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The day was young. We started setting up around 1:30pm, but no one was there. We were supposed to play at 2, and when 2 arrived, there were only a few there. 2:30 hits and the place is reasonably packed. Nathaniel Hoho enters the stage... and his sidekick - me.
We rocked the place for a solid 6 songs or so - featured a nice little duet called Umbrella with his girlfriend Rachel Leah - and had the place jumping. Bony added some "high life" by running around with a tamborine. It was a hilarious good time.
Next was a punk band called Discord something - I don't remember the name. They gave me a 80s punk vibe and had the attitudes to follow. The commentary was priceless. The group played a back to back song set, and then they switched instruments, swopped guys, and played another set.
This set was a little more emo style than punk, but just as enjoyable. The drummer was a little sloppy, but the bass player completely made up for it. He stopped from jump-rocking around only to try out his stand-up routine. And.. he was funny. They were a good secular band.
Jeremy enters the stage with a plethora of effects, loop pedals, and drum machines. He played some covers, and some older originals of his to start. He had me learn a keyboard part to one of his songs before he went on, and him and I jammed a song together. He ended the set with nothing shy of amazing as he finally busts out the loop pedal and begins creating his wall of sound. 2 guitars, drums, and some atmospheric guitar later and he was ready for his solo. I grabbed the tamborine and everyone just sort of stared in amazement. It blew me away.
After that song, Jeremy let Bony hop on the mic. I hopped on the bass, jeremy on guitar, and we kicked on Rap Beat 1 on his drum computer. As we pumped hip-hop to the masses, Bony let 'em have it with 3 or 4 verses, accompanied by his hook. I forget it exactly now, but something to the extent of "Can I rock this" - the crowd replies "Yes you can", It was excellent.
We left shortly after that, but only to get back to recording.
Fun stuff. I can't wait to do more.
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