And even something as simple as walking through Home Depot as soon as they open at 6am just to know you’re the only one thats been up all night long and still wide awake. Or to just sit near the expressway early in the morning and listen to the city buzz as everyone rushes into work. There are things we often forget to do now in our adult life, like walking into the woods on a cool, late summer night and just quietly listen to the leaves of the trees mate with the wind. I still enjoy that purity through silence. From a designer’s point a view it just fit. Hence, the name Silent (mysterious? pure? not known?) Auction (up for grabs? here for the highest bidder?) And once I saw it in print in a simple Times New Roman font (nothing fancy) I thought it just looked right. I also had a strong interest in design and at the time I had never heard of an event called a Silent Auction and I thought hmm…Silent, because nobody knows the band exists and Auction, because we would love for people to hear about what we were doing. I wanted to use the words that at that time in my life meant so much to me. A long time ago I was obsessed with purity through silence, simply meaning to step back and just listening to the world. Jason: Honestly it pretty much “is” as it sounds. We’re totally enjoying the ride.Ĭhain D.L.K.: How did you come up with the name Silent Auction? Silent Auction is heading up a strong and straight path and we’re trying to keep up with all the momentum.
Our work is constant, although sometimes under the radar, but we love keeping ourselves active. We’re also working with a few other artists in collaborations and production assistance. Aside from writing and recording, we do all our own mixing and production so having a solid studio is very important to us. We’re also in the process of buying a place where we can set up our permanent studio.
Our new artillery of songs shows our growth in songwriting and singing abilities, and it also illustrates our efforts to bridge the gap between underground synthpop and modern pop/electro pop. We like to keep challenging ourselves, pushing ourselves and reforming what’s considered popular. And we’re very excited about the direction we’ve taken, as musicians and artists. Silent Auction has come a long, long way in the 15+ years it’s been around.
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We decided to take the past year off from performing so that we could really put our full focus and attention on our newest work, and it’s definitely paying off. We’ve been working hard in our studio writing and recording our new CD. (Very little has been edited.) So get set to explore the world of Silent Auction, a band that seems like they are poised to garner some major attention.Ĭhain D.L.K.: So how has your summer been and what have you been up to of late? The questions were put to the band in the beginning of September, but as you will see, Jason Barbero (Vocals, Programming, Keyboards, etc.) and Terri Snyder (Vocals, Programming/Mixing, Sequence & Arrangement, etc.) had a LOT to say in answer to my questions, so it took some time to formulate and edit it all. Well, I was wrong about the “easier”, but right about everything else. Although I could have done the interview live of via phone, I chose email because it’s easier, and questions can be more thoughtfully asked and answered than in pressure setting. Since there was no big pile of CDs that needed to be reviewed waiting me I said “Sure, why not?” I decided to start with Silent Auction, a light/dark synthpop/futurepop duo out of Rochester, NY (not far from where I live) partly because I was curious about the Rochester scene for this type of music, partly because I had seen the band perform live once, and partly because their ‘H on Earth’ album is very, very good. Before the summer ended, Nilaihah Records offered me the opportunity to interview three bands on their roster.
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