♪ MUSIC ♪ >>FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY, WELCOME TO MELROSE IN THE MIX.

OUR SERIES OF LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS IN THE AUDIO STUDIO HERE AT THE MELROSE CENTER.

HI, EVERYONE.

I'M JIM MYERS.

TODAY'S SESSION FEATURES ORLANDO-BASED BAND, SOMEDAY RIVER.

BILLING THEMSELVES AS PSYCHEDLIC FOLK FOR ALIENS, SOMEDAY RIVER IS LED BY SINGER AND GUITARIST, GRAYSON CHARNOCK, ALONG WITH ROBERT CARTER ON BASS, JOSEPH DEVALI ON KEYBOARD, AND MICHAEL SKIDNEY ON DRUMS.

BEFORE THE SESSION, WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE BAND ABOUT HOW THEY FORMED, THEIR RECENT ALBUM RELESAE ON DREAMING, THEIR INFLUENCES, UPCOMING PLANS, SONGWRITING PROCESS, AND MORE.

>>THIS BAND HAS BEEN COMING TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE'VE HAD SOME MEMBERS COME AND GO JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE MOVED AROUND.

BUT WE STARTED RELEASING MUSIC AROUND 2014.

AND I THINK IT WAS PREVIOUSLY FOR ANOTHER PROJECT CALLED BELLAS, WHICH WE KIND OF MORPHED INTO SOMEDAY RIVER AROUND THAT TIME.

AND WE'VE STARTED TO COME TOGETHER AS A BAND.

MIKEY'S ACTUALLY PLAYING WITH US TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

WE'VE KIND OF STARTED TO WRITE SONGS AS A GROUP AS OPPOSED TO ME WRITING THEM ALL ALONE AT HOME AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE THEM OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH THE BAND LATER.

SO, I REALLY LIKE THAT KIND OF REVITALIZATION AND INPUT FROM THE OTHER DUDES TO BUILD THESE SONGS FROM THE GROUND UP INSTEAD OF IT ALWAYS BEING LEARNING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

♪ GUITAR ♪ >>EVERYTHING COMES ALIVE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT THE SIDEWALK SPLITS AS WE ENTER THROUGH THE EXIT ON A SCREEN WITH CODED LIGHTS AQUAMARINE AND VIOLET WHITE STARTS TO SHIFT AN EMPTY SCRIPT WRITTEN OVER THE OPUS ON A TRAIN KILLING TIME FIGURINES ALL PASSING BY A GILDED SHIP A ONE WAY TRIP TO THE EDGE OF WHERE IT'S ENDING IN A DREAM ANOTHER TIME CLOUDS AND CREAM FLICKERS THE SIGN A NEON GLINT AND A BASEBALL GRIP IT'S ALL OVER ONCE IT'S STARTING IT'S ALL OVER ONCE IT'S STARTED ♪ BAND PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ >>EVERYTHING COMES ALIVE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT THE SIDEWALK SPLITS AS WE ENTER THROUGH THE EXIT ON A SCREEN WITH CODED LIGHTS AQUAMARINE AND VIOLET WHITE STARTS TO SHIFT AN EMPTY SCRIPT WRITTEN OVER THE OPUS ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>ON A TRAIN KILLING TIME FIGURINES ALL PASSING BY A GILDED SHIP A ONE WAY TRIP TO THE EDGE OF WHERE IT'S ENDING IN A DREAM ANOTHER TIME CLOUDS AND CREAM FLICKERS THE SIGN A NEON GLINT AND A BASEBALL GRIP IT'S ALL OVER ONCE IT'S STARTING IT'S ALL OVER ONCE IT'S STARTED ♪ BAND ALL TOGETHER ♪ >>CLOUDS AND CREAM.

SOMETIMES WE'LL JUST BE DONE WITH PRACICE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ROBBIE AND JOEY ESSENTIALLY REFUSE TO STOP PLAYING.

>>WE ALWWAYS NEED MORE.

>>AND THEN ROBBIE WILL COME UP WITH THE BASS LINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE JUST LIKE, ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOT DONE.

AND WE JUST KIND OF START MESSING WITH IT.

AND WE'LL PLAY IT FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES STRAIGHT AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WE'RE LIKE THAT WAS FUN.

