other hours you got to live life and deal with everything else you know. Our own business, music, everything. You got to you got to be your own best, you know, whatever. Push yourself out there promotion wise, the business, the music. You got to do it all as an independent artist. You know, being a band for 16 years and, you know, looking at everything

that's changed with the Internet and the business and the models and everything that's going on. How have you managed to stay a cohesive unit and keep being inspired to push yourself to that next level? I think being a musician is a drive in itself. You know, I think that a lot of people probably have given up by the time they reached our point. But I feel like we've also, like you said, we've learned to evolve. Our stuff now is very much different from when we started

as far as tunes and stuff like that. And I feel like you just have to, I feel like I personally listen to a lot of different bands, like as soon as they start to come out or whatever, like I listen to the latest thing and I'm like, how can, you know, Silent Seasons fit into that pocket? And I feel like that's my drive is I love to, to like, you know, create and stuff like that.

Um, and I feel like we all do in a way, like we all love to, to be creators and to, to try to still, you know, fill that gap and to try to, you know, we, we know we have something to offer for, we know, we know that, you know, everything that we've done has led us to this point. So it would just be a shame to just give it up for nothing at this point. You know what I mean? Absolutely. I mean, you put in all that work, you should get the spools of it.

So, you know, you're talking about some of the maybe modern bands that you're always listening to new music. What's, you know, a more recent band that's come out that you're like, man, I really mean, that sound is awesome to me. Oh, man, I really man, that sound is awesome to me. Oh, man. Um for me, I think Architects is they they come out with great stuff. Um I'm what I'm trying to my my mind is completely Memphis Mayfire. Oh, yeah. I I love Memphis Mayfire. I love everything they've been doing as of like right now.

Like that's the sound that I strive for. It's incredible. They're probably my favorite band right now. They're really really great. One of the guys from Memphis Mayfire is a friend of one of my rock and roll friends named Luke Shoemaker and Luke is part of a band called Bandage Ruins and he's been working with is it man why am I drawing a blank is it Jason is that right for Memphis Mayfire I think it's Jason but he's been writing with him and and he just had a track that that hit over a million views on YouTube so yeah but I love the Memphis Mayfire sound love everything about the way they're doing things to I think that is a great band over there for sure, man, for sure.

Who else did you say the architects? Architects is another one yet. Yeah, yeah, architects architects. What are they? I don't know them. What are they about? Yeah, yeah, architects architects. What are they? I don't know them. What are they about?

Very heavy. Yeah, they're from the UK. Okay. Okay. Okay, UK. Yeah, very heavy. I need to check them out. I hadn't heard of them yet.

So I need to go check their tail out for sure. They're actually on some of the tour dates with the Metallica too. Really? Oh, wow. Okay. That's all these guys. All these guys know that I'm a big Metallica guy. You love Metallica? Yeah, man. I mean, it's it's hard not to like them. You know, I remember I was a kid in the 80s and when Metallica, you know, we were all still listening to Def Leppard and and the crew and all that.

I mean, it was all good, you know, but when Metallica dropped, man, it was a different sound altogether, you know, and man, we really, I mean, people went nuts for it, you know, and, and of course they've continued to be one of the greatest of all time. Uh, but yeah, that man, lightning, all those things those things, man, that was, that shit was amazing in the day. You know, I mean, we were, we were living history and didn't know it, you know. I'm gonna go with them for new bands. I'm going with Fame on Fire, Wage War, Wage War is great. City Drive. Those are some bands I'm really been feeling just like it's kind of like

that whole octane yeah you know that that's right yeah that's where I get all a lot of my new music outside of the internet is really octane I let them tell me what I should be listening to they seem to have their finger on the pulse of a lot of good ones that's for damn sure you know yeah for damn sure you know what do you got Joe? Well I got uh say after tech um been listening to some band called the Novelists I think from France or something okay some girl singer pretty pretty cool yeah and that's just about everywhere. What genre are they? Are they a heavy hard rock genre? whatever. What what genre are they? Are they a heavy hard rock genre? You know what they sound like? It sounds like Lady Gaga going rock with a bunch of dude playing like now that's

interesting. See that's interesting to me. Some dance stuff in there too. A little bit of everything. Yeah. No, that's that's great. That that kind of reminds me of you know Rob Zombie how he you know infused some really good almost hip-hop style beats into those songs in that era and it was really a different vibe you know so i love when you have that you know almost pop counter contrast to the metal vibe is a real interesting swing you know i love, you know what? Where are you going next? What's the next big thing to conquer for you guys? You know, I think we want to play, you know, some more shows.

