{"id":53,"date":"2008-01-24T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2010-10-29T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T19:31:56","slug":"ohmega-watts-at-sobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"Ohmega Watts at S*Bs"},"content":{"rendered":"[audio:03-that-sound-feat-noelle.mp3]\n<p><!-- flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }  --><\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-frame\">\n<p class=\"flickr-frame\"><a title=\"photo sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/richlouis\/2201361046\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flickr-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2348\/2201361046_d3b44aa2db.jpg?w=1021\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/richlouis\/2201361046\/\">Ohmega Watts<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/richlouis\/\">richlouis<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">I can say it must suck to be an emerging artist opening up for another emerging artist especially at a venue such as S*Bs. with a the mix of tables set up for dining patrons during shows and the standing only crowd packed in the middle, you have to work that much harder to get a crowd that is there for an R&amp;B singer (the talented Teedra Moses) and most likely not really into indie ( i have buried the word underground due the wackness ) hip-hop,<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">Brooklyn native <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubiquityrecords.com\/ohmega_watts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ohmega Watts<\/a> did his best to engage this crowd with his 90-inspired beats and rhymes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n<p><a title=\"_MG_2525 by richlouis, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/richlouis\/2208741034\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2384\/2208741034_128263d90c.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"_MG_2525\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Ohmega rocks the crowd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I remembered why I don&#8217;t like shooting in this venue. Between the crowd that felt more &#8220;in the way&#8221; and the darn seated patrons (at a show that should be standing-only) asking me if I will be in the way, it is unforgiving to photographers. Unfortunately, I called it a night before Moses came on &#8212; the one thing I regret doing.<\/p>\n<p>Bigs ups to Andrew Meza of Ubiquity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[audio:03-that-sound-feat-noelle.mp3] Ohmega Watts, originally uploaded by richlouis. I can say it must suck to be an emerging artist opening up for another emerging artist especially at a venue such as S*Bs. with a the mix of tables set up for dining patrons during shows and the standing only crowd packed &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-excerpt-more\"><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=53\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[21],"tags":[1029,92,669],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","tag-hip-hop","tag-live-music","tag-ohmega-watts","post--featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/2201361046_d3b44aa2db.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8EmB-R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157,"url":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=157","url_meta":{"origin":53,"position":0},"title":"Creative Slump Opening Reception June 14th","date":"5 Jun \u201908","format":false,"excerpt":"Creative Slump Opening Reception June 14th, originally uploaded by richlouis. 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