I’m still catching my breath from the awesomeness that was the second House Show. So much planning, preparation, and practice went into one night that I felt like I’d given birth when it was over; I didn’t know how to feel, or what to think.
Darren came up the day before to hang out, and along with Shane, Blais (his son), and Chris, stayed until Sunday. After the show we stayed up talking, picking Shane’s brain about his composition process and influences. Everything went better than I could have planned, and I’m thankful that so many of my friends were there to share the experience with me.
Meet the cupcakes (from left to right):
Black and White (Belgian dark chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and chocolate sprinkles), strawberry (pure strawberry cake with sweet cream cheese frosting and red sugar flower on top), hazelnut chocolate (hazelnut-chocolate cake with Belgian dark chocolate frosting decorated with a toasted hazelnut on top), vanilla (vanilla cake and frosting, flavoured with Madagascar bourbon vanilla with sprinkles), and key lime pie (lime-infused cake and cream cheese frosting with lime zest).
Shane Watt
I once sent Shane a rough cover I made of It’s A Drag, and he asked me if I wanted to play it with him at the show. The fact that he lives in Montreal means we never had a chance to practice, so I’m glad it went as well as it did. Being able to play with him was literally a dream come true.
Jesse Dangerously + Dangerson Famile
One of Jesse’s rarer songs is Heart of a Girl, which doesn’t appear on any of his albums. It’s a great track that doesn’t get enough attention, so I’m glad he decided to do an arrangement of it. Having the Famile makes a big difference in his sound, cause it adds so many extra layers that you don’t get with a beatboxing alone.
Holocaust Cloak is a great show case of Nic’s skills as a beatmaker. His new gear includes an octave-effect box that drops anything he sings into the mic by an octave, which lets him do baselines with his voice. WANT.
I love the way he dances. Em tells me he’s nervous and shy, and that his confidence is an act, but I don’t believe her. Nic is the man.
Thanks so much for posting this, Jeff! And for the kind words! You fucking killed it at that show, with Shane and with us!
Thanks, Nic, I hope we get to play again soon!
Hate that I can’t listen to the vids since I’m at work (someone sitting right in front of me would be weirded out by the strange earphone screechings coming from my direction)… will watch later.
LOVE the punch cartoon of you, too funny.
Black & White forever. Oh yeah.
To be honest, I thought I’d be partial to Black & White too, but after trying all of them, I wouldn’t be able to choose a single flavour as a favourite if I had to choose.
Where are the cupcakes from???
I’m sad I missed it :(
I got them from The Cupcake Lounge, run by Claudia McGuinness. She’s super nice!
I had to creep Jeff…THOSE CUPCAKES AREEEE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You did so well playing and harmonies.…tear* tear* :)
Excellent work sounds like fun, I will for sure need to attend your next one!
Chantal
Thanks for checking up on me, Chantal. I guess the homework is paying off. :)