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I'll interupt my travel stories to introduce you to some fun music. Paul shares an office with Leila who is involved with band promotion in her off hours. She hosts monthly "Live in the Living Room" acoustic concerts in her flat, invites 30-40 people and charges a small entry fee that's given to charity. So tonight Paul and I joined her for the 5th concert to promote up and coming bands. First of all the apartment was absolutely amazing, I'm guessing it's probably worth 3 million. A funny place to rub shoulders with skinny messy haired kids. The first band, 17th Whole, looked like something out of Dawson's Creek. A cute blonde messy-haired boy sang sugary pop songs with a nice but timid voice while inexperienced band members supported him. The second band, Tokenview, had a much broader sound, and obviously more experience. They were two blonde messy-haired twenty-somethings who interchangeably played guitar, piano, and sang, accompanied by a bassist and a kid brother on drums. They rocked a bit more, had more confidence. The third band, The Basics, were really great. They came in wearing suits, looking like the Beatles and had a similar kind of sound. They are not only obviously talented but they showed that when there is synergy, and you're doing what you love and well, you have a lot of fun. They seemed to be having a great time, which engaged the audience. They had good senses of humor, and although all three had great talent, Wally had such incredible projection and a sort of bluesy quality to his voice that I just didn't want him to stop singing! Kris also sang a soulful song that reminded me of Johnny Cash (but Kris can sing ;)). Anyway, they are great live, so if you have the chance, see them on their world tour or check them out on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/the3basics
also:
http://www.myspace.com/tokenview
http://www.myspace.com/17thwhole
http://www.liveinthelivingroom.com.au/701.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
I'll interupt my travel stories to introduce you to some fun music. Paul shares an office with Leila who is involved with band promotion in her off hours. She hosts monthly "Live in the Living Room" acoustic concerts in her flat, invites 30-40 people and charges a small entry fee that's given to charity. So tonight Paul and I joined her for the 5th concert to promote up and coming bands. First of all the apartment was absolutely amazing, I'm guessing it's probably worth 3 million. A funny place to rub shoulders with skinny messy haired kids. The first band, 17th Whole, looked like something out of Dawson's Creek. A cute blonde messy-haired boy sang sugary pop songs with a nice but timid voice while inexperienced band members supported him. The second band, Tokenview, had a much broader sound, and obviously more experience. They were two blonde messy-haired twenty-somethings who interchangeably played guitar, piano, and sang, accompanied by a bassist and a kid brother on drums. They rocked a bit more, had more confidence. The third band, The Basics, were really great. They came in wearing suits, looking like the Beatles and had a similar kind of sound. They are not only obviously talented but they showed that when there is synergy, and you're doing what you love and well, you have a lot of fun. They seemed to be having a great time, which engaged the audience. They had good senses of humor, and although all three had great talent, Wally had such incredible projection and a sort of bluesy quality to his voice that I just didn't want him to stop singing! Kris also sang a soulful song that reminded me of Johnny Cash (but Kris can sing ;)). Anyway, they are great live, so if you have the chance, see them on their world tour or check them out on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/the3basics
also:
http://www.myspace.com/tokenview
http://www.myspace.com/17thwhole
http://www.liveinthelivingroom.com.au/701.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
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