WE'RE LIKE, ACTUALLY WE SHOULD MAKE THAT A SONG INSTEAD OF JUST NEVER PLAYING IT AGAIN.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN AND RECORD IT AND THEN USE THAT TO INFORM A RECORDING FOR THE ALBUM AND BECOME AN ACTUAL SONG FOR THE BAND.

AND A LOT OF THOSE TUNES ARE ACTUALLY INSRUMENTALS.

SO, I'D SAY MOST OF OUR INSTRUMENTAL SONGS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, COME FROM US COLLABORATING AND MESHING LIKE IN THE JAM ROOM AT MY HOUSE.

>>I GOT A TASTE OF THAT THE OTHER NIGHT TOO WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THESE SONGS FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FUNNEST TIMES I HAD IN A WHILE.

JUST GOING AT IT.

>>RIGHT, BECAUSE JOEY JUST KEEPS THE PROGRESSION GOING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE ALL LIKE OKAY, I'LL GIVE IN AND JAM WITH YOU.

AND THEN IT STARTS TO DEVELOP.

AND THEN IT STARTS TO DEVELOP AND I THINK I GET WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

SO YEAH, I THINK THAT IT JUST COMES FROM, THERE'S A BIT OF AN ORGANIC PROCESS BEHIND IT.

♪ BASS GUITAR & KEYBOARD ♪ ♪ BAND TOGETHER ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ GUITAR ♪ ♪ DRUMS ♪ ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>THERE'S A RINGING IN MY EAR IT'S A STONE THAT CAME THROUGH MY WINDOW THERE'S A CLOUD UP AHEAD THE SKY IS GREEN GREEN AND RED THERE'S A RINGING IN MY EAR IT'S A SONG A POEM I DON'T KNOW IT'S A SOUND THAT'S COMPRESSED SCREAMS FOR SLEEP AND DREAMS OF REST WATERBED SCREAMS FOR SLEEP AND DREAMS OF REST WATERBED ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>OOH ALL THAT I CAN DO IS SIT AROUND AND WAIT THERE'S A RINGING IN MY EAR IT'S A LONG A LONG WAY DOWN THE BACK ROAD LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS UP AHEAD THE SKY IS GREEN GREEN AND RED THERE'S A RINGING IN MY EAR IT SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE AN ECHO IT'S SO LOUD ISN'T IT?

SCREAMS REPEAT PLEASE AGAIN WATERBED ♪ MUSIC ♪ OOH ALL THAT I CAN DO IS SIT AROUND AND WAIT OOH I'LL TRY TO LET IT GO BUT THAT'S EASIER TO SAY OOH ALL THAT I CAN DO IS SIT AROUND AND WAIT OOH I'LL TRY TO LET YOU KNOW BUT THAT'S EASIER TO SAY >>THAT'S TWO SONGS OFF OUR NEW ALBUM ON DREAMING.

MIDDLE DISTANCE RIGHT INTO WATERBED THERE.

WOO!

SO ON DREAMING WAS OUR RECORD THAT CAME OUT IN MAY LAST YEAR.

WE'LL DEFINITELY BE PLAYING SOME OF THOSE SONGS TODAY I BELIEVE.

YES.

AND WE KIND OF PIECED THEM TOGETHER AND WORKED ON THEM AND I HAD JOEY COME OVER AND RECORD A COUPLE SESSIONS AND I LIKE TO BUILD SONGS KIND OF FROM A DEMO STATE.

I KIND OF LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT SOMETIMES THE BEST TAKES YOU CAN GET FOR A VOCAL OR GUITAR OR SOMETHING IS WHEN YOU REALLY WRITE A SONG FRESH.

AND SO EVEN WHEN I'M DEMOING I TRY TO DO IT TRUE TO HOW I WOULD DO IT IF I WAS "REALLY" RECORDING.

YOU KNOW?

SO I USE MY GOOD MICROPHONE TO DO THE DEMOS AND A LOT OF TIMES THE INITIAL TAKE WILL BE THE SAME ONE THAT WE KEEP FOR THE ACTUAL ALBUM CUT.

AND YEAH, WE CAME TOGETHER AS A BAND AND WE'VE ALL GOT CREDITS ON THAT ONE.

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ BASS GUITAR ♪ ♪ ALL TOGETHER ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ BAND PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ KEYBOARD ♪ >>FOLK FOR ALIENS.

