Saturday's show with Chiddy Bang rocked! to say the least. Performing in front of a sold out Cornell audience was wild --- a thrill and simultaneously a lot of pressure, yet the sick reception we got made all the work that went into this show so worth it. Seeing all my Cornell peeps holding the new D.O. posters and a ton of new peeps rocking out was quite inspiring. The show even got a nice full-page feature in Cornell's Daily Sun student newspaper, huge props to them!

Our set consisted of a mix between current and new songs, the last of which was previously unperformed and is DEFINITELY unreleased. Figured it'd be interesting to post what we performed:
1. Intro over DJ Grumble beat
2. How to stay young
3. Postcards
4. Life is like a Music Box (unreleased)
5. Gone to Dubai
6. Old Armor
7. Garden of the Gods
8. Keep Your Friends Close (unreleased; will be on next new project)

I shook hands with Chiddy and Xaphoon, had a quick word with their tour manager, and watched their tight set from backstage with Kia, Dj Grumbs, Chiddy's posse, and Chance Fisher who rocked his set right before mine. A group of Cornell hip-hop thugs/producers/rappers/DJs and Chiddy Bang's entourage. It was a cool aesthetic. In quick reflection, I remember my (hands-down) favorite moment of the show:
As "Keep Your Friends Close" approached it's final buildup (just piano and drums and vocals), me and kia each grabbed our micstands and set them up in the front of the stage. We clapped over our heads jumping-jack style as I recited the relentlessly emotional lyrics to the chorus over and over, and the entire crowd joined in enthusiastically. To have my emotion reciprocated by such a large audience --- bam. mad powerful. Let's leave it at that.

Thank you SO much to everyone who helped out with this show --- from Flynny to Earmuffs to Grumbs to Tara & Julia to all of y'all who made this experience as amazing as it was.

As DJ Grumble once said, "to the top!"
-dyl