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The Concord Experiment
1+ albums
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What happens to a person when they find themselves caught between the chaotic freedom of youth and the hard realities of adulthood? The certainty of small-town life and the anonymity of the big city? Or the love of someone from the past and someone who could be their future? These are some of the difficult questions that Daniel Longmire addresses with his debut album, Venus Motel. Operating under the stage name of The Concord Experiment, Longmire’s restless ambition has created a diverse collection of songs, many of which were over a decade in the making. The long road to Venus Motel began for Longmire at the age of four, when a family vacation to Jamaica ignited a love of reggae, his first real appreciation for any genre of music. From there, years of piano lessons introduced him to the world of Bach and Mozart, as well as disciplined practice habits and musical theory, concepts that would come in very handy as a songwriter in later years. Reaching the rebellious teenage years, Longmire decided to leave his training behind and cracked open his piggybank to buy a second-rate bass guitar and amp. Collaborating with lifelong friend Ryan Metheral on guitar, the duo set out to find their own sound, using the title of “Mimesis”, which means “the representation of nature and human behaviour through art”. One year later, Longmire rescued his brother’s rusting acoustic guitar from a bedroom closet and taught himself some rudimentary chords out of a book. Combining elements of folk,
