Live at Next Big Nashville 2009
Debuted: December 21st, 2009
The Non-Commissioned Officers — Turn Me Down and Fade Me Out
Next Big Nashville is the local rock scene’s equivalent of a high school prom. After (hopefully) getting a desirable date, everyone gets gussied up for a be-all-end-all ball. Artist passes are donned like corsages and spiked punch is widely abounding to dull the senses. Bands participate in hopes of getting laid, so to speak, by some facet of the music industry, but mostly end up hanging out with same clique they see daily in the schoolyard before going home with blue balls. If that isn’t a microcosm of the music industry then I don’t know what is. It’s also a good weekend to party like a Viking and see all your friends’ bands play out over the course of 72 hours. –Adam Gold (A Non-Commissioned Officer)
Gallery:
The Session:
Live at Next Big Nashville 2009
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DaylightBad Cop -
Glow in the DarkElle Macho -
Heart and Hope to DieTristen -
Turn Me Down and Fade Me OutThe Non-Commissioned Officers
About:
For 96 hours during the fall, Nashville by and large belongs to those of us
involved in the local music scene. Next Big Nashville is our time to be in the
spotlight, to network and have lotsa good times in the process, enjoying the
spoils of corporate-sponsored open bars and swag bags. From Wednesday through
Saturday, we own this town.
For most of us, NBN is an event we can all rally around, even if our band didn't get picked to play or our company was passed over to host a showcase. It is an entity that is greater than the sum of its parts. Utilitarian by design, we all benefit from NBN's continued growth and stability.
If nothing else, the festival has forged a connection between our scrappy little music scene and the government and corporate institutions that do, in fact, run this town. These partnerships and sponsorships are key to the long term health of the event. As the economy continues to strengthen, I can only hope that Next Big Nashville will see a surge in its financial partners - both in number and in wallet size - to ensure it becomes a premier event for years to come. Because without such support, some of us little guys would be out in the cold.
This year, we here at Lake Fever Sessions were fortunate enough to co-sponsor a showcase with our muck-raking brethren from Nashville Cream. With a lineup that featured tight sets from How I Became the Bomb, Non-Commissioned Officers, Tristen, Elle Macho & Bad Cop, the event was a success and warrants being shared.
For this installment of Lake Fever Sessions, we're getting outside of the confines of Lake Fever Productions and bringing you our first live, on-stage experiment. The fine folks at Mercy Lounge were kind enough to let us film the first few songs of each set, while FOH guru Chris multi-tracked the noises coming from the stage. The results? Well, we think they speak for themselves.
Thanks to Steve Haruch and his team from Nashville Scene/Nashville Cream for being our co-sponsors for this event and to J.M. Wilkins and everybody from Next Big Nashville for making this happen. A huge shout out to Mercy Lounge's Chris Wilhelm for tracking the audio and to our pal Brandes Holcomb for checking levels and grabbing a camera. And of course, many thanks to all the bands for making music worth documenting.
-Joe Baine Colvert
For most of us, NBN is an event we can all rally around, even if our band didn't get picked to play or our company was passed over to host a showcase. It is an entity that is greater than the sum of its parts. Utilitarian by design, we all benefit from NBN's continued growth and stability.
If nothing else, the festival has forged a connection between our scrappy little music scene and the government and corporate institutions that do, in fact, run this town. These partnerships and sponsorships are key to the long term health of the event. As the economy continues to strengthen, I can only hope that Next Big Nashville will see a surge in its financial partners - both in number and in wallet size - to ensure it becomes a premier event for years to come. Because without such support, some of us little guys would be out in the cold.
This year, we here at Lake Fever Sessions were fortunate enough to co-sponsor a showcase with our muck-raking brethren from Nashville Cream. With a lineup that featured tight sets from How I Became the Bomb, Non-Commissioned Officers, Tristen, Elle Macho & Bad Cop, the event was a success and warrants being shared.
For this installment of Lake Fever Sessions, we're getting outside of the confines of Lake Fever Productions and bringing you our first live, on-stage experiment. The fine folks at Mercy Lounge were kind enough to let us film the first few songs of each set, while FOH guru Chris multi-tracked the noises coming from the stage. The results? Well, we think they speak for themselves.
Thanks to Steve Haruch and his team from Nashville Scene/Nashville Cream for being our co-sponsors for this event and to J.M. Wilkins and everybody from Next Big Nashville for making this happen. A huge shout out to Mercy Lounge's Chris Wilhelm for tracking the audio and to our pal Brandes Holcomb for checking levels and grabbing a camera. And of course, many thanks to all the bands for making music worth documenting.
-Joe Baine Colvert