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| Self Portrait’s style blending lends to
distinct sound |
by Kevin
DeLury
Senior Staff Writer |
So what do you do once you’ve
brought North Carolina some of the most devastating hardcore on
the East coast, backed by a live show known for its fair share of
spin kicks to the face?
FFor Joel Collins of Bloodjiin, you drop your
microphone, pick up a bass and start a band that is on the complete
opposite end of the musical spectrum.
Hence, Self Portrait was born.
Originally, the band contained members of Bloodjinn
and fellow triad band, Alli With an I. “We started the band
as a joke,” Collins said. “It was going to be something
fun. We were all about writing pop punk. Then over time we really
got into it.”
Since then the band has gone through numerous lineup changes, including
members of The Manhattan Project and This Runs Through.
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| Symphony orchestra in tune to classical music |
by Stephanie Marshall
Staff Writer |
Impressing girls is not an
easy task, but the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra concert tomorrow
in Rosen Concert Hall is a perfect and easy way to show a date a
night of sophistication.
“The concert will be a remarkable musical event and guys, a
great way for you to impress the girls,” Director of orchestral
activities and Conductor of the orchestra Mr. James A. Anderson
said Monday.
The orchestra consists of 80 members with 90 percent music majors
and the other 10 percent composed of other departmental majors,
faculty/staff, four high school students and one middle school student.
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| Townhall performs in Boone Oct. 11 |
by Dusty Teng
Staff Writer |
Alongside the band’s
drummer, a guitarist plays the trombone, a bassist plays percussion,
a trumpeter strums the mandolin and a flutist plays the accordion.
The Philadelphia-based quintet Townhall displays versatility and
variety on stage while each of the band members exchange one instrument
for another.
“I think they’re the best band in America,”
Townhall booking manager Derek Dorsey said.
Townhall began in 2000 when drummer Kevin Pride
and banjo player, bassist, guitarist, percussionist and vocalist
Tim Sonnefeld were living in the same dormitory at University of
the Arts in Pennsylvania. Mark Smidt, who sings and plays the trumpet,
bass, flute, guitar, chromatic harmonica, accordion and percussion,
lived down the hall from Pride and Sonnefeld.
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