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Non-student acts dominated the show during The Project’s third night as the Portland-based group 4 Fold and the Boston-based duo Alex Rosenblatt and Colin Graebert advanced to the semi-finals.
The two acts beat out four other groups or individual performers in front of a crowd of about 50 Tuesday evening in Memorial Union.
Rosenblatt and Graebert received a perfect score of 40 from the judging panel, the first time in The Project’s three-show history. A crowd of about 50 watched the six acts perform in Memorial Union.
Rosenblatt and Graebert performed two original songs, “RCJ” and “Carnival.” Rosenblatt did most of the singing and played the guitar while Graebert played the piano.
“We were quite surprised, but we’ll take it,” Graebert said of the perfect score.
“Under the circumstances we played pretty good . . . the piano was rather drastically out of tune,” Rosenblatt said.
The duo, originally from Bangor, had an energetic group of about 15 in the crowd to support them. This vocal group of fans certainly helped give the duo a crowd-favorite feel.
The Project is a talent show for acoustic acts, both bands and soloists, spanning three months with a total of six shows. Tuesday night’s show was the third of four knockout rounds, with the top two acts from each night advancing to the semi-finals. Four acts will then advance to the finals where each act will be given 20 minutes to impress the judging board.
The other advancing band of the night, 4 Fold, received a score of 34 from the four-panel judging board.
“I thought we played OK tonight. There were a few minor spots where we messed up,” Sean Snow, the band’s guitarist and lead singer, said.
4 Fold was the only full band of the night, featuring two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer. The band played two original songs, “I’ll Be” and “Expectation,” which will be featured on the band’s soon-to-be released demo.
The band, comprised mostly of seniors from St. Joseph’s College, made the two-hour drive to play a 10-minute set. The band found out about The Project through St. Joseph’s student activities office, which gave the band a flyer about the contest. 4 Fold will be playing Friday night in Manchester at Uptown Tavern.
4 Fold and Rosenblatt and Graebert will perform at the semi-finals of The Project on March 30.
Other acts of the night included Chad Haynes, Mike Mathien, guitar and harmonica-playing David Richardson and the duo of Josh Seiler and Andy Dresser. All performed original songs.
The night featured many humorous moments, between Richardson’s lyrics of “You didn’t do nothing, but I did it twice” in his narrative song of sex entitled “Loretta” and Mathien’s song about talking on AOL Instant Messenger, “Repeat and Rewind.”
Seiler and Dresser also worked the chorus of R. Kelly’s “Ignition Remix” into their song “Uninterrupted,” in which they changed words to take a stab at R. Kelly’s child pornography charges.
The last quarter-final round of The Project will be held in Memorial Union on March 23.
Bangor Daily News