DJ Williams Projekt Two days ago on Sunday, December 9th I went with my roommate, to see the DJ Williams Projekt, one of the most popular bands of Richmond in recent times. The group consisted of DJ Williams on guitar, also added vocals from time to time, Dusty Simmons on the drums, Brian Mahne on the keyboard, Gordon Jones on the saxophone, Todd Herrington on the bass, and Mark Ingraham on the trumpet. Café Diem, which holds an open mic night every Sunday, is where this sextet performed for us. It is a small restaurant located on N. Sheppard Street in Richmond. Besides for open mic night on Sundays, they have live music every night of the week.
Concert Critique of Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Dairies On October 24th, 2014, I attended the concert of country artist Luke Bryan at the 1-800 ASK GARY Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida. The title of the concert was “Dirt Road Dairies” where he sang a majority of his new songs off his fourth album “Crash My Party”. Luke Bryan is a solo artist, but does travel with other artists when he performs live. I enjoy listening and attending Luke Bryan’s concerts because I feel like I can relate to him. He sings about everything from love to hunting, but this most common theme among is music is about partying and having a good time.
His first recording was with a group called “A Cast of Thousands”. Needless to say his guitar playing stood out. He started playing a lot of gigs when he entered high school. First, he played with a new group that his brother Jimmie started called Texas Storm. It wasn’t long after he stopped playing with them that he started his own group called Blackbird.
The Dance Ensemble returned once more with a fast paced African piece, also executed with such force and feeling to move the audience. The Dance Ensemble certainly enlightened many through the power of rhythm, dance, and movement. Lastly, the world renowned Morgan State University Choir took the stage with the power to move the entire crowd. They performed a few compelling songs entitled “I Know I’ve Been Changed”, “If I Can Help Somebody”, “His Light Still Shines”, “Set Me Free”, and “United We Stand”, all holding strong to the theme of this assembly. The soloists were absolutely wonderful and the choir was perfect on its own.
Colbie is amazing singer with a great personality. The concert was pack with just about every seat filled. The reaction of the audience was an amazing, we all were singing and dancing to her songs. The audience stood up and swayed their arms to the sound of “Chariot,” and went crazy for Gavin DeGraw’s latest single; the No. 1 hit “Not Over You,” especially when Colbie Caillat came back out to the stage to do the duet with Gavin Degraw.
Concert Analysis At this concert at the Grusin Music Hall on campus at CU Boulder there were three different bands that played a total of three performances. The bands were Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, and Jazz Ensemble III. All of the bands had approximately fifteen musicians that were stacked in bleachers on the stage. I was surprised and a little overwhelmed to see so many musicians playing at once. The first group started off the right foot with an interpretation of the Rocky Theme Song.
With the assistance of his band, the Boss puts on two to three hour concerts and even once a four-hour concert. The E. Street Band and Springsteen is an unstoppable rock machine. Their look doesn’t stray beyond the causal plaid, blue jean, red bandana, or all black dirty underworld 70s “Rock and Roll” experience. When “Born to Run” is performed at concerts it’s done as an anthem. The audience all sing along, lead by Springsteen and the E. Street Band—who themselves are rocking out to it as much as the audience is.
Mark Ranno December 1, 2009 Dr. Aaron I. Hilbun MUL 2110 Concert Report On Thursday, November 19th, 2009, I attended a concert in the FGCU Student Union Ballroom. I watched String Orchestra and Symphonic Band in concert. The conductors were Rod Chesnutt and Troy Jones. Nine pieces were played. Out of that nine, “Forever Holding Close the Memories”, by Richard L. Saucedo was my favorite.
He played the piano and craved to be a singer for the band as well. He started this band at the age of thirteen with intentions to start a neighborhood band. The band moved from a personal band to performing in pubs every week. Stuart Brown played guitar and was lead vocal, and the bass guitarist was Geoff Dyson. Later when their band spread around they received the description of “snobbish soul band.” Bluesology had many offers to be signed to a lot of record companies.
1 Miriam Moreno Woodstock 2 There was a lot of stuff that happened during the 60's. The sixties were about assassination, unforgettable fashion, new styles of music, civil rights, gay and women's liberation, Vietnam, Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, peace marches, sexual freedom, drug experimentation, and Woodstock. (Kopper,2009) All of these things changed the world of music and society. Woodstock was a three day concert, held in Catskill Mountains of New York’s Sullivan country, where people just enjoyed the great music and loved one another. Just imagine being in a concert where there is groovy performers and everyone one is happy and having a good time.