Proto (band)


Proto is a six-member progressive rock band, originally from Memphis, which moved to Chattanooga in January 2003, after recording their first EP release with new label Torrent Records LLC. Shaun West and J. Mark Crider began Proto with Erik Berkes in 2002.
In the fall of 2003, the band began preparing for their first release to prelude the full-length album. Proto asked violinist Krista Wroten if she was interested in playing on the CD to fill out some of the songs. What began only as an addition to the record became an addition to the band. It was obvious that Krista belonged after hearing her play.
They quickly recruited lead guitarist Benjamin Mansfield and wrote their first song, "The Backwards Waltz". The song embodied a mutual frustration within the band towards ignorance and the destruction of the human mind. It was from this collaboration that the band realized their potential and agreed to pursue a serious career in music. The music immediately took precedence over everything else in their lives.
Proto continued to write new material for their first full-length album, which was due out in 2004. After recording, the band left Memphis for Chattanooga.
Other projects of members of Proto are All Things Green and North American Royalty. The latter is formed by ultra-melodic, female vocal-fueled Elise Berkes on lead vocals and guitar; Krista Wroten of Proto on violin and vocals; Jack Kirton of Proto on guitar, mandolin and steel guitar; and Dennis Hubbard and Joey Berkley from All Things Green on bass and percussion.
Their first song, "Monkey", off the self-titled album, was used in introduction of the movie Devour , starring Jensen Ackles, and in the third season of Roswell.

Members

Proto have two full-length albums. Their first release, Proto, was released and distributed in digital and physical format copy in a special limited production, unlike the second album, The Alchemist, which was only released in digital form, via TuneCore, iTunes Store, Amazon, eMusic, and Rhapsody.
Other songs not included in albums: "When Shall I Return"

Length: 00:30 | Year: 2010 | Genre: Film score, Electronic, New Age. | Moods: Dark, Suspenseful

Catalog/Publisher: Absurd Music / Bny Music / Evan Edward Publishing.
Additional and technical information

Release: June 1, 2003, September 23, 2003

Recording Type: Studio

Label: Torrent Records, LLC

Universal Product Code: 7158647

Copyright Claimant: Threptos Music, LLC d.b.a. Baby New Year Music, Evan Edward Publishing

Lyrics "Monkey": West, Berkes

Lyrics "The Backwards Waltz": Crider, Berkes

Lyrics "Breathe This Day": Berkes

Music and Production: Proto

Engineered, Recorded and Mixed: Willie Peaver

Studio Crew: Brandon Sams, Chuck Goin, Chris McCrudden

Recorded in the U.S.A. at Young Avenue Sound Studio in Memphis, TN

Edited and Mastered by Roger Lian at Masterdisk Studios in New York, NY

Graphic Design: Eric Jackson

Art Concept: Proto

Thanks to PM Music and The Drum Shop. Proto thanks families, friends and all those who have pointed us in the right direction.

Artist Representation: Torrent Records, LLC

Barcode: 783707706627

Additional information

Release: April 9, 2007

Recording Type: Studio

Label: TuneCore/Proto
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