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Silent Choir

About Me

Formerly known as Requiem, Silent Choir is a Progressive Rock Band in the Pittsburgh area. Founding members Chris Lindstrom and Vince Palamara began writing songs in 1982 both had series of notable bands throughout the eighties before turning to other pursuits. Chris is a practicing Family Therapist and has a Masters Degree in Psychology from Duquesne University. Vince is a noted researcher on the JFK assassination and has appeared on the HISTORY Channel in this capacity. In late 2001 both decided to give music another go. Since 2002 they have hosted a program dedicated to their music on local TV. Percussionist/Hand Drummer Rob McHirella began his involvement in late 2003 Bass Guitarist/Rhythm Guitarist Kevin O'Connor signed on in early 2005 I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 !
Trio: Rob/Vince/Chris “Harmonic Rhapsody (Free Improv)”Trio: Rob/Vince/Chris "Spanish Sunset (Improv)"Quartet "Spanish Eyes" Live at SouthminsterQuartet - "Strange Premonition" Live at Southminster

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/27/2005
Band Members: Chris/ Vince/ Rob -"Weight of the World"Chris and Vince "Lifeworld - I Cant Hide"Quartet "I Can't Hide" Vocal - Live at Southminster------Chris Lindstrom - Vocals, Keyboards, Melodica, Rainstick, Kalimba ,Vince Palamara - Guitar, Kevin O'Connor - Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Rob McHirella - Hand Drums, Percussion ------------------------------------------------------------ --
Influences: [Chris]: Porcupine Tree, Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Vincent Crane (Atomic Rooster), Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Marillion, Fish, Otis Rush, Abdullah Ibrahim, John Mayall, Jon Lord, Tony Banks, . (Vince) : Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, Uli Jon Roth (Kevin) : Rush, Yes, Saga, Dream Theater, Eddie Van Halen, Lindsey Buckingham, Neil Schon, and Joe Satriani
Sounds Like: None and all of the above.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Trio

Vince and I rehearsed with Rob last night, Truly a great time! The focus was on free improve, chamber rock. With a few songs I've recently written on acoustic guitar thrown in "Merry go Round" and "We...
Posted by Silent Choir on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:16:00 PST

New YouTube videos.

Vince and I filmed some videos for YouTube last night. A brand new song which features my debut on acoustic guitar on the first song I've writen on the instrument  "The Weight of the World" ...
Posted by Silent Choir on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:45:00 PST

new music, new direction.

The blogs to this site have become infrequent. I'll try to remedy that. By the end of 2006, Silent Choir had swelled both in size and in decibels, It had also become an unfulfilling drag to it's found...
Posted by Silent Choir on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:39:00 PST

2 songs added

While we continue our period of woodshedding and re-conceptualization, I've taken advantage of myspace's new limit of 6 songs and added 2 more. Despite the Times has been the traditional warm up and o...
Posted by Silent Choir on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:49:00 PST

New Demos on my solo page

I've posted 3 new songs (very rough demos) and a new blog on my solo site http://www.myspace.com/chrislindstrom Feel free to send a freind request if you like what you hear. As I note there, thes...
Posted by Silent Choir on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:42:00 PST

Live Performance Video

We're adding to the site 3 performances from our August 19, 2005 show at Southminster Church  in Mt. Lebanon,  Pennsylvania. Spanish Eyes, Strange Premonition and I Can't Hide. They add up t...
Posted by Silent Choir on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:47:00 PST

We are now a Quintet!

Tonight we auditioned, rehearsed, jammed with and ultimatly added to the band a set drummer, Tom Ward. The interplay with him and Rob (our hand drummer and percussionist) and our bassist Kevin was ama...
Posted by Silent Choir on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:43:00 PST

The Autumn

The solemn month of Rocktober has passed. I thought it would be fitting to put up our song "the Autumn". The song features some great percussion from Rob, it's about, of all things, my own battles wit...
Posted by Silent Choir on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

CD for sale

Copies of our CD are for sale for 10 US Dollars. contact us for further info.
Posted by Silent Choir on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:21:00 PST

Downloads available at Cruxy.com

Our entire CD is available for download at cruxy.com https://www.cruxy.com/store/silentchoir...
Posted by Silent Choir on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:47:00 PST