Cold the Winter
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Cold the Winter was the moniker I used for the songs that I've written and rearranged over the years. In 2019, I recorded a six-song EP titled "Skylines and the Horizons" with the help of my friends JD and Matt. Skylines was the culmination of a journey that started in 2011, took strides forward in 2017, and was finalized over the course of 2018 and 2019.
As of 2024, Cold the Winter has taken a backseat to KCWM, a moniker I've released three albums, eight singles. It is likely that any future Cold the Winter songs will be released under the KCWM banner.Band/artist history
I've played with some great musicians and even better friends. While I do not play with them any longer, the practices and performances are something I will always look back on and cherish.
Since Cold the Winter is just a name, its history is really just the time I've spent writing and recording the music. I've taken songs from my past songwriting life and either chopped them up to put into other songs, reworked them into something very different than they used to be, or forgotten them altogether.
I've recorded songs for years now, but things took a giant step forward in 2011 when I invested in EZ Drummer after years of scraping together samples and programming every beat by hand. I'd record a song idea, program drums to it, then record the guitar again. From there, I'd write the second guitar line, bass, and then add in little guitar textures. Eventually, I upgraded EZD to Superior Drummer.Have you performed in front of an audience?I haven't played live since 2000. The last time I did play live, it was a songwriting life ago. Towards the end of that band, we played a string of shows with a local band I was a big fan of. That was really cool.
I've taken parts of those old songs and spliced them into newer songs where they work better.
Your musical influences
A lot of bands have pushed and pulled me in different directions. It's a rare occurrence where I write a song that I feel sounds like a particular band.
I have and will always admire what Pearl Jam has done to stay fresh in the ever changing climate that is rock music, though I will never claim to write music on the same level that they do. I wanted to play guitar after hearing "Alive", so I'd say they're probably the biggest influence on me as a musician.
Starflyer 59 and their Silver and Americana albums played a big part in the general direction my song structuring has gone in, especially with how they used two guitars.
There are a lot of bands I like to try and take bits and pieces from, including: Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, early STP, Tragedy Ann, Soundgarden, and many other good 90's bands. I fail to sound like those bands, but the sentiment is there.What equipment do you use?
Guitars
- 2017 Gibson Les Paul Classic
- 2009 PRS Ted McCarty SC245
- 1992 MIM Fender Telecaster (Seymour Duncan Antiquity II mini hum and GFS Power Rock, and Fishman VT Powerbridge)
- 1998 MIM Fender Nashville Power Deluxe Telecaster
- 2018 MIM Fender '50s Roadworn Telecaster FSR (SK Custom T-90 neck, Amalfitano Boutique Bridge)
- 1986 Squier Contemporary Series Stratocaster (TX Specials in the neck and middle positions, DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge)
- 2016 (?) Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Custom I
- 2022 Squier Classic Vibe Late '60s Jazz Bass
- 202X Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI
- 2016 Martin JCPA4 Acoustic/Electric
- 2023 Taylor CE214 Deluxe
Amps
- 2004 Dr. Z Maz 18 Junior
- 2021 Friedman PT20v2 Head and cab
- 20XX Vox AC15 with custom handwired board
- Fender Rumble Studio 40
Effects Chain
- Radial Engineering Twin City ABY
- Wampler Tumnus Deluxe
- Pedal Jerk Denton Drive
- Pedal Jerk Big Peach
- EQD Black Ash
- Wampler Triumph
- Zvex Double Rock
- Benson Preamp
- Pedal Jerk Purple Cow
- CKLAB SIOD/Plex
- Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe]
- Wampler Phenom
- Bearfoot FX Honeybee X
- EHX POG 2
- MXR Timmy
- Line 6 HX One
- Wampler Metaverse
- Walrus Audio Sloer
Mics and Interfaces
- Focusrite 18i20 gen3
- Royer R-10 (on Maz 18)
- Sennheiser e906 (on Maz 18)
- Shure SM57 (on Friedman PT20)
- Shure SM7b
- Rode NT-5 (matched pair) for acoustic
- Amplitube iRig HD2Anything else?
Cold the Winter is:
kcwm - Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming, something that loosely resembles Vocals
JD - Vocals, Drums on ALTG, Drum Programming on So Far
Matt - VocalsAll comments (2)
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I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH SPIN-2; MANY POSSIBILITIES!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALSO FROM TX, MY NAME IS ROBERT. MY BAND IS "CATALYST 4 CHANGE",BASICALLY ME DOING MOST INSTRUMENTS WITH A DRUM TRACK.I DO GET SOME HELP ON LEAD GUITARS FROM ALEX AS WELL AS SOME BASS WORK FROM HIS BROTHER MIKE. CHECK US OUT LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. (HOME RECORDINGS)