Last night's gig at Molly Malone's for IPO was a barn-burner. The band (Bryan Farrar on guitar; Matt Soule on drums) was on fiyah! The room sounded really good thanks to a super sound man, Chris. Of course, I have to thank everyone who was in attendance and the organizer of the the festival, David Bash.
I have been associated with International Pop Overthrow since its inception in '98, with a few years off from '02-'04, I think. But it has been a great way to reach music fans of all stripes and last night was no different. We brought the funk, soul and disco to the party. The lineup included some fun co-headliners: Resonant Heads, Morty Shallman. Everyone there seemed to enjoy all of the acts, chalk that up to Mr. Bash's adept curating of the event.
I was particularly pleased with my vocals. Being in the studio has helped me hone in on using my voice properly, rather than the usual show belting and hollerin' I've done in the past. Don't get me wrong, I did some hollerin' last night, too, but with more control, which makes it more fun for me.
We did a bunch of the hits from A Talent For Loving, starting with "Everyone's Ingenue" and ending with the title track. The audience respectfully stayed in their seats, but were all chair dancing the entire show. If you got the IPO program, you saw that, yes, I have given a title to my upcoming album, So Sophisticated. We did the electric debut of a new song called "Huckleberry Finn" especially for the festival as a sneak peak of the material that will be coming your way in November. "Huck" was well-received and the band played the heck out of it. I introduced it as the "dangerous" part of the show. You never know how brand new material is going to go over. I have debuted other songs at IPO with varying degrees of success, but this was a home run. (Thank the Lord!)
The slow jams also went over well. The band brought "Done Lost My Mind" down to a sultry whisper. Very cool.
So here is the set list from last night:
Everyone's Ingenue
Fall Out
Everything My Heart Desires
Huckleberry Finn (debut)
U Had The $
Done Lost My Mind
Supermodels With Gatling Guns
A Talent For Loving
All right. Have a peaceful weekend and watch this space for further LP updates in the coming weeks.
I have been associated with International Pop Overthrow since its inception in '98, with a few years off from '02-'04, I think. But it has been a great way to reach music fans of all stripes and last night was no different. We brought the funk, soul and disco to the party. The lineup included some fun co-headliners: Resonant Heads, Morty Shallman. Everyone there seemed to enjoy all of the acts, chalk that up to Mr. Bash's adept curating of the event.
I was particularly pleased with my vocals. Being in the studio has helped me hone in on using my voice properly, rather than the usual show belting and hollerin' I've done in the past. Don't get me wrong, I did some hollerin' last night, too, but with more control, which makes it more fun for me.
We did a bunch of the hits from A Talent For Loving, starting with "Everyone's Ingenue" and ending with the title track. The audience respectfully stayed in their seats, but were all chair dancing the entire show. If you got the IPO program, you saw that, yes, I have given a title to my upcoming album, So Sophisticated. We did the electric debut of a new song called "Huckleberry Finn" especially for the festival as a sneak peak of the material that will be coming your way in November. "Huck" was well-received and the band played the heck out of it. I introduced it as the "dangerous" part of the show. You never know how brand new material is going to go over. I have debuted other songs at IPO with varying degrees of success, but this was a home run. (Thank the Lord!)
The slow jams also went over well. The band brought "Done Lost My Mind" down to a sultry whisper. Very cool.
So here is the set list from last night:
Everyone's Ingenue
Fall Out
Everything My Heart Desires
Huckleberry Finn (debut)
U Had The $
Done Lost My Mind
Supermodels With Gatling Guns
A Talent For Loving
All right. Have a peaceful weekend and watch this space for further LP updates in the coming weeks.
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