Over The Edge Page 12 October 22. 2001
Pariah Project: Vancouver Indies Making it on Their Own.

By: Kathleen De Vere

Being in an independent
band and trying to make it big
without any major label
behind you is a tough order;
but Pariah Project, an indie
band from Vancouver is see-
ing all their hard work pay off
with the success of their first
EP Desolation. Over the
Edge had the opportunity to
talk to Teryn, the vocalist of
the talented Vancouver duo
about their EP and the chal-
lenges of making it big all by
yourself.

OTE: Pariah Project is a
fairly new band, tell me a little
about your history, how did
you form,.how long have you
been together?

Teryn: The band has been
together since 1999. But me
and Chris started dating in
97. We are both musicians,
but we decided to do 2 sepa-
rate projects musically and
not work together. Eventually
as our relationship devel-
oped, we opened up and we
decided to combine projects.

So we went out and started
Pariah Project, and then we
started our own record com-
pany to promote ourselves,
registered the names, and
now we’ve released an EP.

Since you are an indepen- ,

dent band, the process of
putting out music is quite dif-
ferent from what people

would expect. How do you
record your music?

We record everything in our
apartment. We come home
from work and just work
insanely on music all night.
As far as the actual recording
goes, we go through a pre-
amp, and we direct in to our
soundcard, nothing fancy it’s
just a middle of the road one.
We actually do the recording
on our computer, using a pro-
gram called ‘Nueno’. Because

Three little pigs: A fairy tale
for the modern world

By: Ryan MacEachran
Once upon a time there
were three pigs that went out
into the world to make their
fortunes. Before they left,
their mother told them
“Whatever you do, do it the
best that you can.” All three
sons became very success-
ful: the first became a trading
advisor in the first tower of
the World Trade Center, the
second pig was an executive
with a financial company high
in the second tower, and the
third pig became an impor-
tant democratic politician.

The three pigs became
very powerful, making them
the target of a pack of politi-
cal extremist wolves that
used terrorist tactics to
threaten the pigs’ way of life.
With the pigs oblivious to
their plots, the wolves
launched a well-orchestrated
attack on the tower where the
first pig worked; they hijacked
a commercial airliner and
flew it straight into the tower.
The unsuspecting pig evacu-
ated the tower, along with

many others, and sought
refuge in the office of the sec-
ond pig in the other tower.
Just when the pigs thought
that they were sage, the
wolvers flew a _ second
hijacked plane into the sec-
ond tower. This time the pigs
were not so lucky. The colli-
sion tragically killed both the
pigs. The towers of both the
pigs crumbled to the ground
at the hands of the wolves.
The third pig’s security
agents feared a similar type
of attack might be planned for
him, so they evacuated him
from his house to the safety
of his underground bunker.
This bunker consisted of thick
steel walls that protected the
pig from any potential wolf
attacks. The pig mourned the
loss of his fellow brother pigs
then angrily vowed to get
revenge on the wolves that
were responsible for the ter-
rorist acts that killed his fami-
ly and threatened his very
way of life. He announced,
“Terrorism will not be tolerat-
ed. This act of war was an

attack on all farm animals,
not just pigs. The wolves that
did this and the pack that har-
bors them will be brought to
justice. Pigs will not live in
fear that something like this
might happen again.”

The pigs gained the sup-
port of many other barnyard
animals, including the hors-
es, cows and chickens. They
led an aggressive campaign
to capture and detain the
wolves that were responsible.
With great effort, they suc-
cessfully exposed most of the
terrorist operations. A large
portion of those involved in
the killing were detained by
authorities and brought to
justice for their crimes. With
these wolves no longer free
to carry out their acts of
destruction, the world
became a much safer place
for pigs and all farm animals.
No longer living in fear of
wolves, the third pig lived
happily ever after.

our music is fairly complicat-
ed, with lots of layers of
sound and different instru-
ments, we -had our mixing
done professionally. The EP
was financed with our own

money, $3000 for mixing, .

about $500 for artwork, and
finally the CDs themselves
cost $1350. But we’re starting
slow, putting out EP’s instead
of a full length album.

OTE: That’s some serious
cash! You are taking a very
professional approach you're
your music, do you guys have
a goal in mind?

The goal of our music is to
tour.

OTE: You don’t play live yet
though? Why?

Our live setup would need
guitars, a drummer, a DJ, lots
of different instruments, like
Viola and Therimin among
others. We also don’t have
enough material to play live
either, but once we’ve put out
some EP’s, we would like to
tour, and hopefully by then
we'll get a grant or be signed
to a label. We'd love to play
with a symphony. That way
we could have a full string
set, like Portishead.

So maybe in year we could

~ tour. We'd like to perform at

universities, just like Our

Lady Peace did, andtry to get .

on university radio too. That
way we could build up a stu-
dent fan base. Students are
our target market because
students appreciate intelli-
gence in music, not the

cheesy prepackaged pop idol
image that is being pushed,
students appreciate bands
that started independently
and work their asses off to
get big, just like they do
everyday

OTE: Who do you look up
to musically? Who are your
big influences?

Portishead, Radiohead,
Morcheeba, a lot of UK down-
tempo artists. If we could tour
with anyone, Hayden or
Radiohead. | saw Radiohead
when they came_ to
Vancouver, and Thom York is
just an amazing singer live,
its more amazing in person.
Same with Sara McLachlan,
she is amazing live. That's
how you can tell a singer has
real talent, when they’re even
better live. Nowdays it’s easy
for you to be a great singer in
the studio, but it’s a different
matter to be able to do it live
as well. Not like some of
these “new” artists that have
come out lately.

OTE: So where can you
pick up a Pariah Project CD?

You can buy it online on our
website, you can also buy it in
Chapters and at A&B sound.
In Prince George you can
order it through HMV, or off
the HMV website.

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