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April
15, 2004
INtake Weekly - Generation
of Believers
Local group finds its
musical inspirations from sources above.
By Evan Smith
INtake correspondent
When you turn the spare room into a recording studio,
that's when you know you are serious about your music.
"With all the padding on the walls, well, it looks like
a crazy person's room," Amanda Potaczek said.
Potaczek and her husband, Steven, both 23, formed their
Christian-based band, 1000 Generations, two years ago.
Their music is religious "piano pop" with a world feel,
Potaczek said. After producing their first album by themselves,
the Potaczeks added drummer Lorin Lemme and bassist Alan
Picard in October 2003.
More with Amanda Potaczek:
What was the process like making your first record, "Prayers?"
We worked on it for a year and a half, but the last six
months were intense. The hardest part was when Steven
had to do all the mixing. He basically locked himself
in the studio for two weeks. But we are going to do our
next CD at home, too. There is just so much creative energy.
Was it hard naming the album?
The reason we named it "Prayers" is because that what
they all are. It's us telling God, "This is where I am
right now." Where you are right now might suck, but we
know that we can be honest with God. Just because we are
onstage doesn't mean we are perfect. So our songs can
come out and say that one of us is having a hard time.
So what is the story behind the band's name?
There is a verse in the Bible that says for all those
who love and obey the Lord, his blessings will extend
for 1,000 generations.
What is the worst thing that has ever happened on stage?
Once we started a song, and I began singing the lyrics
to the song I had just finished singing . . . You could
see how we were slowly losing crowd participation . .
. In the end, we had to stop and I said, "OK, I did the
wrong song."
Where do you see the band in five years?
We would love to be doing it full time, having some people
doing the booking, and focusing on the music. We go everywhere
we can to spread the word.
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