Kelly: So I'm going to start off with a few generic questions to get the ball rollin.. We usually ask questions that aren't in any way related to the music a band plays but you guys are new so we can ask the boring ones first. I know you guys are only a couple of months old, but what made you two decide that you wanted to start making music?
Caleb: Well I would say that we have been best friends since like 1st grade, and we picked up music around middle school. Grant had been in a few bands, but him and I had never done anything of our own outside of leading worship at church. This came up during spring break of this year. We just started making this music for our own enjoyent.
Grant: Well for me, it just came naturally to write with Caleb because we'd been playing together at church for a couple years now, and always just been able to play and improv so easily with one another; so when I got done playing metal, (ha) we just started recording stuff we'd make at his house while we were bored, I personally never thought it would go anywhere. I dont know if that answered your question or if im an idiot.
Caleb: you are.
Kelly: Don't worry about it.. As long are you're saying something you're fine.
Grant: :] good... and thanks Caleb.
Caleb: anytime. :]
Kelly: Anyway, that's really cool.. I should have asked this first but what are each of your roles in the band?
Grant: uh, well it started out that caleb tracked out the first song "days go by" musically and I came to his house one day and one way or another we ended up laying vocals down on it...
Caleb: We kinda both share roles. I would say Grant writes more than myself, but we both make it come together musically. And again, he sings more lead than myself, and I mostly sing harmony.
Grant: But I think it's pretty mutual as to what we do, we both work on it musically, and then both usually sing on every song, with a couple exceptions.
Caleb: yes, agreed to what the girly man says... but other than electronically, we can both play the same instruments. guitar, piano, bass, drums... that's about it.
Kelly: Ahhh nice, so do you write your songs on instruments and somehow track them to the computer? How does that work?
Caleb: Yes ma'am. Write it on either guitar or piano and then just bring that over.
Grant: Songwriting usually is done on just guitar or piano, and then we rerecord it through ProTools or software like that.
Caleb: dittown3d.
Kelly: Sweetness. So on that note, what genre would you classify yourselves as?
Caleb: Sucky. and I hope to say more indie, and experimental, because we really just play whatever we feel... might be acoustic, or piano, electronic, metal. ha.
Grant: With what we've done/put out so far I'd say we'd fall under the "electronica" genre I guess. but we have a bunch of non-electric stuff that we havent recorded yet. Then again, I suck at putting crap in genres.
Grant: and yeah to what she said... by she I mean caleb.
Caleb: hahaha. Obviously. I mean, look at me.
Kelly: That's so... sweet..
Caleb: Grant has a kind heart.
Kelly: Hahaha anyway... are you ready for the most cliche question ever?
Grant: No, but go.
Caleb: I can't wait.
Kelly: WHAT IS THE MEANING.. BEHIND... the name Progress in Color?
Caleb: YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Kelly: Really.. I'm dying to know. I will die if I don't find out.
Caleb: You owe me $20, Grant.
Grant: I dont owe you anything. I called it just the same.
Caleb: Soo.. Progress In Color. What a gay name. umm, like we've said, we never figured anybody would care about our music, so there wasn't a ton of thought put into the name. We actually agreed on it one day over AIM at like 3am just so we could put something out there under a name... but when we dig below the surface I do like the "progress" idea of it.
Grant: Thats probably the lamest answer ever. People are going to hate us now.
Caleb: I'm getting there!
Kelly: Yes... everybody is going to hate you and your plays on myspace are going to actually start going down instead of up.
Grant: That would incredible... in a sucky way.
Caleb: Well progress, because like we've said, we aren't really tied down to one genre. we play and write whatever we are inspired by at the time. So we progress. HAHAH! I love it.
Grant: Too bad no one else does, loser.
Caleb: Actually, zebra eater, if you have an awesome idea to what the name means, we are game.
Kelly: Hahahaha [my screenname is zebra snax]
Grant: Wow. Animal kingd0m3d. If you couldnt tell, we strive to uplift each other with our words. Syke.
