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*1 9 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT I ^ March 1,2000 • the Seahawk OriOindl > Gamsaii vocalist of Calbrt ^ • bv KRISTI SINGF.R Music preview/ review section of: by KRISTI SINGER The Scene Wilffliiigjbon • ••••••••••• Jazz 3000 see- o On Wednesday’s from 6-8 p.m., UNCW can catch “Jazz 3000” on OZ. Junior and psychology major Greg Yeager hosts the show. Some may know him by his radio name, “Zorak.” ‘I try to play a broad spectrum of jazz from the I930’s to the modem jazz which has hip-hop aspects like rap and turntable,” Yeager said. Yeager plays US3 every show, along with Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Miles Davis and Sunny Rollins. “If you’re like me, you kinda get bored hearing the same thing all the time. Pop music gets old, and jazz is a fresh sound,” Yeager said. Yeager is the jazz director of five WLOZ shows. ‘1 coordinate with the record labels and keep in touch with them about new releases and make sure we’re up to date on the latest jazz,” Yeager said. Yeager encourages students to check out the jazz scene in town. “Every one needs to go see live jazz. Especially at the Paleo Sun, and definitely check out Chacapuna.” Yeager has been a WLOZ DJ for two semesters but plans on working with children once he receives his psychology degree. Check out WLOZ online at www.wloz.org. The Wilmington Scene. A different perspective. by ADAMGRANADE Staff Writer Rick D’Angelo of the Exchange Music, has had the opportunity to watch the overall music scene change from the unique perspective of a pro moter and producer. Being involved with the business side of Wilmington’s music sccene fot the past 5 years has allowed him to see the music scene as ' a whole. “I think... it [the music scene] is on a five year cycle. It’s built around to what it was then. There’s more people g now and more venues now,” D’Angelo I said. P When he first moved here the big I clubs in town had closed, sc “Jacob’s Run, which is now called 5 the Metropolis, was a place where all ^ the bands that more than 100 to 1000 seat venues would go,” D’Angelo said. |f?“A band.. .like Nashville Pussy would have played at Jacob’s Run rather than, say, Bessie’s.” Venues like that have come and gone, as within every town, affecting what bands had the opportunity and interest in coming to Wilmington to perform. Two years ago that attracted bands had closed down, allowing venues like Bessie’s and Metropolis to draw the Mike Garrigan, vocalist of Collapsis began playing acoustically in the Chaiie' • Hill area 5 years ago and wanted to start a band. • “I had written a lot of songs and got together with the drummer (of Coiiapsisi^ JScott Carol, who was looking for a new gig. I gave him this tape... it wasavj • polished studio album that I did as an acoustic artist and he really liked it,” ' • Garrigan said. | The album. Lessons ofAulwmi, was a concept album that Garrigan wanted to complete before goingtok'i school. Garrigan was attending UNC-Chapel Hill as a history major. f “I wanted to do a swan-song of my music, the best stuff I had written up to that point. That was the albuu'' and I decided to start trying to play out a little bit and get a band together in the last couple of months I was i'' school,” Garrigan said. | In December of ’96, Garrigan and Carol had their first show with a friend filling in on bass. i “Scott and I were the backbone of the band and we started playing more and more with revolving nw' bers. I made the decision to not go to law school.. .1 talked to the dean and we agreed that maybe it wouldklj best that I pursue music for a little while. So, I took a year hiatus,” Garrigan said. i| “Once you start down that path (law school), it’s harder to go back. And the Dean is really big on tin' students being totally into the program. So I thought that it’d be best that I do music for awhile and see if I oai anywhere. I gave myself a specific time limit to get a record contract.. .by this time about 6 months!«' passed, and we had a record deal believe it or not,” Garrigan said. ' Collapsis connected with a publicist in New Yoric named Jamie Roberts who got the band gigs and stiow i cases in front of “high-powered” people. ' “We really didn’t know what happened, everything happened so fast.. .we went with Cherry Enteitain-I ment/Universal, a subsidiary of Universal, and we signed our deal in November of’97. So, it was lesstbii' year that the band had been together that we inked the deal,” Garrigan said. Collapsis was signed to Cherry/Universal on the strength of “Automatic,” “Superhero,” and “October." For the rest of the Collapsis interview, check out www.theseahawk.org. I mil of the ip larger bands. Places that have not usually had live music have also opened their doors and allowed musical performances on their stages. According to D’Angelo, there is more of an opportunity for the music scene in Wilmington now than there was two years ago. “Now is a great time to be in a band in this town.” Said D’Angelo. D’Angelo’s company organized the Wilmington Exchange Festival, which has also been around five years. “Every one was like, downtown, they want to be downtown. Which is like what was precedent the first year. Ev eryone was downtown,” D’Angelo said. The scene five years ago, according to D’Angelo, was generally a downtown scene. But since then, he said the demand for music and the abundance of bands willing to play in Wilmington spread the scene from the downtown area. What could be considered the Wilmington music scene has spread to Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach and other sur rounding communities. The music within the scene is diverse and vibrant. “Rather than book ing 600 bands, you book 30 really good bands, regardless of their style,” D’Angelo said. by TORI BOONE Staff Writer i 14"' and Charles, tte jRrst CD ftom GieenviUe, NO band The Drive, is filled with great lyrics aboii| love and the struggle with relationships. The dominant instrument in most of the ten ttacks is the guitai | played by J onathaa Lassiter. They remind me of a combination of the Dave Matthews Band and the Pai | McGee Band. TSi® baad sounds so good that it feels like they are performing live in the same room tit I CD is playing. The sixth t|®d^ “Thrown Down,” is loving someone but not being sure if they feel the saiw i This is the only slow song on the CD, but I think it’s the best becaa^ of the beautiful lyrics. Lead singal Rob Tremblay’s sincerity shows through as he sings “So I walk o«^I fall out/I wonder if she loves msl I think too mi^i^I drink too much/ andl^Kv I’m thrown down.” R amphasiying the guitar riffi | the song uses put and dniias to create a lovely, sad mood. Track eighi^ “Thoughts of You,” is^iii^bly the most upbeal song. It’s atoot that soraeoml who has the popBf of making your poblems rti^pear. Thej^j(ar chords are lively and fast as Tremblaj | sings, “When f^feel I might not pull through/ life seems cat Jmd diy/ It all disappears wii| thoughts of you.“f His vocals are router and edgier on this song than on “TlaowniiWm.” but it woi'l well with the fast« beat of the music. Rebekah Dreaii^” the ninth track, is a song that Tremblay wrote about his ex-^pWfend. Tremblay s | loud vocals fit the top^of the song. The electric guitar stands out io this song asl^mblay belts out “WeU I guess I can^pompMo/ The best year of my Ufe/ Sit around here Wiping time/ Wondetii£| how you are.” The lyrics enough to help anyone get overa breakup, iriHH^r it was good or bad The Drive has a great, uniip| sound and uplifting lyrics in eveiy song. j?flliey are extremely talent® musicians who write all their sori^ The CD is definitely v/orth For more information aboH| The Drive, check them out on the Student Voice To be honest, I don’t go to a lot of different bars. I go to The Rhino Club, Charley Brownz and Grand Sharks. My favorite bands are Captain Zippy, Feel Love Fury and the Jeff Debonis Band,’ ior Jason Edwards said.
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