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illacov · 10th September 2008

We're gonna be at Wicked Willie's in the Village. Its at 149 Bleecker Street between La Guardia and Thompson.

I know the spot is sort of popular with the NYU students, partially because of their drink specials and whatnot but, I would be happy to play a broom closet in NYC.

I'm from Syracuse, NY so to me this is a feat. Nice 5 hour drive out of town to do a hip hop show in the big apple, I can't front I'm bugging out over this.

Yeah we're a hip hop group, but we're really a band.

See there's two rappers (Illumination ((me)) and Clam Weezy), then there's two guitar players (Jon and Tom Copich ((Brothers)) and a bassist (Chris Costello) and our drummer (Elizabeth Strodel).

We do all original material, so far the band thing with the rapping has taken off like wildfire for us. Mainly because we record traditional hip hop in the studio and then translate that to the band format for the live shows.

SO soundguys get a good working over because we only use real instruments on stage plus the rapping, so there's the flexibility of a rock and roll or a blues band as far as instrumentation goes. Originally we were gonna run a track and play on top of it but it handcuffed us for ad libs and jamming out, so we skipped it.
We still do typical stuff though, call and response, party songs, songs about girls and shit like that. It still hip hop, beats rhymes and life.

Definitely we trying to keep that Run DMC and Beastie Boys vibe on stage, edgy shit for sure. So far the kids love it.

One thing we've been doing lately is using a trigger on the kick drum.

Man that shit is hot!

We have a Roland SPDS and we run a SM58 from inside the kick drum to a XLR to 1/4" cable to the trigger input. I loaded some huge 808's (right from Gearslutz I think??The Amek set??) and whenever Liz hits her kick you got bottom out the ass on your kicks.

Sounds dope. I would put a trigger on the snare but you'd get that crazy monkey shit if you run a clap track and try to do fills with the trigger on. So we just rock with a maple snare live.

Yeah come check us out if you can make it!

Tony not to be plugging the band, just trying to get some perspective and share a fun experience for me and mine.

Peace
Illumination

10th September 2008	#8
illacov Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,782 Thread Starter	Where we're playing... We're gonna be at Wicked Willie's in the Village. Its at 149 Bleecker Street between La Guardia and Thompson. I know the spot is sort of popular with the NYU students, partially because of their drink specials and whatnot but, I would be happy to play a broom closet in NYC. I'm from Syracuse, NY so to me this is a feat. Nice 5 hour drive out of town to do a hip hop show in the big apple, I can't front I'm bugging out over this. Yeah we're a hip hop group, but we're really a band. See there's two rappers (Illumination ((me)) and Clam Weezy), then there's two guitar players (Jon and Tom Copich ((Brothers)) and a bassist (Chris Costello) and our drummer (Elizabeth Strodel). We do all original material, so far the band thing with the rapping has taken off like wildfire for us. Mainly because we record traditional hip hop in the studio and then translate that to the band format for the live shows. SO soundguys get a good working over because we only use real instruments on stage plus the rapping, so there's the flexibility of a rock and roll or a blues band as far as instrumentation goes. Originally we were gonna run a track and play on top of it but it handcuffed us for ad libs and jamming out, so we skipped it. We still do typical stuff though, call and response, party songs, songs about girls and shit like that. It still hip hop, beats rhymes and life. Definitely we trying to keep that Run DMC and Beastie Boys vibe on stage, edgy shit for sure. So far the kids love it. One thing we've been doing lately is using a trigger on the kick drum. Man that shit is hot! We have a Roland SPDS and we run a SM58 from inside the kick drum to a XLR to 1/4" cable to the trigger input. I loaded some huge 808's (right from Gearslutz I think??The Amek set??) and whenever Liz hits her kick you got bottom out the ass on your kicks. Sounds dope. I would put a trigger on the snare but you'd get that crazy monkey shit if you run a clap track and try to do fills with the trigger on. So we just rock with a maple snare live. Yeah come check us out if you can make it! Tony not to be plugging the band, just trying to get some perspective and share a fun experience for me and mine. Peace Illumination __________________ Langston Masingale Sales and Customer Support @ JJ Audio Mics, USA JJ Audio Custom Mics and Mods!! JJ Audio Mics Email (Langston/Sales and Customer Support) Artists recently recorded with JJ Audio Mics: Ronnie Spector, Baby Bash, Paula DeAnda, Z-Ro, Slim Thug and the list continues to grow... http://soundcloud.com/illacov/jj-cd-vo-demo