Saturday

Yacht Rock played two shows at Venkman's Saturday night. The first show was "unplugged," the room was emptied and filled with new humans, and then the second show commenced.
First show: the unplugged set was in the style of the MTV Unplugged series from the 90s, i.e. acoustic guitar heavy, drums and synthesizers light. Difficult, I would say because so much of the keyboard stuff has synths and electric pianos. We took our own approach, so I avoided using my top keyboard and the EWI. Bencuya used his Wurlitzer electric piano instead of his usual stuff. Mark Cobb was mostly down front on bongos and hand percussion.
It was definitely something different! With our overall volume being softer and the crowd being seated, the vibe was much more intimate. It was pretty cool. The only one that really concerned me was the solo on Africa, which I always play on EWI. For this show, I played it on flute, which because of the way I play it, felt like it was down a whole …
First show: the unplugged set was in the style of the MTV Unplugged series from the 90s, i.e. acoustic guitar heavy, drums and synthesizers light. Difficult, I would say because so much of the keyboard stuff has synths and electric pianos. We took our own approach, so I avoided using my top keyboard and the EWI. Bencuya used his Wurlitzer electric piano instead of his usual stuff. Mark Cobb was mostly down front on bongos and hand percussion.
It was definitely something different! With our overall volume being softer and the crowd being seated, the vibe was much more intimate. It was pretty cool. The only one that really concerned me was the solo on Africa, which I always play on EWI. For this show, I played it on flute, which because of the way I play it, felt like it was down a whole …