There were several other bands at this one, though unless one of them just blows me away, I’m a gonna stick to writing about Pantree Owl. Concert’s a benefit for the Indiana Forest Alliance, hosted by Rachel’s, and it started right about 8:00, the first band’s sound check may have run a smidge over, but it was pretty close. Not really my thing, and a little loud at times. Good, but not spectacular.
I am very tired and I hope that Pantree Owl is the 2nd band not the 4th.
Oh yay! Ms. Papania is playing a piano and singing… signs look good for operation “get michael home so he can sleep before work!”
Whole band is here today. This should be good. Shortest sound check so far. They haven’t started their first song, and already they are showing much improvement on the “running a good show” aspect of being performing artists.
Sounds like they are about to begin. Time to close my book (Polgara the Sorceress if you were curious.)
The Strings are spectacular. I wish that every band I randomly went out and saw was half as awesome as Pantree Owl.
Oh you know what the internet is for?
No, not that. but that isn’t at all a played out joke. I mean no one has ever quoted avenue Q at me.
No the internet is for letting me direct you to things I am talking about.
Oh one of the songs where they do their sampleing in the middle of the song!
Hum… I think they should have kept the audience request for beer bottles instead of bringing their own (well bring emergency bottles in case, but do the request thing, Possibly seed the the audience with bottles just in case.) (see below)
Oh yeah, talking about…
http://www.myspace.com/pantreeowl especially Horse Song, (I haven’t listened to the version there, but it is listed as a rehearsal. Horse Song is one of their environmental sampling pieces.)
I do eventually want a cd, but I would need a lot more sound system to get any part of the experience of their performance.
Owls and Ostriches:
<3 I have an almost unbounded love for gentle strings in my music. Pantree Owl delivers. Ms. Papania's voice is, as well, most excellent, especially in pieces such as this. (V., B., and really anyone else, we must go to one of their concerts after you get back to school.)
Oh, I was wrong about the song previously. The beer bottle song is coming up. Nevermind. Horse Song! Yays.
This is why I need to be wealthy enough to do things like sponsor artists.
By the way, when I say "environmental sampling, I mean sampling from items in the concert's immediate environment. They also have a lot of sampling from other sources. Everything or almost everything that they play has sampling or sound effects from environmental sources. (Babydoll reminded me of this.)
Their stage craft has finally caught up with Pantree Owl's musical skill. This is a most excellent occurrence, and I am glad that I didn't decide that I was just too damned tired to go to a concert tonight. Now I must post and depart. The sleep monsters are going to eat me.
