Mash Bros. mix hits
Mash-ups rock a sold-out concert
JT Treadwell
Issue date: 10/9/09 Section: Arts & Entertainment
On Oct. 3, the Super Mash Bros. rocked the college community in the Intramural Gym. With over 700 tickets sold and 500 people in the gym at one time, the explosive mash-ups from Nick Fenmore and Dick Fink blew the minds of those lucky few able to gain admittance. Their mixes ranged from Imogen Heap over Chingy, to Kanye over Coldplay.
At the start of their set, they suffered some technical problems due to certain malfunctioning pieces of sound equipment. However, after a bit of tweaking, they got everything back online. They turned the volume right up to 11 and played a two-hour set.
By all accounts, the concert was a success. The crowd was loud and responsive, knowing most of the lyrics to the mashed-up melodies and enjoying the showmanship of the college-aged Super Mash Bros.
The hype for the concert wildly underestimated the popularity of the event. "We honestly had no idea it would produce this much excitement around campus," said SEC President Pat Glennon. "We were originally going to have them in Falstaff's, but some folks involved decided that the small gym would be more accommodating. They couldn't have been more correct."
While conditions may have been hot and sweaty inside the concert, the two DJs said they could not have enjoyed themselves more, even with the cross-country journey necessary to get to Saratoga Springs.
"The hardest thing about being on the road is just the sheer amount of traveling," Fink said. He goes to school in Portland, Oregon, so he flies across the country on the weekend to play shows before coming back on Sundays to prepare for classes.
The 19- and 20- year-old duo go to school during the week, fly out on the weekend, blow some other school away and still have to be home to make sure they get their homework done. Fink and Fenmore have been mashing together for almost two years since they started this project, but they still fondly recall the band's creation.
"At the time, we were both DJing separately with other people, but we were always big fans of each other." Fink said. "We actually decided to start mashing as a dare from a friend of ours."
At the start of their set, they suffered some technical problems due to certain malfunctioning pieces of sound equipment. However, after a bit of tweaking, they got everything back online. They turned the volume right up to 11 and played a two-hour set.
By all accounts, the concert was a success. The crowd was loud and responsive, knowing most of the lyrics to the mashed-up melodies and enjoying the showmanship of the college-aged Super Mash Bros.
The hype for the concert wildly underestimated the popularity of the event. "We honestly had no idea it would produce this much excitement around campus," said SEC President Pat Glennon. "We were originally going to have them in Falstaff's, but some folks involved decided that the small gym would be more accommodating. They couldn't have been more correct."
While conditions may have been hot and sweaty inside the concert, the two DJs said they could not have enjoyed themselves more, even with the cross-country journey necessary to get to Saratoga Springs.
"The hardest thing about being on the road is just the sheer amount of traveling," Fink said. He goes to school in Portland, Oregon, so he flies across the country on the weekend to play shows before coming back on Sundays to prepare for classes.
The 19- and 20- year-old duo go to school during the week, fly out on the weekend, blow some other school away and still have to be home to make sure they get their homework done. Fink and Fenmore have been mashing together for almost two years since they started this project, but they still fondly recall the band's creation.
"At the time, we were both DJing separately with other people, but we were always big fans of each other." Fink said. "We actually decided to start mashing as a dare from a friend of ours."
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