{"id":17280,"date":"2023-09-06T14:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=17280"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:38:29","slug":"that-band-honey-performs-and-shares-music-industry-stories-in-class-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/that-band-honey-performs-and-shares-music-industry-stories-in-class-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"That Band Honey Performs And Shares Music Industry Stories in Class Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

California rock group That Band Honey<\/a> visited with Performance Studies students Friday afternoon as part of a new collaboration between the Texas A&M University School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> and Grand Stafford Theater<\/a> in Downtown Bryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band played a free show later in the day at the venue for the monthly First Friday<\/a> event, which was co-presented by the school. The series will continue with First Friday shows and campus visits from Americana singer Josh Langston in October, soul artist Simone Gundy in November and DJ\/live band Ultraviolet in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four That Band Honey members \u2014 Nils Allen \u201cBooboo” Stewart Jr. (vocals), Ryan Cook (drums), Nico Aranda (bass) and Davin Baltazar (guitar) \u2014 spoke at Andrea Imhoff\u2019s Music and the Human Experience class. They discussed how the group formed \u2014 they\u2019ve been friends since their early teenage years \u2014 their songwriting process, the Internet\u2019s impact on music and navigating the music industry. They also performed two songs, including a cover of The Cure\u2019s 1979 classic \u201cBoys Don\u2019t Cry.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis will be on the final,\u201d Cook joked, sparking laughs from the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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