Artist to watch: Forging Reverie
Sarah Desmarais
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Ever dream of having a full-length album out before graduating college? How about winning the Battle of the Bands, which gives the bragging rights of being one of the best bands in school? After clinching that title this weekend, PSU's own Forging Reverie is this week's group of artists to watch.
Consisting of junior Derek Heidemann on guitar, senior Tyler Newton on vocals, junior Ryan Kinghorn on bass and senior Ben Biery on drums, Forging Reverie started dabbling in music during February of 2006, "We didn't start really writing music until that February, but the four of us have been together since that next fall," Heidemann said. During that time, Forging Reverie had only a handful of original songs under their belt. Since then, the writing process has become much easier for them, "Over time I've noticed we've really gotten to know each other much better and gotten a lot faster at writing music," said Newton.
When it comes to the tunes that the group of guys are trying to create, they all agree that everything is done as a group, "Our songs are written as a collaborative effort. I couldn't be in a band that only has one person write the song," Heidemann said. Each band member adds their own spin on each song that's being written giving the band not only an interesting but also intriguing sound, "We all bring little ideas and give little pointers to one another," Newton said.
Both Newton and Heidemann attribute Forging Reverie's style of music to the very drastic taste in music that each member has, "I think because we all listen to different music it just adds to our sound," Heidemann said. With the different aspects of multiple genres being added into one group, Newton has a unique way to describe Forging Reverie, "We're a ven-diagram and we just overlap in the right places," Newton said.
One thing that the members have in common is their extensive background in music. Not only have they been hardcore fans of multiple styles and genres, but also they have played a number of different instruments starting in middle school, "I started when I was in the eighth grade playing the clarinet. I got tired of that in high school, and started playing the guitar," Heidemann said.
Consisting of junior Derek Heidemann on guitar, senior Tyler Newton on vocals, junior Ryan Kinghorn on bass and senior Ben Biery on drums, Forging Reverie started dabbling in music during February of 2006, "We didn't start really writing music until that February, but the four of us have been together since that next fall," Heidemann said. During that time, Forging Reverie had only a handful of original songs under their belt. Since then, the writing process has become much easier for them, "Over time I've noticed we've really gotten to know each other much better and gotten a lot faster at writing music," said Newton.
When it comes to the tunes that the group of guys are trying to create, they all agree that everything is done as a group, "Our songs are written as a collaborative effort. I couldn't be in a band that only has one person write the song," Heidemann said. Each band member adds their own spin on each song that's being written giving the band not only an interesting but also intriguing sound, "We all bring little ideas and give little pointers to one another," Newton said.
Both Newton and Heidemann attribute Forging Reverie's style of music to the very drastic taste in music that each member has, "I think because we all listen to different music it just adds to our sound," Heidemann said. With the different aspects of multiple genres being added into one group, Newton has a unique way to describe Forging Reverie, "We're a ven-diagram and we just overlap in the right places," Newton said.
One thing that the members have in common is their extensive background in music. Not only have they been hardcore fans of multiple styles and genres, but also they have played a number of different instruments starting in middle school, "I started when I was in the eighth grade playing the clarinet. I got tired of that in high school, and started playing the guitar," Heidemann said.
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