They’re in the studio now recording their debut album entitled, “Fly” The objective is to catch the “sound of flight” how it makes you feel when you’re lifted above the earth, when you look down at a frozen scene from up above. This undying concept is pretty challenging in the studio. The Synthesizer that seems to make this happen is the KORG Mono/Poly from 1982, because it can generate an airplane-engine sounding synth. The band members have their own uniqueness about them too. In band practice about a year ago, lead guitarist/vocalist Evan Smith was playing his electric-guitar when his Amp blew up in the middle of practice. He brings it to an Amp repair shop in Dothan Alabama where he meets Jim Butler who fixes his amp. Jim ended up joining the band because of all he had to help the band with, including a Roland XP-50, KORG Wave-Station, and the KORG Mono/Poly. So what might seem like an unfortunate event with Evan’s Amp blowing up becomes the uniting of two who would work hard over the music in the future. There’s been about twenty people who have come in and out of Skyview and helped with shows in time with guitars and drums but some have stayed around longer than others. The real goal and trick is to find those who believe in this music and who can’t see themselves playing anything else on a stage in front of twenty-thousand. Skyview has a unique drummer who is actually a youth minister at a Church. Jason Fross has a lot of European influence in the way he plays drums. His process of designing a song’s drum part is very careful and drawn out. When he plays live he plays with a lot of feeling and heart. Skyview owns a Diablo Drum-Set, and it’s helpful because of the size of the bass drum. The bass drum itself is about twice as long as a standard bass drum and it definitely brings the lows into mix. Evan Smith leads the operation with a lot of determination. He plays a Dean semi-hollowbody 12-string electric guitar, and an Ibanez semi-hollowbody as well. He writes for the purpose of bridging the gap between life and flight. He first wrote and recorded the first three-song demo with Ryan Kirk in December of 2007 when the group was simply a couple of students from The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville. All that group ever wanted was to become famous quickly, so in a few weeks most of them gave up on the band and went their separate ways. At that time Evan and Ryan rebuilt the band on several occasions and played shows for a year straight together to keep the band going. Ryan Kirk is a great addition to the band, his vocals and piano work are key to the sound that makes Skyview what it is.. without Ryan, Skyview would miss one of it’s key elements vocally and instrumentally. Ryan and Evan have big plans in the mix of music grabbing anthems of music/sound that have caught people’s ear over the vast of time. In a hurting economic time such as this, people need to hear a sound of hope, truth, and love. The signs of Faith found in the lyrics leads to hope, the sounds of Flight found in the music can lift our imaginations when things seem impossible to overcome. Give this music a shot and stay tuned for the coming debut album entitled, “Fly”