But seriously, I suppose I should make this thing more professional, since that’s the whole idea behind it. So now, I’ll speak about the bands I just saw tonight with my friend Liz. Amazing. My friend Jess is the frontwoman for Via Audio, and I went out to catch her group opening for the excellent band Walter & the Orange Ocean, along with a band I didn’t even know was on the bill, Elizabeth & the Catapult, who were amazing. Seriously, go and see this band, buy their EP, they’re absolutely riveting live. Without knowing who she was, as she walked by me at one point (before their set), I remarked “hey, I know you! Where have we met? No idea? Must have been some Berklee party..” then watched as she walked onstage & proceeded to rock my face off. Oops. Not to forget my friend Jess, Via Audio was grand, and I was especially impressed by their bass player as well. Knowing that he attended Berklee, I figured that he must have either had a class or taken lessons with Danny Morris, as he has that nice thumpy “Motown” sound happening at various intervals throughout their set. Definitely my favorite bass tone, so kudos to him.
After Elizabeth & co. finished up, I headed towards the back, ostensibly to avail myself of the facilities, and ran into her bassist, Matt Wigton, who I definitely enjoyed watching & listening to, as a fellow upright/electric bass player. We geeked out for a while about bass, music, jazz, & the live music scenes in Boston & NYC, then listened as Walter & the Orange Ocean really got into the meat of their set.
So yeah, I had a good night (best exemplified by the fact that I’m posting this at about 4:30am.
