09/17/07
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Fredo
that's inspiring, quip. thanks man. And yeah, I think a smoking ass sound grooby. ;)
09/17/07
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Fredo
Ivor Cutler huh...? He's like poetry, right?
09/17/07
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papergoose
I just finished an exhausting weekend of live shows at Austin City Limits festival. 2 shows stuck out in particular for me.... Regina Spektor, which was just her and her goofy/terribly cute/halfway shy but super charismatic self on stage with a piano and a mic. She'd laugh and sing comically out of her range...to the delight of the crowd... it wouldn't have worked without her loving every second of it too. At one point she also was playing piano with her left hand and hitting a wooden chair with a drumstick in her right hand, while singing, and it had a great effect. Lovely show. I smiled almost constantly, and I'd not really ever heard her music before.
The other was Arcade Fire.... Which was just balls-out amazing. Super-star production. Huge red curtain backdrop with black and white film projected on to it. Big tall menacing red neon poles across the stage. Violins, horns, members rotating around. A huge pipe organ that bellowed out chords along with the insanely intense chanting and wooing of the singers, which had the effect of feeling like you were at some dark, forbidden church.
The unifying thread between the two seemed to be... bare-naked honesty and confidence, turned up to 11, but coming from 2 completely different angles.
09/18/07
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tbeals79
im with those who encourage you to stay natural... And i think LowLifi had some great points... Just let it evolve over time as apposed to figuring it out instantly. If you present your talent with class and honesty I say people have no choice but to honor that and enjoy it man! Definiltey for your passionate, beautiful music!
