Killdear Project

Shawn | November 10, 2007 in Journal, Music | Comments (3)

Abe Grivois (aka VIK44) and I are working on a music project and decided to call it Killdear. The name is a play on the name of a bird, the Killdeer. The Killdeer does this wounded bird act to lead predators from its eggs which I thought was pretty remarkable. What relevance does that have to the music we’re making you may ask? Absolutely nothing. I just thought it would be a cool name if we changed it up a little.

It’s a pretty somber affair so far. Deep and bassy, dark and moody, the beats follow a fairly grave pace and hover between 100 and 120 bpm and the vibe is thoughtful. Abe is writing a majority of the music, and I’m on lyrics and vocals. Some of our influences we’re channeling include Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Russell Mills, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Machines of Loving Grace, Meat Beat Manifesto, among others.

We have been meeting as often as we can, working mostly on arrangement and structure right now. Abe and I have written music together before so the process is pretty smooth, especially now that we’re free of band/instrumental restrictions. I think there’s more of a sense of knowing what we’re trying to accomplish this time too, which makes things much easier. We’re both very excited about what we’ve got so far.

I will post more about the project as it comes closer to completion.

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Comment by Earl — November 27, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
I was made privy to some of the rough draft ideas and as I told you when you played em for me, I dig it.
Comment by Shawn — November 28, 2007 @ 1:54 am
Thanks again for the props bruv, it’ll be even better once I get my homework done..
Comment by kevin grivois — May 25, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
funny im a musician my last name is grivois
and my email for the past 8 years or so has been
Kildeer@gmail.com
lots of
coincidences
strangeworld