Caleb: HAHHAA... I'm dying.
Kelly: I'm so confused right now
Caleb: mission accomplished.
Grant: be honest though, do you hate us?
Kelly: Nope. I am quite a brutal person myself.
Grant: BR00TAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Caleb: awesomeeeeee. we're all about all things br00tal. "we support sweedish death metal"
Kelly: Hahaha. Anywho.
Grant: sorry =/
Kelly: Haha it's okay. I have some ridiculous questions later.
Grant: w00000000t
Caleb: we have plenty of ridiculous answers
Grant: so true
Kelly: So have you guys done a lot of self-promoting or has it just been word of mouth that has made your music get s0o0o0 popular so fast? By the way, you've gotten 10,000 plays since 3 days ago when we set this little shin-dig up.
Caleb: first off, I like the "sOoOoO". reminds me of teen girlgirl squad. minus one of the girls.
Grant: uh, define: self-promoting
Kelly: "HAY MYSPACE FRIENDZ, LISTEN TO MY BAND!!!!!!!" in numerous bulletins?
Grant: oh nonononono. for real. we seriously do like 0 self-promotion. honestly. so I guess you'd say word of mouth.
Caleb: like I said, compared to everyone, we do like none.
Grant: actually, (i have a real answer)
Caleb: yeah, world of mouf. LUDA!
Kelly: Hahaha
Caleb: grant apparently has a real answer.
Kelly: Apparently.
Grant: i was on tour earlier this summer with this band called The Sweet Surrender and kids would find me after we'd play a show, and then i guess find the Progress site linked off my page.. and then be like, you guys are s0o0o0o0o0o0o GAY, i mean so0o0o0o0o0o good.
Kelly: Hahaha. So0o0o0o GOOD!
Caleb: sOoOoOoO grood. great and good.
Grant: i mean good
Kelly: Strongbad e-mail. Hollerrr.
Grant: THE BEST EVER!?
Kelly: YES
Caleb: I'll make sure to holler next time I'm outside.
Kelly: Some girl sent me a myspace message saying that you are her myspace husband, Grant
Grant: ah! Elana. she's from Seattle
Kelly: Haha yeah
Caleb: seattl3d
Kelly: DONT h8
Caleb: crap! doesn't work..... I tried. :/
Grant: ...and she actually called me yesterday saying that she didnt know you guys had us featured and that it was a HUGE hookup
Grant: i was/am stoked
Kelly: Awesome!
Grant: :]
Kelly: Maybe that's where those 10,000 plays came from (HAHAHA not)
Grant: probably! :D
Caleb: nice teef. LUDA!
Kelly: Haha. Do you guys plan on playing any shows? ...with your computer... and your.. mouths
Grant: and drums and guitars and keyboards
Kelly: Oh nice. So does that mean you'll have more band members?
Caleb: yep. johhny depp on drums.
Grant: but yes, we plan on it, and we're actually maybe going up to Wichita to play with the guy thats going to be playing drums with us, Johnny Depp... this week or sometime soon. we're swamped with projects to work on though :0
Caleb: that's a big 'ole mouf [luda]
Kelly: Ahhh that's awesome/crappy/cool/grood
Grant: crawesome
Kelly: Haha nice fusion.. So if you could tour with any band, WHO would it BE?
Caleb: bands to tour with... hm. is this each our personal preferences?
Kelly: No.. you have to agree. that's the rule. You MUST abide by the rules. ALWAYS
Caleb: I hate my life.
Grant: there were rules?
Kelly: No.. I was kidding
Caleb: like in a dream world I would say Copeland, but they are on Columbia now... umm, possibly a band called Edison Glass. I am good friends with them, and they happen to be amazing.
Grant: yeah, i agree with both of those
Kelly: Ahh Copeland is amazing
Caleb: other than that, I would love to be on an extremely br00tal death metal tour.
