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The solo music begins with Konami. Chip Kidd and Linda Kaplan Thaler visit school. Espiritu gives an update from Boston. Jeff and Dave visit the World of Coke. Andrew goes crazy with the alphabet.
Harmonica Jesus and Loopers
Thanks for the positive response to the new full version of Konami. I hope to finish the other three songs and practice over December. My family came to visit me for Thanksgiving, and we were joined by Richard, Howard, and Jeff for one of the best meals that I've had in a while.
On Wednesday night, I caught an influential show - Brian Vander Ark and David Ryan Harris playing upstairs at Smith's Olde Bar. Both were entertaining solo acoustic acts, giving me a little hope for the difficult road ahead. Brian Vander Ark was the lead singer of the Verve Pipe (remember "Freshmen" from high school?) and is now doing his solo thing. He had a great voice and solid songs, but halfway through the concert a strange hippie guy jumped on stage and started playing harmonica with him. "Harmonica Jesus" (as Andrew called him) started rocking out, using one hand to balance the mic and harmonica, and the other to wave around like he was freestyling...and it turned out that he was in fact part of the show. Continuing the three-name-night, David Ryan Harris came up next and used a "looper" extensively. He'd start a song with percussive slaps on his guitar, and with a push of a foot pedal, the beat looped in the background. Later on he got even crazier with multiple reverse loops, but his voice and guitar playing over top of it was equally impressive. It was a small show that had a lot of back-and-forth chatter with the audience. All I wanted to do was come home and play guitar. For me right now, while the demo recordings are fun, they're mainly there to get live shows. That's where I hope to rock out the most.
Saturday, November 29 at 5:53 PM
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