By : Joshua de Leon
In this internet age , going DIY ( doit-yourself ) and entrepreneurship on the most independent of levels is no uncommon thing . This platform of communication puts promotion and management directly into the hands of the provider .
This mode of entrepreneurship goes especially for music . Bands can now distribute their own music , book their own shows , promote their own releases and show dates and continually stay in contact with their fanbase giving them up-to-theminute news of said releases and show dates .
Pensacola-area hardcore-metal band Scream Out Loud is no exception .
The band , whose five-person line-up consists of Joseph Kirkland ( vocals ), Hunter Moore ( guitar ), Forrest Turner ( guitar ), Micah Peck ( bass ) and Keith Tallman ( drums ), is one that is undoubtedly very familiar with the facets of internet self-promotion and the like . However , being in a signed , touring band isn ’ t all glitz and glamour , as many could possibly think . Behind the scenes , there are drops of blood , buckets of sweat , a few tears shed and a metric ton of passion and dedication that have to be dumped into such a project to keep it moving .
Scream Out Loud is ears-deep in it and here ’ s their story …
FIVE : How did Scream Out Loud come together ?
Hunter Moore : Me and Keith were in a band before this called Among Them that we were together for like four years . It was pretty much the same stuff , but more like hard-rock metal . Then I quit for a year , came back in , and the singer and bassist both quit within a month of me coming back in and so we were left with me , Keith and Tony , which is the original guitarist of Scream Out Loud . After that we decided to do something brand new and come out fresh . Came up with the new name and searched forever for a new singer . We went through four or five people then got the hot tip on this one guy ( Joseph Kirkland ). He called me one day , came and tried out and threw down harder than you would imagine someone throwing down during tryouts for a band . He didn ’ t have the perfect voice then because he wasn ’ t a singer originally . So , he came , tried out and just impressed us .
FIVE ( To Kirkland ): Was it because you just had that desire , having the opportunity to something that you always wanted to do ?
Joseph Kirkland : Well , I ’ ve always been about it , but I have just never really been a vocalist . Singingwise , when I was younger I sang in church . And that ’ s pretty much it . I would sing along with what was on the radio trying to imitate whoever was singing . Mainly Incubus . I ’ ve always just been interested in playing music . It ’ s always been my feel . It started with my brother playing guitar and so I picked up drums and did that for a few years .
FIVE : As far as the sound goes , is it a completely different direction or are there still a few traces of Among Them ?
HM : Well , two songs we didn ’ t practice on tonight were actually Among Them songs . They ’ re on the Scream Out Loud CD but we revamped them , rewrote the lyrics so at the roots it ’ s Among Them , but it ’ s Scream Out Loud . Among Them was cool at the time , but we never branched out more than locally . We did a small tour once , but overall , there was no huge ambition involved
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