Music, for many, is what makes the world go round. This year, Muncie's music scene has taken leaps and bounds to be heard and to be recognized. With the addition of a Web site for the Muncie community (www.TheMuncieScene.com), as well as numerous shows, this has been a prosperous year for the local music scene.
Deric Shannon, who has given much to the Muncie music community in the past few years, is offering the student body one last gift before he goes. Shannon and Tyler Watkins, who has recorded and mixed several Muncie bands' albums, have compiled 21 tracks from different local bands on one album (many of which are exclusive to the compilation). Titled the "Workman's Comp. 3.5," the album is a continuation to compilations Shannon has released in the past on his Wooden Man Records label.
"I just finished 'Workman's Comp. 3' and realized that I could make a comp that was just as diverse and good," Shannon said, "but only include bands from Muncie (instead of the whole Midwest). Being rather proud of the music scene here, I just decided to do it."
The album as a whole highlights the different styles and backgrounds of Muncie's music community.
"(The comp) is good all the way through," Eric "Doog" Alexander of the band Clearance said. "It's an accurate representation of the eclectic Muncie scene."
The album is indeed an example of the different music that local bands have to offer. It features everything from metal, to punk, to electronic-influenced rock, to indie-rock and a plethora of other genres.
"The Muncie scene is a really diverse group of musicians," Dustin Cox of NewClear said. "It seems to be several scenes represented in one... Of all the many places I've been Indiana, and Muncie in general, just seems to produce the most talent." Tommy Miller of Oblique adds that, "Muncie is special because we are a small town with a ton of bands that span all genres and manage to represent all of them well."
The new Workman's Comp. wastes no time showing off the unique talent of many of Muncie- and Ball State-bred bands. This album is likely one of the most significant things that the local music scene has ever created.
Corresponding with the new compilation, Wooden Man Records and TheMuncieScene.com are throwing an album release show. What has become to be known as "The Mother of All Shows" will be just that; featuring various different bands that are on the album itself.
The Mother of All Shows will be held Sunday at the Tally. There will be two stages: One band sets up while the other is playing, which will make for a continuous flow of music. There will also be merchandise booths by Wooden Man Records, Perpetual Motion Records, VORSYD Records and Technologies and there will be jewelry sold as well; there may even be a blood drive.
"The thing that is special about the Muncie scene to me is that it is a pretty young scene," Jon "Crafty" Rogers of the band Everything, Now! said. "There are bands that have been around for a long time, but as far as indie rock and underground music, I think this town is just getting off the ground."
This particular show and compilation may help to do just that.
"Pound for pound, Muncie kills other music scenes," Shannon said, and the Mother of All Shows, along with the album, intends to prove that. The caliber of talent on the bill for April 25 transcends both genre and expectation. The Mother of All Shows lineup carries on the diverse spirit of the Workman's Comp. with a lineup that has something for everyone.
"(The show) will be a great chance for people to see the diversity of the different caliber of bands in Muncie," Amy Venderley of the People Bomb said. "I'm really excited."
The Mother of All Shows will be everyone's first chance to purchase the new Workman's Comp. Perhaps Rogers gives among the best reasons for going to the show: "Come to the Mother Of All Shows, or everyone will laugh at you. You may not notice it at first, but eventually no one will talk to you, and your teachers will flunk you, and even your pets will stop answering when you call them."
-----TRACK LISTING FOR THE ALBUM-----
1. days and nights in the skeleton crew - i don't wanna die tonight
2. the lou reeds - mathematics
3. everything, now! - double bath
4. sabbabanks - plankton
5. arcade - ode to a fallen idol
6. archer avenue - catherine, i'm in the arms of a woman i hardly know
7. clearance - factory farmers daughter
8. the retreads - hello again
9. crusoe - nautilus
10. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
11. mantis - evolver
12. epoch inversion - shut up if you want to live
13. the 3 hour turd - my roommate was fucking my x-girlfriend
14. the common - monument
15. the people bomb - refuse, resist, revolt
16. brazil - the way to dusty death
17. newclear - 80 miles to vegas
18. oblique - presence guiding
19. hellwinkle - yesterdays news
20. material culture - leave and not look back
21. ...revel in the morning - god + america
-----SETLIST FOR THE SHOW-----
6:30-6:50: Hadassah Wax
6:50-7:10: The People Bomb
7:10-7:30: Clearance
7:30-7:50: The Common
7:50-8:10: Hellwinkle
8:10-8:30: Crusoe
8:30-9:00: Everything, Now!
9:00-9:30: Oblique
9:30-10:00: Arcade
10:00-10:30: Mantis
10:30-11:00: Archer Avenue
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-----EXTRA INFORMATION FOR SHOW-----
Sunday, April 25
Tally (Student Center)
Music starts at 6:30
$5
2 Stages!!!
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