Showing posts with label David Pond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Pond. Show all posts
Graffiti and Music on Sat.
Straight up bro fest yesterday, with a bunch of dudes painting and rocking out to some classic hits from the likes of Dooley-O and even some KMD / MF Doom type stuff playing on the ones and twos. Arts organization Hi Cru painted their headquarters / homebase station on Water Street while Stereomedia Audio Team Captain David Pond and Legendary SpacePirate showed up with the TDI Wagon to blast some tunes real loud. That's about when the few remaining females at the event decided it was time to leave.
That was not by design, however. You should have been there. In total, there were 10 people at this event. If this video gets more than 10 views, then we've successfully drawn interest into a moment; a point, a location; and a place in time for an event which would have been lost in history. Forget about that. In the time it took us to show up, set up, turn everything on (and turn everything up), we were ready to rock from the beginning.
More where that came from.
Hi Cru Graff Jam Success
Music Scene Sunday Special #1.
Stepkids Perform at RealArtways Hartford from #NHV Music Scene on Vimeo.
As promised in a previous article, we bring you another MusicScene short. This time, we take you to Hartford to watch the Stepkids perform at RealArtWays. There's even a glimpse of the #nailsacrossamerica mobile manicure salon, which was an interesting feature, according to another local pioneer of mobile commerce.
The Stepkids are a nationally recognized music group on the label Stone's Throw. Some of its members are from the greater New Haven area. Their projectionist David Pond currently lives in New Haven and is even mentioned on their Wikipedia page.
Most interesting in this video is the recollection of Dan, the bassist, of their performance at this year's 2013 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee which boasts an attendance of 80,000 people every year [wiki]. As he recalls:
"Because of the rain, everyone ended up packing in under the tent. And we were also the first music of Bonnaroo, so literally every note had more meaning. When I fierst jumped up and played one note on the bass just to check it, people were cheering. Then I went up to the mic and timidly, I was like, "one two." Then the sound guy [sic] grabbed the mic, and he was like "ONE TWO!" And everybody went crazy. So just before we even played it felt like the spirit of rock and roll was in the building." (@1:07)
Featured in this video:
- The Stepkids Band
- RealArtWays in Hartford
- Bonnaroo Music Festival
and some other mentions to: - Phil Lique, an artist in New Haven
- Best Video, a video rental shop in Hamden
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Homeboy Sandman Interview
David Pond, projectionist for The Stepkids, a band signed to Stones Throw, interviews Homeboy Sandman, a fellow artist signed to the same label, in the Cafe Nine Parking Lot.Find out why Sandman dedicated his last album to Kool Herc and guess his next move as he travels across the globe, touring and making waves, playing music from state to state.
If you missed this show, you also missed Mega Ran as well as Open Mike Eagle.
David Pond will take you on a tour of the Local Scene. You also missed local performers Northern Lights. The event was pieced together by Sloppy Seconds.
Stay tuned for more interviews.
Fun Fact About the Background Music: @ChldActr's Max Heath produced an album of instrumentals for Stones Throw artist "WildChild." This album has never been finished and this is a sneak peek at the beats. Examples are found in the background music of this video. You should learn more about ChildActor.