Rock On!

A lot of events were occurring the weekend of May 29-31. Driven Music Conference was in town. I attended the first day of panels and there was plenty of information. I may not have a band touring and some of the information I already knew but I still learnt something knew. 

The evening was spent checking out the showcase at Revolution. I was encouraged to watch the whole showcase and support the last performing artists. Well, I'm glad I did because they are some gems. They had a diverse set from full bands to singers with pre-recorded sounds. 

I felt bad for the singers with pre-recorded sounds because they needed an uncluttered stage to dance to accompany the music. Revolution stage was really maximized for bands and just bobbing up and down. So hats off to Aurora who had been in a dance club with her freestyle like Shannon style instead of playing after the first band and Danielle Lyndsay, who for whatever reason reminded me of Mary J. Blige, closed out the evening. On the plus side, I really appreciate being able to hear the vocals, the lyrics.

Driven 5/29/15

(These are just some of the performances)

As much as Revolution is more accommodating to bands, the music tended to overwhelm the vocals and at times, I didn't know what they were saying so depending on if it had some catchy tune that I liked, later I researched them.

The first band, Above The Skyline ( https://www.facebook.com/ATS13 )  had the most audible lyrics and they were upbeat and quite contagious so I picked up their CD same night.

Then there was Aurora ( http://www.1auroramusic.com)  she started off with her guitar and strong vocal presence then she sung along with her tracks. I would have liked it better if I was going dancing because she had some dancing beats.

Next I liked Death By Paris ( http://www.deathofparis.com). I really liked that lead singer sang unaccompanied then the band joined in. Wow she could sing because the rest of the time she had to scream over the music. I checked them outline but couldn't find that opening song as I really liked it.

The music was overwhelming the vocals even with the amount of mic check between bands. I could hear some of the words of Elevators (http://elevatorsrock.wix.com/elevatorsrock ) but their melody really stood out so I was induced to check them out online and I have to say they got some rocking tracks.

Finally Danielle (http://www.daniellelyndsay.com/), a R&B songstress came on. Revolution was almost empty because people don't stay to the end of the showcase (not even the other performers). She belted her heart out regardless and bounced like she was in a packed club and the club was bouncing along.

Well Saturday I was done and didn't make it to any panels because I woke so late and still had some errands to run. My plan was the panels then the ArtWalk (skip the 2nd day of showcases because my ears can only take so much). I missed the panels but the ArtWalk was fun!

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