Ben Cook
What do you think of the Orlando Scene, and if you don’t like it, what would you do to: I think the Orlando scene is full of talent—couldn’t ask for better people to be performing with. What are you thoughts indie vs. label? I think it depends on the artist and the artist’s goals. Indie music has become a lot bigger due to sites like BandCamp and so forth, so it’s great for people making and marketing their own music. The advantage of being on a label, though, is that there’s a division of labor (marketing team, producer, etc.) that is almost impossible to get going only the indie route. Please share a funny/dramatic show experience you have had. A sort of painful, but maybe retrospectively funny show experience I had was this: I was playing a set and my guitar kept coming out of tune, in addition to the fact that my voice was sore. So the set was already botched, but got worse when I had to hit this note at the peak of my range at the climax of a song and it went painfully flat—I could see the cringe on people’s faces. Probably funny to have seen, not too funny for it to have happened to. What has OrlandoBands.com done for you?They’ve helped me get more exposure, more experience, and allowed me to play with a lot of awesome local bands. Who are some of the local bands you would like to play with, or enjoy playing with?There’s this really cool electro-progressive dance duo that doesn’t have enough exposure called ‘Svine und Strusel’. I’d love to perform with them some time. If anyone’s interested: youtube.com/svineundstrusel. What songs influenced you the most from you childhood? Probably ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ by U2 and ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson.
Define your band name? Fracture the Syndicate: a disturbance or break of an organization or group with a specific agenda How long have you been performing as a band? Less than a year for this current project. What would you say our the band’s Major musical influence’s? Deftones, System of a Down, Chevelle. How would you Describe your sound? Heavy progressive alternative groove rock metal. Why did you want to start this group? The three of us have had other bands in the past and all freed up simultaneously to work on the sound that we were looking for. Do any of you have a crazy /dramatic show experience you have had. I saw an old guy with a cane that was having trouble walking start throwing his cane in the air and head banging in front of the cameras. How does the band write the songs? Generally one of us will come up with a concept that all three of us elaborate on. A lot of the time I will write the lyrics and a concept for the vocals that Jimmy (Bass/Lead Vocals) will take and build off of. The instrumentals derive from whoever had the original concept. I would consider us all evenly distributed as to who is bringing something to the table. Besides social media, and flyers do you practice any unique methods of promoting upcoming shows? YouTube Is there anything you would like to tell our Reader’s? We’re coming for you, so watch your shit.
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Define your band name? The American Love Story is a collective of dedicated musicians who moved to Orlando to write their own story. As we came together we all realized the motivation behind our music is the love for it, hence came the name American Love Story. How long have you been performing as a band? We are fairly new. We have only been together for 2 months. We had some early restructuring but the final line up came together about a month a go. Major musical influence’s?We are influenced from all types of music. Hip Hop, rock, Gospel and soul, Reggae. All of us listen to different types of music so we use that fact to our advantage.
Why did you want to start this group? Well, we all love music. We let the relationships grow organically. Nothing was forced at all. Do any of you have a crazy /dramatic show experience you have had. Well during our very first show, we had our drummer break his stick on the last song, but the crowd was screaming, one more song! ONE MORE SONG!. So we did one more song. We didn’t have a song ready nor an extra drumstick, but we did it. Dave started playing a rift on guitar, the drummer began to play with his hands and i freestyles the song. But that song is now our opening song! Everyone loved it. How does the band write the songs? We are all songwriters so we get together and let the music ring. When we hear something we stop and write it. Sometimes we go to other places like a park and just talk. Sooner or later someone will say, that should be a song. Besides social media, and flyers do you practice any unique methods of promoting upcoming shows? Word of mouth for sure. Is there anything you would like to tell our Reader’s? To keep up with us. We are a very unique product and we love to perform. Link up with Ben Gardner, he has his pulse on the local music scene for sure. Thank you.