THAT'S LIKE A TAG LINE WE CAME UP WITH A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S BECAUSE, I THINK IT COMES FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF INFLUENCES LIKE PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC AND FOLK MUSIC AS WELL.

BUT JUST KIND OF, I THINK THAT COMES FROM NOT REALLY KNOWING WHERE WE FIT OR WHERE THESE SONGS FIT IN THE BROAD SCHEME OF MUSIC.

YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A ROCK N' ROLL BAND AND THEN OTHER TIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A SINGER, SONGWRITER TYPE OF BAND.

SO IT'S TRYING TO CATEGORIZE THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE JAMMIER SONGS.

ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW RECORD AND THEN SOME OF THE POPPIER, CATCHIER, FOLKIER SONGS.

>>ONCE YOU GET SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM ALIENS, YOU FIND YOURSELF WRITING FOR THEM MORE AND MORE.

>>IT'S TRUE.

WE ATTRACT GOOD PEOPLE I THINK.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S PART OF IT.

SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

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♪ GUITAR ♪ ♪ BAND ALL TOGETHER ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ >>IN THE MORNING TIME WHEN IT'S GLOWING FALL ASLEEP TO THE THOUGHT OF JUST KNOWING THE WAY IF YOU'RE UP AT NIGHT KEEP IT OPEN FALL ASLEEP TO THE SOUND OF THE OCEAN THE WAVES ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>ALRIGHT.

I THINK OUR CLOSER SONG THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY LAST IS, IT'S THE NEWEST, FRESHEST SONG, RECORDINGS OF IT OR ANYTHING.

I THINK IT'S CALLED DANCE PARTY.

BUT IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.

I LIKE THAT IDEA.

FOR ME, I'LL OFTEN TIMES, THE NEWEST SONGS FEEL LIKE THE MOST IMPACTFUL OR LIKE THE MOST FUN TO PLAY.

AND SO THAT ONE'S COOL.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PERFORMANCE, IT'S CALLED DANCE PARTY BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MELANCHOLY THAN THAT.

SO IT'S KIND OF A PLAY ON WORDS IN A WAY OR A PLAY ON YOUR FEELINGS.

>>JUXTAPOSITION.

>>JUXTAPOSITION.

>>THE PARTY'S WRAPPING UP.

>>SAD DANCE PARTY.

>>IT'S A SAD, SLOW DANCE PARTY.

♪ GUITAR ♪ >>IT'S THE LAST WALK WITH THE END IN SIGHT IT'S THE LAST WATCH THE END OF THE NIGHT IT'S THE BEST PART THE WAKING LIFE IT'S THE DANCE PARTY EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE FINE FINE FINE FINE I'M FINE IT'S THE RAIN STORM THUNDER SHAKES THE SHELF THERE'S A CLOUD FORMING NO ONE CAN GET AROUND IT'S A LONG STORY BUT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT THERE'S A CASH CARD PUT IT ON THE HOUSE FINE FINE FINE I'M FINE IT'S THE LAST PART OF A MOVIE THAT WE LOVE IT'S A BAD STORY THAT JUST HAS TO BE TOLD IT'S THE LAST DROP OF WHATEVER YOU HAD THAT'S THE LAST CALL THE BARTENDER IS SPENT SPENT, SPENT I'M SPENT.

IT'S THE LAST WALK WITH THE END IN SIGHT IT'S THE LAST WATCH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT IT'S THE BEST PART THE WAKING LIFE IT'S A DANCE PARTY.

>>WE'RE SOMEDAY RIVER.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

I ALWAYS HOPE THAT THE SONGS CAN SORT OF BECOME SOMETHING FOR THE LISTENER THAT IT MAY NOT BE FOR ME OR FOR ANYONE ELSE.

LIKE SOMETIMES THE LYRICS WILL BE OPEN OR SOMETHING BUT I LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SONG AND APPLY IT TO THEIR OWN LIFE.

AND MAYBE FIND SOME TYPE OF MEANING IN THAT.

>>THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF MELROSE IN THE MIX FEATURING SOMEDAY RIVER.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON WITH ANOTHER LIVE RECORDING SESSION HERE IN THE MELROSE CENTER AT THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY.