Polish Ambassador/Bass Center 2/Kraddy, Archnemesis, Love & Light all in one week.

Elise & me with The Polish Ambassador

Good gosh! My last blog post was February 15th and I have SO much to talk about that has happened this past week! Maybe I need to blog more? Anywho, I went to the Polish Ambassador/Ample Mammal (it's the same guy) concert last Tuesday. About 4 or 5 people opened for him, and when he came on it was kind of sad how small the crowd was. Being a PR major, I constantly am thinking about the promotion of, well everything, so when I am at a show and I see a small crowd, it makes me wish I had been hired to do PR for the guy because I could tell he had talent that could have been advertised to many people beforehand. I got the chance to meet him afterwards and I let him know that he needed to change his Twitter name from his real name to his stage name, because if you are trying to get your stage name publicized, that is what your user name needs to be on something like Twitter, especially if you are just starting out. Despite the small crowd I really enjoyed his music and can see him getting more popular over the next year, as long he keeps up with his social media! Did I mention I discovered him through Pandora? This past summer songs by him would play on there constantly. My favorites are Portal Hopping & Cozza Frenzy by Bassnectar, Ample Mammal Remix that I mentioned in an earlier blog post. Below is a video from the show, it's a Michael Jackson remix.



Next up: Bass Center 2. I'm not sure if one blog post can cover the amount of awesomeness that was packed into this particular night. Being an AmBASSador for Bassnectar's Bass Center 2 required me to be at the venue at 12:30pm. I was on my feet for 14 hours! However, every hour was worth it, and it went by entirely too fast. After orientation of the venue that I thought I was already familiar with because MoogFest took place there, I learned very quickly that there were many places that I wouldn't even have known existed if it weren't for being a behind the scenes ambassador. We got to see all the places of the venue, got to listen to Bassnectar's soundcheck (and other soundchecks too which was SO cool because it was an empty venue, with extremely LOUDDD music) so that really was a great experience - got to be airbrushed by professionals, got to hang out with the Bassnectar crew, obviously including Lorin & got to take an "ambassador family photo" with him ..and lots lots more.. Not to mention making friends that I will have a special bond with forever. Let me just hook ya up with some stuff below.

Bassnectar's Soundcheck

                   

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Dragon we took through 8,000 people

Bass Center 2 AmBASSadors with Lorin, Bassnectar

Bass Center 2 Family Photo

If you are reading this you are most likely my Facebook friend, so check out the rest of my pictures there in my album called BASScApaDes! I took a lot and they all show way more of my night than the ones above. This night really means a lot to me, as I not only got to be part of something that I am so passionate about, but I helped create the craziest night Bassnectar has ever made for an audience. As Lia (Bassnectar's legittt assistant) put it, we weren't just there, we helped make it happen. We created memories for attendees of this event by stepping outside of ourselves to become a creature of Bass culture. We all put on our white costumes with our white matching t-shirts and were vibrant, engaging, beautiful, loud, obnoxious, adventurous, and absolutely fearless! "It is your job to teach everyone that play is an essential part of being human." I'll never forget that quote. Below is a picture of my "crew" & me...running around the venue with what we called "OCTO FUNKA BASS." No we don't even know what that means, but everyone loved it!!! That's what this night was all about. Apparently some people thought it was a spider, haha.

I wasn't just an AmBASSador for this show either as I'm now officially one for any show or Bass Center in the future! I liked how our t-shirts implied this, as it read "Ambassador since 2011". I can't image what this culture will be like in 5 years - even 1 year. Bassnectar is spreading like a wild fire and we all just want it to for the right reasons. As we talked about before the show, we do want it to spread. We want people to come out and dress up and have the time of their lives at these shows - but not because it is what's cool. We want people to come who really love the music and the whole experience that comes along with being a Bassnectar fan. We'll see where it leads us! Check out my videos from Bass Center below. This first one is when we ambassadors got to take this humongous dragon through the crowd. To my surprise, the 8,000 people there literally just moved out of our way! It was insanely awesome! (Remember to mute my music playlist on the top right).

Thennnn, get this! So the Glitch Mob played before Bassnectar at Bass Center 2. Glitch Mob is probably my #2 next to Bassnectar...and I tweeted at them with a video I took at Bass Center of their newest song. Not only did they retweet my video, but they messaged me telling me that they were going to post it on Facebook! Because of this I'm currently at 4,017 views for that specific video! Haha I love it. I'm surprised that they liked this video too because although I have an HD camera, there were so many lights at Bass Center that my camera could hardly focus on what was what. Also, the sound quality isn't perfect, but again, the bass was ridiculous there. (And I would know, I could barely BE in the front at Bass Center without wishing I had earplugs). Anywho - here's that video below!



I personally like this video below better, but I bet Glitch Mob was trying to promote their new song right now.



You can also check out my YouTube Channel kcdavmusic if you want to see my other videos, including some amazing ones from Bassnectar on New Years Eve. I'm also in the making of a "My Life...Your Entertainment" numero DOS that will be extremely better than the last one.

Wednesday night, Bassnectar played in Birmingham, Alabama. Kevin & I jokingly talked about going, but knew it really would have been ridiculous for us to drive 9 1/2 hours when we both had obligations in NC the next day. Sooo we obviously didn't go, and boy am I jealous of the AmBASSadors who did. One of my closest ambassador friends, Eduardo Castañeda went along with 3 other ambassadors that could make it and had the time of their lives. They got to be in front of the entire crowd (like we were supposed to at Bass Center but didn't because of security) got to talk & hang out with Lorin, and got to be VIP at a normal Bassnectar show. This is what I'm looking forward to as an ambassador in the future!!! I. Can. Not. Wait.
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Tuesday, February 22nd, Kevin & I went to the Kraddy & Archnemesis concert at the Lincoln Theatre. I had heard of Kraddy because he used to be a part of Glitch Mob back in the day, but when I spoke to him he really wouldn't give me an explanation why he wasn't anymore? Wonder the story there. ....But anyway, Love & Light played before them both and they were awesome! I was fortunate enough to meet everyone who performed at the Lincoln Theatre that night, and also gave Love & Light some PR tips ;-), which comes to me naturally these days. They actually contacted me on Facebook so I'm excited about possibly helping them out in the future.

Matt from Love & Light

Ryan from Love & Light


After Love & Light, Archnemesis played and they were good. Not as friendly as Love & Light, but their music was definitely something worth going to a concert for! Well, if you like electronic music. :-D

Archnemesis

Thennnn I met Kraddy!

Kraddy

To wrap up, I want to announce that Ultra Music Festival is SOLD OUT and in 28 days!!! Exactly one month away from today! I can't believe it's so close. Seventeen of my favorites are currently playing at Ultra, and apparently they still have a "Phase 3" of artists to announce so I can't imagine who else will be there.

Here are a few of my favorite songs toDAY. They change so much. Tip: probably shouldn't listen if you just woke up...even though I would :-)

Bass Down Low - The Cataracs - Proper Villains Remix
Oh My Gosh - Basement Jaxx - Broke DJ's Remix
Daze - Beats Antique
Animale - Don Diablo ft. Dragonette - Datsik Remix
It Ain't Got a Name - TC & Joker
Sandstorm - Darude - Vaski Remix
Who's That Chick - David Guetta
& then same song as above, but the Afrojack Remix - way more upbeat!

Also, my friend Nick from ThisSongIsSick.Com just sent me about 70 of these stickers. Let me know if you want one!

BYEEE!