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Practicing with about one-eighth
ften found practicing in While Practicing with the band.
· basement at Brent Wadman's Sen ior Jon Freidman takes time to
Jse is the band We the People. (Not practice some tricks such as twirling a reason for wanting to be in a
ture Justin Nigro) (K . Mahoney)
. .
, "
of his keyboard equipment is Senior Dave
Minter. Minter also does some of the lead
vocals. (K . Mahoney)
Talent Shows Style
-kem mahoney-
People with various talents ented people together and
chose to develop them differ- work as a team." Senior Dave
ently. Some students even de- Tuma said " I liked being in a
cided to create bands. Most of band for personal satisfaction."
the bands from the school Junior Chris Saub agreed that
formed within groups of musi- " it was great ge.tting to per-
cial friends. Through pratice form in front of a crowd an get-
and organization groups such ting to see their reaction to our
as We the People. Treefrogs, music."
and Vet to be Named pulled Some of the groups wrote
together. It wasn't long before their own songs. Senior Dave
they were making music. Minter said, "The key to writing
Each band had a variety of a good song is first finding a
music that they chose to play. melody and building on it . Try to
We the People played a mix- find a hook and make it all fit to-
ture of Alternative and Top 40 gether."
(Mainstream Rock). Progressive Bands tried to make a profit,
Alternative was commonly especially for the high cost of
heard from The Treefrogs. Vet new equipment. The Treefrogs
, to be Named preferred to play played with three other bands
Pop, and Hard Rock. This var- at the American Legion Hall. All
eity of music determined that three groups played at Chris
they each had their own sound. Saub's house for a House Party
Senior Jon Freidman said. in Jan.
" We were more of a band to No matter the occasion or
play than to please. We didn't reason of forming a band, they
want to be a duplicate of R.E.M said they all enjoyed playing in
or INXS . we want to sound like front of audiences. e
ourselves."
Each person had a different
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drumstick. (K . Mahoney) band. Senior Justin Nigro said.
" It's fun to get a bunch of tal-
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