Actors&Actresses
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Actors&Actresses is a three-piece band from Kansas City, Missouri
. Their music is characterised with having ambient guitars and downtempo vocals.
titled ' We Love Our Enemy'. Sold at local stores and over the internet, the CD caught the interest of touring post-rock band Caspian (band)
, who then introduced members to the owners and operators of the record label The Mylene Sheath
during South by Southwest
in 2008. Actors&Actresses were added to the label after a show in Kansas City in August 2008. The group went on to record their first full length which was released on LP, CD and through digital networks in June 2009 to positive reviews.
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Scott Bennett plays a Rickenbacker
4001C electric bass tuned to B F B F, and often uses a capo
to further alter the tuning.
Andrew Schiller plays a Paul Reed Smith
McCarty Standard model guitar tuned to drop D tuning
further down tuned another half step to C#.
David Sumner plays custom C&C Drums with over-sized tom shells and an 18x24 inch bass drum.
Arrows - The Mylene Sheath - LP/CD (2009)
We Love Our Enemy EP vinyl re-issue - The Mylene Sheath - LP/CD (2011)
ARC - The Mylene Sheath - LP (2011)
Compilation Appearances
SunSeaSky Records - Winter Online Sampler (2006)
Dandercroft Magazine - Spring Compilation - CD (2006)
Exploding In Sound - In Case of Evacuation - (2010)
Present Magazine - Mailbox #49 (2010)
Pop Up Records - Songs of Farewell & Departure: A Tribute to Hum - CD (2011)
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. Their music is characterised with having ambient guitars and downtempo vocals.
History
Formed in 2005 Actors&Actresses quickly made an impact in the Midwest region. Their first album was a self-released EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
titled ' We Love Our Enemy'. Sold at local stores and over the internet, the CD caught the interest of touring post-rock band Caspian (band)
Caspian (band)
Caspian is an instrumental post-rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts. Since 2003 Caspian have released 2 full-length albums, an EP and a split 7".-Early History 2003-2004:...
, who then introduced members to the owners and operators of the record label The Mylene Sheath
The Mylene Sheath
The Mylene Sheath is an independent record label, founded by Joel Proper and Lindsay Palmer. The label originated in 2007 in Covington, Kentucky and recently relocated to Athens, Georgia...
during South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
in 2008. Actors&Actresses were added to the label after a show in Kansas City in August 2008. The group went on to record their first full length which was released on LP, CD and through digital networks in June 2009 to positive reviews.
Instrumentation
The band achieves a unique sound by playing the bass and guitar in alternate tunings, neither of which are tuned to standard A440A440 (Concert A)
A440 is the musical note A above middle C. It has a frequency of 440 Hz and serves as a general tuning standard for musical pitch.Prior to the standardization on 440 Hz, many countries and organizations followed the Austrian government's 1885 recommendation of 435 Hz...
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Scott Bennett plays a Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
4001C electric bass tuned to B F B F, and often uses a capo
Capo
A capo is a device used on the neck of a stringed instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is frequently used on guitars, mandolins, and banjos. G.B...
to further alter the tuning.
Andrew Schiller plays a Paul Reed Smith
Paul Reed Smith
Paul Reed Smith , is a luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars.Smith is originally from Bowie, Maryland. He made his first guitar while at St. Mary's College of Maryland, and continued to build guitars after he finished college, making them one at a time, one a month...
McCarty Standard model guitar tuned to drop D tuning
Drop D tuning
Drop D tuning, also known as DADGBE, is an alternate, or scordatura, form of guitar tuning — specifically, a dropped tuning — in which the lowest string is tuned down from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step to D.- Uses of drop D tuning :In drop D the three bass strings...
further down tuned another half step to C#.
David Sumner plays custom C&C Drums with over-sized tom shells and an 18x24 inch bass drum.
Discography
We Love Our Enemy EP - Self Released - CD (2005)Arrows - The Mylene Sheath - LP/CD (2009)
We Love Our Enemy EP vinyl re-issue - The Mylene Sheath - LP/CD (2011)
ARC - The Mylene Sheath - LP (2011)
Compilation Appearances
SunSeaSky Records - Winter Online Sampler (2006)
Dandercroft Magazine - Spring Compilation - CD (2006)
Exploding In Sound - In Case of Evacuation - (2010)
Present Magazine - Mailbox #49 (2010)
Pop Up Records - Songs of Farewell & Departure: A Tribute to Hum - CD (2011)