Christabelle Binag - Lead Vocals
Carlos Pardo - Lead Guitar and 2nd Vocals
Josh Granadosin - Bass
Isaac Granadosin - Drums
Influenze
Well all things anime music related of course. Games as well.
For Carlos: classic rock first like Beatles and Led Zeppelin, 70's rock, 80's new wave, 90's alternative rock scene--favorite band from that era is Sonic Youth (you may see me at a show doing guitar noise, that's Sonic Youth's doing). Also Weezer, Green Day, and They Might Be Giants. Any catchy anime tune I hear I'd like to learn how to play and maybe sing.
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There are influences from Weezer, Green Day, Disco grooves, and other indie stuff...so far.
Soul Candy is a Seattle-based band consisting for 4 talented musicians that bonded through their love of music and anime. They formed in July 2008 as a 5 piece band to perform for a local Filipino festival called Pista Sa Nayon. After being received positively by the audience, they were approached by Aki Con, a local convention to perform as musical guests for their debut year. Since then, they have gotten the opportunities to perform at conventions such as SakuraCon in Seattle, Anime Evolution in the new Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada and Kumoricon in Portland, Oregon. This year also brought great things to the band as they release their self entitled debut EP, 'Soul Candy', that consists of 5 original tracks that boasts a variety of sounds from fast rock, danceable beats, catchy vocals and an epic ballad.
As the four member band from Seattle call their music “otaku rock,” the EP will appeal to many fans of Japanese animation. Their new songs are influenced by anime, but Soul Candy’s sound goes beyond just anime. With influences of music of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and Asian pop, the diverse variety of sounds of rock, riffs and vocals will attract the attention of folks looking for a different kind of CD.
As a perfect way to debut this CD, Soul Candy released it at Aki Con 2009 in November (www.akicon.org), exactly one year after the debut show that helped get their start. The band performed a concert there, and debuted their new album songs live. In addition, Soul Candy also was a part of a Q and A session at the convention along with other musical guests, followed by an autograph session. CDs were sold at their own booth at Aki Con, where interested fans got more information, got more autographs or just chatted informally with the band. It was a fun, exciting and education experience.
Other confirmed shows for next year include a concert at Anime Oasis in Boise, Idaho (www.animeoasis.org) in May 2010 at the Qwest Arena. Other planned (not confirmed yet) shows for 2010 include Anime Evolution (www.animeevolution.com), and Pista Sa Nayon (a Filipino Festival in Seattle).
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XP I'm just joking around i don't mind, he was doing other stuff at the time like getting some stuff put away so But yeah you guys were great *arm pump* yeah! *random mushroom cloud*
Your show at Sakuracon was great, and fun to record:). I will keep you posted as to when I get the videos up on youtube. It was fun hanging out at the end of it as well!
Hey Soul Candy, thanks for checking in. Firstly, congrats on getting the Sakuracon gig! I will definetly go to it, any new songs you've guys have learned since Aki?
i'm working on all the audio stuff for akicon and getting stuff ready or getting it finalized. so we maybe in contact for akicon again. well if u need a sound tech with a sound system please let me know. i have a full set of sound gear in storage.
Very nice job at Akicon, I was impressed with how well you were able to execute the anime tunes. My favorite that you played was definetly "Hit In The USA" from the BECK soundtrack. Keep up the great work, and I look foward to seeing you live again!
The Fire Burns Forever, Parker.
PS: As soon as you get a cd out, I'll be one of the first to buy it:).
@Christabelle: I hope you're feeling better~~ you rocked it quite hard at the con :).
@Carlos: I'm sorry for like running into you out of nowhere lol :D~ yuki was scaring me ahaha ^^~ I hope to see the fake boobs Yuki was telling me about :)
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But yeah you guys were great *arm pump* yeah! *random mushroom cloud*
YOU!!!!!!!!!
