ION INDIE MAGAZINE April 2015, Volume 11 | Page 15

This is a question for each of you, which is your favorite SILVERSEL song to
perform and why?
Wally: Wow, now that's a question! For me, it would have to be "The Broken". There
is so much energy in that song. You can't just sit there and listen. You have to move. It
gets inside and won’t let you go.
Ricky: I would have to say “The Outsiders”. It is full of energy…fast-paced, great
lyrics…and has a hook that is out of this world. Definitely a song that when you’re
driving, you will look down and notice you are doing 90 mph!
Ricky: We all contribute to the song-writing lyrics and music. We have actually
done it both ways.
George: We all write. Everything is split evenly. So an even amount of effort needs
to be given by everyone
Justin: Writing a new song is always unique with us. As I said before, I’m not good
with lyrics at all, but there are times an idea or thought of direction may come up.
But Wally is great with lyrics, and Ricky is pretty good at it to. But usually music
comes first as a whole. I have tons of progressions and riffs that I’ll come up with and
I’ll save them, work on them some more, then present it to the band and see how they
feel about it and we go from there. Sometimes there are great ideas that come spur of
the moment. I remember we were rehearsing one day and a song wasn’t working too
well. So we were all thinking on how to fix it, so while thinking about it, I had my
eyes closed and playing clean soft notes and when I looked up they were all looking
at me in silence. Wally asked for me to play what I just did, and that’s the verse line in
“Liberty” that started the song off. Even in the studio, “Dead and Gone” didn’t even
exist. One song wasn’t flowing, so we started going through things. I was playing
riffs, and the intro line for it was made a good while back, but the chorus and bridge
just popped up while trying to figure out a good way to add some parts. Ricky and
Wally were writing lyrics to it while I was recording the rhythm. You just never
know—if an idea pops up, I try to record it, or find some way to get it to music form for
later changing.
What is your best “fan moment” and why?
Wally: ALL of our Selmates are special to us. My favorite “fan” moment came from
when we were playing a show. This particular night at the end of the show, a female
Selmate came up to me and said very bluntly, “Thank You.” I, of course asked, “For
what”? She proceeded to tell me that she was going through some problems at home
and that the music touched her in such a way that, as she put it, “I get it.” That for me
was a great night. She truly felt that she was not alone…and that’s what it’s all about.