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we’ll see a shift in the world and some sort easier.” a lot behind that song like that.”
of revolution in people being there for one Things are currently going great for the
another instead of viciously tearing each n the song ‘Hourglass’, Chris sings, band though, and there seems like no short-
other apart on the internet all the time.” I‘will I expire before my dreams unfold?’ age of sand in the hourglass for the band at
Chris himself started off as a quiet, shy Like an hourglass with sand running through the moment - which is just as well as Chris
youngster. Performing in front of an audi- it, these days the shelf life of a band can ex- still has a lot of dreams and ambitions.
ence and gaining success has given him pire all too quickly. Chris says he worries “I just definitely want to continue to grow
more confidence over the years. Yet there about this in relation to Motionless In White, the band. We’ve done so many cool things
are still moments, like at the TEI Workshops, and when their passage of time may come to and great tours and all kinds of amazing op-
where he felt a little intimidated. an end. portunities; I just want to continue that.
“I definitely feel like music has, for sure, “I absolutely do, especially as the years That’s what I love doing the most. I love to
opened me up,” he says. “At this point in my go by and music and bands become more create music that we’re proud of and just
life, I wouldn’t say that it’s so much a thing and more expendable. For us, fortunately, we continue seeing the world. That’s really all I
as much anymore. When I was going into love touring. We love being in the studio and want to continue to do. Of course, the bigger
those groups every day that was pretty making music, but if we didn’t, if we liked to ambitions would be headlining these amaz-
tough because I’ve never really spoken in stay touring out, it’s not going to help in the ing festivals like Download and just getting
front of a bunch of people like that. I gener- long run. People’s attention spans are quite to that point and be doing the types of shows
ally cloak my speaking in loud music, which short. They don’t want to support a band for that we really want to be doing, playing to
helps me a lot, but for me to just go and sit too long, because they think, “Who else is lots of fans and just having a great time.
in a chair with a microphone and no music next?” And, of course, there’s just questions We’re really enjoying where we’re at now, so
around me, just me and the mic and this of life in general; ‘What’s going to happen in we’re just going to keep doing what we’re
group of people, that was quite stressful. I’m my life?’ You see your peers… another thing doing and doing what we love and what hap-
not in that situation as often. When I do that put me in that kind of mentality, we were pens happens.”
things like this, interviews, it really just de- really close friends of this band, The Ghost So, hopefully, the hourglass of Motion-
pends on the day. Sometimes I’m completely Inside; a couple of years back they got in a less In White will be everlasting, their time
open and everything’s fine and other days really tragic bus accident and they haven’t will never run out, and the band will continue
I’m kind of stuttering all over myself and I been able to play a show as a band since. to thrive for a long, long time to come.
just get nervous and stressed out and I don’t They’re still all recovering from their injuries.
know exactly what the answer to that is. I And when you see that, and you see your Visit www.motionlessinwhite.net for
think, more so over the years, I would say my friends doing the same thing that you do more info and buy ‘Graveyard Shift’, out
confidence level has grown, especially after every day and you see that they’re now in a now.
the TEI classes; I have been able to look at situation where they’re struggling and you
life and just everything about myself a little are doing those same things and that could Words By Shari Black Velvet
bit differently and kind of build my confi- happen to you too, it just really puts a differ-
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