OOC: The reason I posted this was because I'm trying to practice doing Live RPs again for the big tour I'm about to make, so this is unintentionally crap, please comment.. P.S. I wrote a clue on how the next album would sound, just a hint..
The lights go off, the crowd turns silent, and the mood settles in as JC Anderson and Troy Mascenon of Reckoner strap on their guitars and fix their equipment for their acoustic performance at the Cure For Cancer Festival. It was going to be a 5 song set with a special preview of a new song. The spotlight turns on and focuses on both musicians as they start playing a familiar tune, the riff to Blur. It may be an acoustic performance but JC was still playing his Telecaster, only with no pedalboard keeping the clean tune of the guitar. JC was playing the lead riff as Troy played some acoustic chords to give a rhythmic effect. Troy then started singing in his clean voice shifting from the chest voice up to the head voice with no breaking whatsoever. JC was waving his bangs while playing the iconic riff. The song went on with the soft sounding tune until Troy and JC started a rough yet still acoustic sounding riff where Troy started singing in a rough, angry voice. The people were moving their heads to the song as Troy lets out a powerful belt to end the song. The crowd starts clapping as the words thank you come out of Troy's mouth.
"Good evening guys, well that was a nice way to start of the set wasn't it?" says Troy as he grabs a water bottle beside him.
The wide audience cheered as Troy drank from his water bottle, he then goes on to the mic..
"Well this next song might keep the energy going, it needs no introduction really." says Troy as the crowd cheers loudly.
The next song was Negative, one of the band's most famous songs ever. JC played the arpeggiated chords as Troy strummed away. The crowd cheered even louder when Troy started to sing in his cool, relaxed voice as the song progresses. Even the first chorus was sung softly as Troy and JC lightened up their playing. The song then reaches it's climax in the second chorus where Troy sings in an even louder and aggressive voice as JC starts "abusing" his guitar before coming to a pause as Troy screams a high A4, the guitars quickly return and Troy's sustains his note for another twenty seconds. The song slows down with no more guitar as Troy sings the last lines of the song in a Capella. The crowd cheers as the song ends.
It was continuous, the next song was played after only a few seconds. Troy put his guitar down and stood up as JC played with using finger picking, it was Jeff Buckley's beautiful rendition of the song Hallelujah. Troy showed again his great vocals as he sung the song in a clean, high, and soulful voice, reminiscent of the great Jeff Buckley himself. Troy was so emotional in singing the song that he even knelt down after the final line of the song where he belted out a high C5, a truly beautiful performance indeed.
"This next song was written back in our tour bus and this is the first time we'd perform it live. It's called The Futurist" says Troy.
The song starts with a slow bluesy riff followed by Troy's complex chord progression, consisting of at least 12 chords. Troy sings in a slow and calm voice accompanying the song's slow tempo and bluesy feel. The song's lyrics about a man who predicts the future and starts warning everybody about the problems lying ahead, nobody believes him and they think he is crazy so he is thrown into a mental hospital, but as time goes by, all of The Futurist's predictions came true and the people face the consequences. Troy sings in his head voice throughout the song as the people are mesmerized to the hypnotic riff played by JC. The chorus is consisted of Troy singing in his full chest voice, but still singing in a high pitch. The middle-eight is composed of a blues/jazz fusion with JC going all out on the scales. The solo lasts for only a minute though as Troy sings the chorus one last time until the guitars slowly fade out(the stage people slowly turned the amplifier's volume down). The people in the audience clap as Troy thanks them with a nod.
"Well performing for this festival has been great, we have been able to help a lot of people by doing what we love, which is performing for the people. So thank you to everyone who supported this festival for a cause and we hope that Cancer gets blown away to extinction with our last song. This song was from our album Backstabber, our first number one song in the Top20, it's called Blackout."
The sound of the cool wind rushed through the stage as Troy started playing the arpeggios and JC followed with his riff. Troy then started singing in his emotional voice as the crowd kept silent, adding to the sentimental feel of the song. Troy's voice was shifting from chest to head voice throughout the verses while he sang in an ascending tone for the choruses. The song was so emotional that the people started singing along during the bridge of the song where Troy started to hum the tune. The song then ended with Troy's falsetto and the slowing down of the arpeggios leading to a grand finish. The crowd cheered as Troy and JC bid farewell and went backstage.
