Working in the room, the garage, even a rented studio – if the money is available – is a great way to refine skills and gel as a musician. But the real way of getting those chops up to par and ready for the road or recording studio is performing live. And there’s been no better place in South Florida to do so than the Electro Sonic Workshop at The Library speakeasy in Lake Worth.
The Workshop is held on the last Wednesday of each month and is known for a relaxed, encouraging atmosphere. (A companion event for DJs, Wax on Wax Off, happens regularly at The Library and Revelry in Pompano Beach.) The event’s creator and host, Rod Furious, tells PureHoney that Electro Sonic is “a space where musicians can feel free to improvise, collaborate, try out a new piece of gear or new music pieces. In short, he says, they’re “a place to hone your sound and performance.”
And now they’re a step toward something new: the Electro Sonic Showcase concert at Propaganda in Lake Worth. “This will be a ticketed event with longer sets, a stage, full sound system, visuals, DJs, and some other surprises,” Furious says. “The Showcase is going to be where performers bring their best ideas from the Workshop and present them as a fully realized set.”
Furious, who’ll perform as DJ Furious Rod, plans to do a Showcase quarterly. For the inaugural concert he has picked a lineup of “acts that blend well together, offer a varied musical experience, and were available on the Showcase date.”
The first edition also includes Ates Isildak, Cryptic Dive, LAMINA//0, babygorilla, and Smooth Jazz Johnny. Furious promises an eclectic set featuring everything from ’60s Italian pop to modern electronic instrumentals.
“The Showcase event allows itself to be flexible and open to adding and/or subtracting different ideas and concepts,” he adds. “Each one will be different and hopefully people that can’t make the Wednesday night Workshops can check out the Showcase events since they will be on weekend nights.”
The Electro Sonic Showcase, 8pm Friday, December 6 at Propaganda in Lake Worth. instagram.com/electrosonicwrkshp_waxonwaxoff ~ Abel Folgar
