Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Mile 29 performs at a concert outside the Delta Chi house to benefit victims of testicular cancer. The Oct. 4 performance was moved to the Palm ' s after noise complamts. photo hy Man Frye Mile 29 drummer Brent Vogt plays durmg a performance Oct. 4 at the Delta Chi house. Mile 29 practiced at least once per week to prepare for performances, phoio hy Man Iryr Prank Money drummer Brian Jewell accompanies bass pbycr l ob Hischen. The band occasionally pcrfonncd at the VAii . pftaiohY Mail l ryr 1£:

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' ' ' ,■ - ' -♦•■■■J ' . ' 4 tn f iTlrtlgart It s good to have a local resource; otherwise we would be headed out of town. 55 John Kizilarmut ROCKINO AAARYVILLE ' S MUSIC SCENE i ontmued fntm fwnr If Paiva and Steffens, Chad Gamhlin, lead ami rhythm Kuiiar .ind lead viK ' als; Brent Vtigt, drums; and Jimmy Tliompvin, lead Kuitar and haclcKtound viK ' aU made up the hand. There are not very many hands like us, with actHulics, sax and only our own music, Gamhhn said. Mile 29 ' s style was similar to thai of I )avc Matthews Band, Jack Johnson and John Mayer. 1 don ' t know what you would call our music, Stcffcas said. We are Mile 29 music. We are taking a different path to get our name out there hy having mostly original vmgs and doing few covers. It ' s a tough way to do it hccausc there ' s no crowd involvement hecause they don ' t know our songs. The hand said they hoped their unique style would take them to the top or at least out of Maryville. After the school year, most memhers would part ways hecause of graduation. However, Gamhlin knew that he would always he doing music. Pretty much it ' s like, do you want to work for somebody all your life, or do what you want to do. ' Gamhlin said. Short-term goals included progressing with their music and getting their name out to the public. Steffcns said another goal was to get big enough to make Paiva stop playing in various other bands in Maryville. He is just trying to find the best band, hut we are trying to reel him in all the way, Steffens said. Another band that Paiva played with was Ethos. They had a musical genre all their own. The kind of music we play is undefined, drummer John Ki:ilarmut said. We purptisely play outside of any genre. Our musical goal is to stretch listeners ' ears to music they normally wouldn ' t. Paiva and Ki:ilarmut joined lead guitarist and vtKalist .Austin Howell, bassist Craig Buhman and keyKiardist Jeremy Meyer to form Ethos in August 2002. A one-time gig at The Pub in mid-September turned into a biweekly show. Ki:ilarmut said they got really good reception, which came as a surprise. Their goal was to have audiences appreciate a wider spectrum of musical possibilities. An example of this style was the adaptation a i f simple blues tune into a complex jaz: piece. Band influences included Medeski Martin WtxxJ, Herbie HanctKk and other funkAvip sounds. 124 Music ' s Vlike Smith made the funk pop sound that filtered through The Pub every other Thursday possible. Smith was linked to success of all the bands in Maryville; he supplied the bands with various performance equipment. It ' s gtxxi to have a local resource; otherwi.sc we would be headed out of town, Ki:ilarmut said. Thtwnpson, of Mile 29 also appreciated the support of 1 24. Even more so than the Kxal bars, though a huge help, 124 has been the most avid supporter of Uxal bands. Thompstin said. Smith, the Kx:al venues and the bands all came together to bring musical aid to Maryville. No matter how much success these bands reached, they had the opportunity to say they helped turn MaryNillc ' s musical black hole to a shade of gray. |:H