{"id":2801,"date":"2012-03-05T18:19:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T23:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2012-04-03T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:43:46","slug":"songs-and-stories-115-asyst-watches-a-setting-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-115-asyst-watches-a-setting-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #115: Asyst Watches a &#8220;Setting Sun&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_313\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2801-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=2801-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories_115b.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories_115b.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click to hear episode #115<\/a> (time = 36:01, size = 49.6 mb)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll take a slight detour from the usual (and very talented) run of singer\/songwriters usually featured on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221;<\/a> podcast. This time out, we talk to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asysttheband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Asyst<\/a>, my very favorite local metal band. (Okay, so they&#8217;re the *only* local metal band I really know&#8230;but I digress.) Asyst is Mike Sylva (drums), Dipendra Bagchee (guitars\/vocals), Tim Sankar (guitar), and Vic Rodriguez (bass\/vocals). Their new album is <a href=\"http:\/\/asyst.bandcamp.com\/album\/setting-sun\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Setting Sun&#8221;<\/a>, and I recently chatted with them during a rehearsal at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Silvas-Custom-Classics\/128131703961692\" target=\"_blank\">Silva&#8217;s Custom Classics<\/a> (drummer Mike&#8217;s garage where he restores Chevy Muscle Cars).<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWe discussed how they recorded this new project (pieces of which were done both as a group and tossed back and forth over the interwebs), what it&#8217;s like to be in a band that&#8217;s been keeping it together for over ten years, and just how diverse a metal band&#8217;s influence can be. (See this <a href=\"http:\/\/mapofmetal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Map of Metal<\/a> that we discussed during the interview.)<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asysttheband.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/asyst1-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"asyst\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/asyst1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/asyst1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Asyst (click for band bios)<\/b><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Besides combining great songs, fine musicianship, and some very cool harmonies, Asyst gets the &#8220;friends and family&#8221; bump here: I met Dipendra several years ago (seven? eight?) when he walked into the open mic I host at the Wooden Nickel Bar and Grill. His brother <a href=\"http:\/\/aaronbagchee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ahin<\/a> (&#8220;Aaron&#8221;) started coming soon afterwards. Aaron now plays with me and has been on my last two CDs. We then met Breanna Eddy, who was Dipendra&#8217;s girlfriend, then fiance, and is now his wife. For a nice sentimental rewind, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/archives\/148\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; #4<\/a>, and you&#8217;ll hear Dipendra proposing to Breanna at The Wooden Nickel&#8230;along with our cheers in the background. <\/p>\n<p>Want to hear &#8220;Setting Sun&#8221; live? You can, and it&#8217;s free. Asyst is having their CD release party this Saturday, March 10th, at the Caravan Lounge, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/place?hl=en&#038;rlz=1C1CHHJ_enUS400US400&#038;ix=seb&#038;ion=1&#038;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&#038;biw=1280&#038;bih=608&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=caravan+lounge+san+jose&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=us&#038;hq=caravan+lounge&#038;hnear=0x808fcae48af93ff5:0xb99d8c0aca9f717b,San+Jose,+CA&#038;cid=17186717630398798217\" target=\"_blank\">98 South Almaden Ave<\/a> in San Jose.  <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/stormingtheskies\" target=\"_blank\">Storming the Skies<\/a>, which features Dipendra and Ahin&#8217;s brother Kiren, opens the show at 9:00 pm. I also recommend you check out <a href=\"http:\/\/kirenindigital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kiren&#8217;s artwork<\/a>. Kiren did the cover art for &#8220;Setting Sun&#8221; as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asysttheband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/asyst-setting-sun-cd-release-show-flyer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">release party poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Editorial note: As I rattled off names during this podcast, I mentioned Breanna but neglected to mention what a fine singer she is. As noted earlier, she&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/gaither2\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Dogspeed&#8221;<\/a> CD and will be on my new one &#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;. You can also hear her on her blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breannadawn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breanna Dawn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-115-asyst-watches-a-setting-sun%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to hear episode #115 (time = 36:01, size = 49.6 mb) We&#8217;ll take a slight detour from the usual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2801"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}