2008 Woodie Awards
College crowd thinks jam band is 'All That'
By Lauren Kohout
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: Entertainment
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A handful of the songs featured on Jounce's set list were instrumental, which gave the concert a jam session atmosphere. Songs like "Hypoglycemic" had no vocals but didn't need any either, as Tamberelli and DeSteno rocked out on their guitars and Ciarallo kept the music pumping.
"I want more vocals," Ciarallo said. "None of us are really lyricists. Sometimes the songs become instrumental because they never get written and just become an instrumental song."
Most students filled the Rat anxiously awaiting 'Danny' Tambarelli from Nickelodeon's "The Adventures of Pete and Pete," "Figure it Out" and "All That," but what the audience got was unlike anything they had seen on Nick.
DeSteno spent the night doing some inspiring shredding on his guitar to maintain the songs' enthusiasm and kept the audience entertained with his edgy solos and catchy riffs.
Tambarelli led the vocals for Jounce with his melodic voice that captured the Rat's attention while Ciarallo kept the guitarists' solos in check with his steady beats that had most of the crowd members bobbing their heads or tapping their feet.
Though the specific genre of Jounce is hard to define, it is easy to see that a lot of energy and excitement goes into each note they play.
"There's sort of an improvisational element to it," Ciarallo said. "I played a lot of jazz … Matt played some classical … It just sort of melds into each other. A lot of songs change as we play them live so we can see what works in front of an audience."
Ciarallo added, "The biggest thing we feed off is the crowd. It elevates us; in the moment you don't even realize it."
It was easy to see how Jounce was feeding off the crowd as Tambarelli's dance moves propelled the band's stage presence and DeSteno's facial expressions changed with the tone of the music.
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