{"id":9935,"date":"2014-11-12T06:06:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2014-11-10T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T20:09:31","slug":"downtown-mischiefs-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/11\/12\/downtown-mischiefs-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Mischief\u2019s community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the best bands start as people just jamming together. In the case of Downtown Mischief, a local funk\/rap band that\u2019s been creating beats and sharing their soulful rhythms over the past few years, jamming is how it all began.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met through jam parties,\u201d Jameson Daniels, one of the band\u2019s main singers, says. \u201cWe started playing music together because there were jam parties happening, and then everybody would just get in there together.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the beginning of a beautiful musical relationship and a small-community feel that comes out when the band is together.<\/p>\n

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The many faces of local funk\/rap band Downtown Mischief (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are all a community,\u201d says Ollie Mckee-Reid, one of the band\u2019s vocalists. There are the good vibes everybody in the band possesses and the lively colored handprints and psychedelic sea creatures painted throughout the walls of Downtown Mischief\u2019s jam space. But there\u2019s also the importance of names.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a tribe, you know? Everybody\u2019s got their own thing,\u201d says Mckee-Reid. Each member proudly wears a nickname, founded on individuality and inside jokes.<\/p>\n

Every member of Downtown Mischief has the same love and passion when it comes to creating and playing music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not racing, we\u2019re not running and competing with people,\u201d says Daniels. \u201cThere\u2019s always somebody that can say, \u2018These people are better,\u2019 or, \u2018Those people are better.\u2019\u201d Daniels ends off with a quote a fellow Downtown Mischief musician said to him the other day, which sums it all up: \u201cOf course you\u2019re in the middle: life is just a riddle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downtown Mischief
\nFriday, November 14
\n$5, Felicita\u2019s Pub, UVic
\nfelicitas.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of the best bands start as people just jamming together. In the case of Downtown Mischief, a local funk\/rap band that\u2019s been creating beats and sharing their soulful rhythms over the past few years, jamming is how it all began. \u201cWe met through jam parties,\u201d Jameson Daniels, one of the band\u2019s main singers, says. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-november-12-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t