We want to grab a tour. Maybe we're definitely we're putting we're working on new music right now as this one is already, you know out whatever really all of the but all the above we're trying to, you know, out whatever. It's really all of the above. We're trying to just, you know, just do it all. I mean, cause you really have to, otherwise, you know, you're not doing enough. Right. Well, I'll tell you this. And you might reach out to here in Little Rock,

the Rev Room or Sticky Fingers. They're both owned by the same people. Chris and Suzanne King are their names and they they book a lot of amazing shows here. We also have a venue called the Hall which is a bigger venue if you wanted to do a much bigger crowd than that, but I know that this market even though people often think of Arkansas is a bunch of you know toothless shoeless hicks

that run around going and drinking moonshine or some shit like that you know but Little Rock in the metropolitan area is pretty cool and we have a real big contingent of metal fans here who would love to see you guys come here and perform and if you do you know get a ticket here put together a show here we'll certainly jump in and help promote any way we can because we we'd love to have you down here. Think it'd be great. Yeah, we appreciate that, Patrick. That's a great idea. And, and let me tell you, we're no stranger to getting in the van and driving out to one show across the country and coming back. We did that for an Aberdeen, South Dakota show. So it's in us. We've done it

before. Well, you know, I would certainly be, you know, more than happy to help connect you to anybody here locally and help you put together a ticket that made sense to you, you know, maybe get you a supporting band or something like that, whatever you might need and help you find a venue or connect you to the venue here because I think you'd have a real great showing here and I think a lot of people would be sure excited to see you.

We would love that and appreciate that greatly. Thanks. All right. Well, yeah, hey, you know, if you want to do something with that, then, you know, let's just connect online as we have and I can pass you some information whenever you're ready and be glad to facilitate anything possible to help you guys out. Thank you man. Man thank you guys. Thank you so much for coming on. Tell everybody before you go what's the easiest way. Listen I gotta get me some of this silent season. Where the hell do I go get it at? Where do I need to look?

Well we do have a main website, silencesandmusic.com, with all our socials connected to it, but we are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, all that, or X, and TikTok is back. We are on TikTok. That's right, that's right. It's back again, baby. Yeah, people lost their minds for about eight hours,

lighting shit on fire, all kinds of stuff, man. It was crazy. I even created a video and I posted it on there with all kinds of stuff, man, it was crazy. I even created a video and I posted it on there with all our links on it saying, thanks for following us, we didn't quite go viral, but we gained new fans and you can check out all our links and people check it out. We actually did get a couple new followers, I saw.

That's great, that's great. But yeah, we're all over the place. You can get our music on pretty much any digital service provider on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple over the place. You can get our music on pretty much any digital service provider on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes. Yeah. Uh, yeah. We, our motto is go get the music, go do whatever you got to do to support the

band, check out our online store, you know, and keep in touch, follow us and message us we'll reply. We, we talk to everyone. So let's see if we can move the sticks a little bit here in Arkansas and maybe you'll see a little movement there on the site and go hey you know what we picked up some new subscribers there maybe maybe you weren't lying maybe they're they they can operate a computer and know that we're coming and actually show up you know so we'll try to send you some folks. I'm telling you we'll it out. We'll bring it and I'd love to be there. I haven't been to the that area.

It's a lot of fun and it's like cooler than people think it might be. So, uh, you know, we'll put one in the air, have a little bit of fun, you know, make some music be good times, man. You know what I mean? Oh yeah. All right. So I'm some moonshine there. Hey, we can nip on it if you want to now we can make it happen, but

you gotta be careful. I've seen some people go wrong on that real fast man Take a few shots and can't do their set anymore and This is Arkansas man, they make it it's pure here, you know It ain't the stuff you gonna buy in a store up there wherever you are shopping, you know, it's Yeah, well ladies and gentlemen, this is silent season and listen, go get their music silent season, music.com or hell, Google them bitches. They're out there.

Go find them. Thank you guys. Right on. I appreciate you. Patrick. Yes, sir. And Patrick, I was just going to say, hopefully, um, you know, I, I'm, I, we apologize.

It took a little bit to get onto the show. We appreciate you having us on and we promise when, when we're talking about creating or booking a show, it will happen instantaneous. We'll make it happen and get out there. Yeah, man. That sounds awesome, man. I'd love to work with you and help you do that. So thank you guys for taking time to talk to us and, uh, we'll try to

get you some new subscribers, baby. Thank you, Patrick. All right. You're doing baby. Thank you, Patrick. All right, y'all, here we go. Patrick, thank you everyone. Rock on, baby. Thanks guys, appreciate you so much. Patrick, thank you. Thank you for your time and thanks for your patience.

Absolutely. Can't wait to post up all this.