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ost difficult parts about day one was finding the right band members that clicked with the writing style, our ideas and having no attitudes,” noted Woodard. “In the last several years we had a guitarist and bass player change out. Once we got our new members everything just seemed to come together and fall into place.”
With the personnel obstacles hurdled, it came down to working through the pandemic.
“We started back in winter of 2019, just before COVID -19 completely derailed everything. It caused us to space out our recording sessions over months instead of weeks,” said Suski. “Then there was also the issue with when the studio was available for the final recording and mixings. So, what expected to only take a few months at the most, from recording to having a finished product, took over a year.”
To celebrate the release of “Suicide Forest,” Deveria is performing its first-ever livestream on Friday. In addition to promoting the album, the gig helps and engage the Mohonasen school community where Veeder teaches.
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I think that one of most difficult parts about making this album from day one was finding the right band members that clicked with the writing style, our ideas and having no attitudes. In the last several years we had a guitarist and bass player change out. Once we got our new members everything just seemed to come together and fall into place.”
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amazing job of taking care of people’s needs during the pandemic,” Veeder wrote. “After talking with some of the people who have been coordinating the efforts of the foundation, they asked if we’d be willing to play a livestream concert event to bring some attention to the foundation and raise awareness for the continued needs of our community.
“They wanted to give us the ability to give the livestream a real concert feeling,” he continued. “We are going to be using the auditorium stage with a full light show. Students in the Live Production class and the Music Production class will be working the event and helping to give every viewer the full concert experience.”
Bivona noted that Deveria “has been practicing together weekly” to prepare and the band is eager to hit a stage for the first time together in over a year. They hope it’s a precursor to a return to in-person shows.
“With COVID-19 numbers going down, we are hoping that the venues will start to open up again, so we can get back to doing live shows. We have had many lined up that have been canceled and rescheduled for the spring of 2021 through to December,” Woodard said. “We have a new album that we want people to hear and some killer new stage gear to go with our show. We are ready to go full force.”