Grant: if we could tour with a metal band that we know, im good friends with Mychildren Mybride, so that'd be br00tal.
Kelly: 0m6
Grant: 0 millimeters, 6.. or omg
Kelly: correcto
Caleb: 0 miles, 6 children.
Kelly: SO what song took you the longest to write?
Caleb: ha! umm... grant?
Grant: hmm...... write, or record/track?
Kelly: Both
Grant: hmm, well i'll give you write first, then caleb can vouch on track.. i think "its a plague" took the longest to write, the full versions not up and to be honest with you, i just finished it the other day; not to sound gay or anything, but theres a whole bunch of sentiment behind that one.
Caleb: yeah, that one has haunted us. complete writers block.
Kelly: Well those usually end up turning out the best, right?
Grant: yeah, we came to a standstill with it.
Caleb: so we just left it as a "DEMO". but apparently it's gonna make a comeback.
Grant: yes, im really happy with how its come out
Kelly: That's awesome
Caleb: and that is obviously not our electronic stuff.
Grant: its the one that goes.... do do do do do do do dod do do do do.. you know.
Kelly: OHHHHH
Caleb: and then de do de do de do
Kelly: Ohh this song
Grant: you hate it, huh?
Caleb: yes.
Grant: i know you do
Kelly: Nooo
Caleb: YES!
Kelly: Haha. Do you use a vocoder in this one? I can't tell because of all of the Arnold Schwarzenegger action on tv
Grant: no ma'am
Caleb: nope. no Auto-Tune.
Grant: swoyt
Kelly: So this is a really serious question
Caleb: that can't be a real word.. I'm googling it RIGHT NOW.
Grant: which, swoyt?
Caleb: yes.
Kelly: SERIOUS QUESTION. ARE YOU READY FOR ITS SERIOUSNESS?
Grant: yes, sorry
Caleb: okay go! ha.
Kelly: Who would be most likely to survive in the wilderness?
Grant: me, hands down
Caleb: HAHAH! I love you. her. not YOU. ummm..
Kelly: Hahaha
Caleb: wait a minute.
Grant: caleb wouldnt last a minute!
Caleb: WAIT
Grant: hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha
Caleb: let's deliberate this.
Grant: im seriously loling. gotta breathe.
Caleb: I have amazing tactics.
Grant: wehew
Grant: not if there isnt tekmology
Kelly: It's the WILDERNESS. There is no tekmology in the wilderness.
Grant: i know!
Caleb: for one, I can swim upstream like a champ. also, I can see like 4 miles. sometimes.
Grant: thats why i said that girl of a man wouldnt last
Kelly: Hahah this is going to be so confusing for people to read
Grant: my old band was on the radio, that was confusing/funny

Grant: metal. I Want To Be An Astronaut. dont listen to it. plz.
Kelly: hahah okay
Caleb: I'll send you a link. hang on..
Grant: caleb.. i will kill you. in lasertag. AGAIN!
Caleb: too bad I tripped and fell and you held me down and shot me 57 times!
Kelly: HAHAHAHAHA
LIES!
Grant: dude i will call the kids in wichita, and tell just tell you how i pwn3d. kj taught me well
Caleb: and those little kids were ganging up on me. like 4 of them! it's was bs.
Grant: true, my minions
Caleb: hah! not to mention my blonde head shinned like a steak knife in the black light.
Grant: shinned... nice. right below the knee.
Caleb: hahahahha! same thing.
Grant: i think she passed out
Kelly: Hahaha you guys are so nice to each other.. I have another question but I don't know if we need anymore
Grant: do ittt, just for funs
Kelly: Alright.. it's not as good as the last one
Caleb: I went and got some chips. and no one knew!
Kelly: but... what would you save first if your house caught on fire?
Caleb: ohhh easy. my Mac.
Grant: i dont own a mac so i would save my pug. its a dog.
Caleb: powermac G5, suckas. had it for like 3 years.
