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I STYLE I BANGOR DAILY NEVAS i FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2003 he explained I just let it come out and don't worry about how long it takes I hang with it until I get the feeling right It takes longer but the songs are better Crenshaw is a big fan of instrumental music including classical and jazz He written a number of incidental music pieces for the HBO hit and the City" He also included two instrumental songs on his new album the Sun and Big Heavy Hot BANGOR VABI TV erpandmg ns aAenmcm and evening news broaden to indude a 5 pjn toow WAB1 TV the Bangor CSS affiliate found on in northern eastern and can tral Maine added fir Ul pn hlM The news show will include wenher sports local fee -CBS BvetJvNews1 pjL WAB1TV will rely oa lsaQuos pay ao mu attention to news horn southern Maine and even New Hampshire we realise that focal news cower BUpCFtSfll Magazine Connnutd from Pagt CT utciian WCSH booh and 5:30 pm NewsOnter broadcasts will co-host TOT" with Kathleen Shannon who worked for the station from 1985 to 1999 The station will also hire three add) Upnal producers he said will not follow a rigid format Thazton stressed Some evenings there will be two three or four preproduced segments interviews with in-studio guests will be featured other evenings And live remote features will also be a staple the great thing about being local" Thaxton said can turn on a dune The show will begin with a brief news and weather update One show might feature a ven minute debate on the proposed casino in Sanford while anoth er might include a behind the-scenes took at a local resiau rant a lot of things going on at 7 pm Tharton said such as fairs and lwe entertainment that could be featured live on The station's reporters no place for corporate radio in my Marshall (jmshaw have a respect for those who came before he said much of American culture embraces shallowness but I like to hear something that's got some substance to it These artists understand themselves and where their music comes from" This helps to explain Crenshaw penchant for cover tunes especially On his new album he performs his versions of Bootsy Rather Be With You" and Prince Me With How does he know when he can adapt someone song? don't put any thought into it" he said hits me as an impulse something draws me to it I get a feel for it and figure out whether I can perform it kind of trial and error" Crenshaw keeps his music fresh by just letting it evolve naturally have a natural drive to make music" he said been in me all my life 1 just let it happen and don't let calculation come into it I'm willing to let it change organically over time always learning always wanting to learn Tickets for the Marshall Crenshaw show at 8 tonight are SIT and are available at The Grasshopper Shop in Bangor Brewer Middle School and at the door For information mil 98H8640 Crenshaw Continued from Page C7 got up in a circle and played the musk and record ed five songs in IS Crenshaw recalled in a phone interview from his Brooklyn home loved working that way A lot of records are done piecetaeal as 1 had to do early in my career I hate mak mg music that way When you get a group of people in a room and get the interplay going you can feel the energy from other people and that makes you feel better That being said Crenshaw plays his live shows solo these days accompanying himself oo a hollow-body Gibson guitar shedding a backing band about three years ago like the freedom and sim plicity of he explained focus has to be com pletely on at all times You can let your mind wander It sounds really great and there's a real sense of in tuna cy in the Playing solo has helped Crenshaw as a songwriter as well caused me to take a sen ous look at my song catalog to figure out which songs still held something for me which that I could still put emotion into Now I'm determined to make durable songs so I would still feel something from them 10 years down the line I try to make every line Still he said songwriting comes easier to him now than in his younger days didn't understand how songwriting worked for me" are often in the field in the early evening anyway he said The idea for came when station management analyzed viewing trends in the Channel 6 market NBC's News" broadcast is the mo watched 6:30 pm news show in the Port land market viewed by nearly 120000 households But at 7 pm WCSH loses about 70 per cent of viewers to other syndi rated shows according to Thai ton on us for not having an interesting and compelling show to keep them he said The success of Maine which is seen by viewers of WLBZ and WCSH on Saturdays at 7 pm made Thaxton confident about was an indication that local trumps he said of the ratings Green's Maine' received the latter named by his 4 year-old son Dean expresses emotion and instrumental music stirs your imagination without a fixed story he said totally in the mind of the beholder It's another way of communication The singer songwriter is also considered to be a pop scholar who has written liner notes and the book a history of rock in film So no surprise that the artists he enjoys are ones with a sense of history as well a listener 1 am drawn to artists that I do get a sense of depth of knowledge from who Duo Mason plays upright bass a lot and 1 sing play guitar and key boards So even though a lot of electronic stuff coming actually writing songs rather than just instrumental loops Mogul Wenddl business Canary Promotion Design Wendell admits that with the band and the business she and Mason log a lot of hours together though overall it works in their favor been playing together a long time and I think that's really a benefit for us because we know each other so well not only per sonally but also musically" Wen dell says know what his instincts are as a musician and also what mine are and they really work well together" The Method and Result performs at 1 tonight at Cafe Nouveau 84 Hammond St in Bangor Fbr information mil 9423336 Visit wwwmethodandresultcom for more about the band The Daily Cmswonl ihallengn year knowledge every dtymtht ftinaor Oailu-Kmis For home delivery can 9908040 Puzzled from other places still a lot of live playing onstage" The couple now lives In Philadelphia where in addition to making music together they have day ob6 running their own Continued from Page C7 musical approach and The Method and Result was bom Now die couple collaborates to create multilayered futuristic pop rock and hope to have a foil length album completed this fall She writes the lyncs and melodies and together they flesh out the songs by incorporating electronic samples manipulated bits and pieces of sound recorded at home or and just about any place indud ing a (jaw in Kentucky just find things that make noise (in order) to record them and then put effects on them and make our own sounds Wendell says have one song where all the drum sounds are matte from a broken light bulb" Incorporating so much tech nology does haw disadvantages been a little difficult just to figure out how it all works best and get the sounds right cm stage" says Wendell once we have that and we start playing Mason and 1 really like to perform and I feel like we get that across to the audience even though it's just two of us because we do play a lot live Commercial Residential A fie Hardwood Floor Service Professional Flooring All Types of Wood Floors Installed Sanded Refinished Repair Vou Can Call For Free Estimates Serving Central Eastern Maine 151 High Street Toll Free 1-866-667-01 12 Ellsworth ME 04605 Cell 460-6262 me 667-1012 DAVID'S Wil QUILTS Quitting ffinw GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Maine Window Sun room in the Brewer Shopping Center on Wilson Street in Brewer! 2008-1 oRd PfcuttimWiI Computer Guk 2 drawer end pull-out keyboard tray 848-7222 603 Coldhrook Rd Hermon Open Wed-Sat 10 am -3 pm Wy nwWI 119 Only While Supplies Last Tour our NEW showroom featuring Bettorliving Patio Rooms and the all NEW Owens Coming Basement Finishing System I Bnng this 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