THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2
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ondary to these guys who are engaging their audience by talking to them," Schulte said. "They are letting these people request songs and they're letting them dance next to them."
Song requests, Marzette said, are essential to keeping the crowd dancing and he encourages any and all dance moves.
Marzette and Birdsall bring their energy to #ASSJAMZ as the emcees, but off the stage, Sloane said they're pretty calm and tend to do their own things, like write music.
Their music tastes extend much further than the hip-hop they play at their events. Marzette said he's been grooving to blues lately such as Stevie
Ray Vaughn. Birdsall said he's been listening to "doomy" rock such as Black Sabbath.
The two have played together in the rock bands Sovereign States and My Brother, The Vulture, but shows didn't garner nearly as large of a crowd as #ASSJAMZ.
"It's forever a blank canvas to express ourselves in many different ways," Sloane said. "We can do whatever we want and people will still show up."
At the 2013 New Year's Eve event, Birdsall requested a confetti cannon and they've starred in several promo videos. Even so, Sloane said they treat #ASSJAMZ as a responsibility to Lawrence.
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