Kelly: Can I have it?
Caleb: NO WAY D00D!
Kelly: Whats its name?
Caleb: crap... you arent even talking to me. I have 2 parrots, but honestly, I'd like em a lot better if they were on fire.
Grant: you dont even care about Pudge
Kelly: I was talking to you.. I want your dog
Grant: his name is Pudge, and no you cannot have him
Kelly: Fine.. I will steal my friend's
Grant: NO!
Grant: stealing is really bad/wrong
Kelly: I hit a sore spot I see
Grant: a band stole my old guitar =/
Caleb: grant himself is a sore spot.
Kelly: Ahhh lameee
Grant: yeah
[Insert part talking about scumbag band here...]
Caleb: got like 3 pages of message on progress that I haven't read. SUCK!
Grant: myspwn3d. dont do it! jk. ish.
Kelly: Ohhh man. How many friend requests do you get every day? haha
Caleb: oh. ps grant, got a call today from a church that wants us to play. anyways...
Grant: uhh... idk.. a call? you're giving our number out now?
Caleb: no. old friend from the landing... umm, friend request vary. I've seen it like 200 in a day and then like 50
Kelly: That's awesome
Grant: true, depends on how sc3n3 they're feeling
Caleb: yeah, and if we decide to promote.
Kelly: that makes sense
Caleb: seriously, I post like 1 bulletin and we're flooded with messages, comments, pic comments, friend requests. so pretty sure if we were myspace whores and bulletined like 24/7, it would be even more.
Kelly: Post bulletins when we post the interview ;)
Grant: duh. of course we will
Kelly: Is this your first interview?
Grant: yes
Caleb: yessum
Kelly: GOOD
Grant: and i think we've ruined it
Kelly: It's okay
Grant: why good? you're proud to take our interview virginity?
Kelly: Yes
Caleb: you perv
Grant: sorry :[ the cheat is GROUNDED
Caleb: wtf?
Kelly: Homestar? The cheat? Caleb: ah
Grant: yes. its in a strongbad e-mail
Caleb: she owns. Grant: i know, she's like one of us Kelly: Hahaha
Caleb: for the record, neither of us has ever touched any kind of drugs.
Grant: true, isnt that vierd? nor alkie. nor chicks. nor dudes. Kelly: Hahaha that's good
Grant: hey, so we ask you questions now
Kelly: Haha okay
Grant: uhm, so which song of ours do you hate the least?
Caleb: own3d.
Grant: OR what made you dig our tunes?
Kelly: I haven't actually listened to any of your songs.. I just pretend.
Caleb: perrrrrfect
Grant: awesome
Kelly: I like days go by :)
Grant: too bad we took that crap off. hahahahahaah
Kelly: WHAT
Grant: shows how much you care
Kelly: WHAT
Caleb: SEE YAH!
Kelly: I'M SO CONFUSED
Grant: we took days off
Kelly: You sent me the songs
Caleb: oh yeah. hahaha
Grant: because all the scenezies wanted up the cover of I Just Died
Caleb: own3d. so you have the hook up.
Kelly: Haha yesss. I have 6 songs
Caleb: pS; what did you think of Tragedy In Rome. you're like the first to hear it.
Grant: you are the only person on this earth, besides our bearded friend scott who has our crap. wait, she heard tragedy??
Caleb: yep
Kelly: Haha yeah
Caleb: s3nt
Grant: crap. dont lie, you hate all of them
Kelly: Hahaha that's why you are featured!!
Grant: exactly!
Kelly: Because you are sooooo bad
Grant: cause its the one you HATE the most. i read that fineprint!
Caleb: sOoOoOoOo bad!
Kelly: so0o0o0o0o0o0o bad
Grant: s00o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o grood
Kelly: great and good!
Caleb: wow. I like this.
Grant: me too
Grant: its champ
Kelly: What?
Grant: this. duh.

We go on to talk about nothing of any importance, just like most of the rest of the entire interview..