Seed and Soul Band – Thanks for Asking!

Seed and Soul Band – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny.

RRX: It’s a lot of fun living in the present, but we all collect memories and give birth to dreams. We’re talking dreams here. Where you see yourself next year? In the next five years?

SSB: In the next year we as a duo hope be performing at more private events and expanding into other areas of the Capital district…In 5 years…releasing an album and perhaps even moving into some unconventional yet effective ministerial options…large scale events…traveling more and expanding into other areas of the northeast and beyond!

RRX: Part of learning to be a musician is to fall in love with a song, an album, and hammer away at your instrument until you can play that whole thing. What was that song for you? Was there a hardest part?

SSB: For us both it was Ray LaMontagne’s music.  Songs like “Empty” and “We’ll Make it through” to name a few. Both of us felt his music ministered to us before we knew each other, and once we met, it was an inspirational force to step up and re-create that experience for our audience and each other performing. Staying consistent in tempo and the marriage like dance between note and lyric and voice …and creating the same feel with 2 voices and 1 guitar, was a challenge, but so very worth it!

RRX: With services like Spotify, streaming revenue can be pretty dismal. Without spilling secrets, do you have a promotional mindset or philosophy?

SSB: Really, we just get out there, anywhere …anytime we can…We still feel person to person and connecting to our audience, creating a good word of mouth convo for future venues and patrons has been key to all types of our revenue!

RRX: We let it out differently when we play music. The happy, sad, good and back; it can all be put out musically. Overall, do you feel better when you sing about the better times, or the worser times? Is there a difference you can describe?

It’s a bit of both! It just feels good for us both to perform, good or bad times…it’s a coming together of sorts for us and our audience. And the difference blurs for us both… it’s a transcendent experience as our emotions come out though our music…it has in effect helped us both in so many ways…we think that comes through to our listeners…. Music has such a therapeutic effect on us all, especially when we perform it.  What has been key for us both is the response and experience we create for our audience. The covers we choose speak to so many real-life emotions, and we really do our best to put our soul into each show…the feedback we get from our audience is amazing, such gratitude, it’s like church, therapy, and a reminiscent experience…they always leave better then they came in!

RRX: What instrument would you add to the band if you could? Is there anything you are trying to do musically that would be helped with one or more additional players?

SSB: We’ve got big ideas…. But not just yet-  at some point perhaps fiddle, bass, and drums perhaps…..We are developing a mystical blue grass, folk feel… deep harmonies that are ethereal with a borderline 1970’s feel….so Seed & Soul is young still..it will be interesting to see how this all develops…but adding unique sound, key instruments most likely will be the direction we are feeling led to go.

RRX: Let’s talk about your next project, your next few. Just not the ones you’re working on now. The ones you have your eyes on for the future. What’s coming to us?

SSB: Definitely some new originals, refining our sound and feel…a new album …maybe even revamping some past original releases ( Paultaddeomusic.com). Perhaps some themed events, and large-scale benefit concerts with other local artists!

 

 

 

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