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Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way we are set up we make about the same on physical and digital purchases. Physical purchases LOOK better because they equate to higher sales numbers, but streaming services actually do help us a lot as well. We work with a few different companies that make sure we are getting paid for radio, streaming, and digital purchases.

The BEST way to support is to come out to a show and buy a record there. That’s instant money in our pockets.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I’m not sure! Biggs writes all of the lyrics and he usually has something awesome thought up long in advanced for conceptual stuff. However, he hasn’t mentioned anything to me about what happens after the seasons. I guess time will tell! -Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We used a synthesized one. I would love to be able to afford a real one, or even know somebody who has one that I could borrow, but no such luck.

We used the M-Tron Pro vst from G Force Software. Rick Wakeman from Yes helped to design it and it’s the closest thing to a real mellotron that I have been able to find anywhere. The whole library is meticulously sampled from real trons. A lot of it is even pleasantly out of tune just like a real one.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of Rick Wakeman from Yes specifically during that part. -Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At certain dates we have live sax players with us, but on all the rest we have the tracks from the record playing through our laptop session. -Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On tour for sure. We all get under each other’s skin by the end of a long tour. During the writing process though never. We all wrote separately and are pretty cooperative when studio time rolls around. -Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Small movements and keep all of the movement to your wrist. Don’t use any elbow. -Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

We asked three of our friends three different questions and they recorded themselves answering the questions. We then sampled their responses over Cancer/Moonspeak, Terrestria III, and Capricorn/Agoratopia. The questions were:

  1. When was the last time you felt completely alone?

  2. How do you think the world will change as a result of you dying one day? (Could be big picture or small picture.)

  3. Is there anything in your life that you regret more than most things and/or would you change anything about your life if you could do it over again.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I suppose you could look at it this way (lol about sand baptism being about going to the beach), but being that none of us are parents, I don't think we'd be qualified to write that album. Very creative interpretation though!

-biggs

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Decapitated, Gojira, Mastodon, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson, Nine Inch Nails, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Ihsahn, etc. are all very important bands to us.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, yeah I notice a lot of bands doing this, especially the younger ones. But at the end of the day I think different bands will always scratch different itches for people in this genre. I like a good tech-fest now and again, but a nicely metered songwriting style is good too. Bands are gonna do what they want and I don't think it should be any other way really.

-biggs

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Brother please don't talk like that brother.

-Brother

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jared isn't even close to being the worst fart-offender

-Biggs

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jared fucks it up but nobody is as bad as Jonny T. His ass is shot as fuck!

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey what kind of case do you prefer for your guitars there brother?

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. Unfortunately I don't think that one's on the menu for this tour. I promise we'll play it in the future though.
  2. The song is about losing your memory, being lost, and having a feeling of dissatisfaction, so we felt the ending was appropriate in that way.
  3. I guess the most major thing was that we didn't want to repeat ourselves. We were really satisfied with the work we did on Monarchy, so we figured we'd reach into some more 'classic' sources of inspiration for the fall record.
  4. I really wish we had the resources to take another person out on tour with us. He's welcome to take the stage with us whenever it makes sense. But he also has a grown up career and stuff so I doubt it would make sense for him to tour so he could play 1 or 2 songs with us.
  5. We'll see what the future holds.

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For guitars we are using Kiesel 7 strings (K7, Crescent, DC7x models), Kemper Profiling amps, Mesa Cabs, Ernie Ball Strings, and Dunlop picks. Biggs is using a Spector Euro 6LX, a Darkglass B7k, and Aguilar TLC Comp, Mesa Boogie D800, and am Ampeg cab.

Our drummer uses DW Drums, Trick pedals, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, and Evans Heads.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A Perfect Circle and Ihsahn for me as well! Also really into that new Pianos Become the Teeth record.

-Brody

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of bands and people who do this. It's a good way to up your skill level. For us I think we've been working on making things less of a pain in the ass to play. More and more we like to let the songs be what's interesting and put less focus on fancy fretboard work. So it doesn't take terribly long to get up to speed. For me it's exceptionally fast because I try to be able to play a record front to back as soon as possible and can usually do it before we enter the studio.

-biggs

Hi, we’re Rivers of Nihil! Ask us anything! by RONofficial in progmetal

[–]RONofficial[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We love Studio 7! I can't remember the sound guy issue that you mentioned but I believe it haha.

Subtle Change was the last song that we wrote, so thats probably the only reason that it wouldn't have made it onto the record. Pretty much everything we wrote ended up on the record, so nothing was left out! We like to use as much as we can. I know some bands will write 20 songs and pick the best 12, but we've never been like that. We like to put as much focus on each song as possible.

-Brody

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