Buffy The Vampire Slayer

*For those who may not be familiar with Velvet Chain......

Velvet Chain appeared in the first season of BTVS in the episode "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date" where they played at The Bronze (where else?) while Buffy was dancing with Owen. The two songs from the episode were "Strong" and "Treason" and can be heard on the ’Behind The Music with Velvet Chain’ page on Little Willow’s Slayground website. http://members.tripod.com/little__willow/velvetchain.html found

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 07:50:46 2003) [Edit/Delete]

Hello, everybody! It’s almost midnight here in LA, and I just got home from rehearsal, and I wanted to stop by and say howdy. =)

Looking forward to the PBP... Hopefully it won’t rain!

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 07:58:31 2003) [Edit/Delete]

valMichael: Cool! Welcome! =) strangestgirl: Will do! Darcie: LOL... Do you do that in RL? The Great One: Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, too! We don’t very much rain here, either, but the past couple of days have been pretty torrential. We needed it, though

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:05:22 2003) [Edit/Delete]

slayerdaddy: Hey! Yes, Jeff will be running a merchandise table again, and not only will we have the Instumrntals Only CD, but I wanted to let everybody know that we’re going to have a special CD for sale at the PBP! It’s a pre-release demo of a bunch of the songs from the upcoming Asteroid Belt! Cool, eh? I think it ended up being 6 songs. We’re only making 100 of them, total. THat’s it. No more. It’s unmastered, and all the vocals are completely dry (meaning, no effects, reverb, etc.), but it’s extremely cool and sounds great. =) Just thought I’d let you know!

faithx5: hehehe... Cool! Yep, I’m rehearsing for a musical called "Sunday in the Park with George." It’s going quite well.

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:12:06 2003) [Edit/Delete]

G’day to 1cham and good night to darcie!

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:18:14 2003) [Edit/Delete]

Hi, tiggy! faithx5 Oh, cool! Well, if you remember the play at all, I’m playing Yvonne, the very snooty wife of the other (rich) artist, Jules. They’re always criticizing George’s work, etc. It’s a fun role. I’ve been doing a lot of musicals over the past year as a way to make my living, actually. Out here in LA, it’s impossible to get paid for doing theater unless you do a musical. I figure it’s a heck of a lot better than what I used to do to help pay the rent...work at Bloomingdale’s! Blech!

Question: Erika The CD sounds interesting. Did you record it "live" or track by track? I find that small groups can sound really impressive recorded as they play together with minimalist miking.

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:23:05 2003) [Edit/Delete]

valMichael: Both, actually. Our recording process is hard to describe... It varies from song to song. But usually, we all record "live" in the room together (with me in the control room singing, so I don’t bleed through onto the guitar tracks or whatever), and then we overdub the vocals and all the cool wacky sounds and extra instruments we use. Jeff spends a lot of time in the studio manipulationg all the extra sonic elements. It’s cool. =)

slayerdaddy: Cool! See you then!

Bear: Well, hello! Nice to meet you!

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:34:04 2003) [Edit/Delete]

1cham: Well, that’s wonderful, but unfortunately we don’t sell any VC CD’s in stores anymore. (Not right now, at least.) We do sell them online, from our very own secure website, www.velvetchain.com =)

valMichael: Yep! We’ll have everything there except "Warm," which is currently out of print. So, there should be at least 4 or 5 different albums to choose from. =)

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:42:34 2003) [Edit/Delete]

faithx5: hehehe...yeah, that would explain it, right? =) And yes, I thank God every day I am out of retail. And clothing has got to be the worst! (((Shudder)))

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:51:00 2003) [Edit/Delete]

OK, I just have to go to bed, now...

sunlit5: Hey, thanks. Just go to "music" and click on an album, and it’ll give you clips of the songs. Or just click on "free MP3’s" on the right hand side of our home page

Erika Amato says: (Fri Feb 14 08:52:03 2003) [Edit/Delete]

Ops! I forgot to say goodnight!

Goodnight, everybody! =)

 Erika