An Afternoon of Music at the Library

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Walking into the Orlando public library on Friday, June 11, one might think that an entire band was performing in the library’s main lobby.

Upon further inspection though, only local songwriter and guitarist Tavie Basarich was on stage.

Basarich was able to create multiple layers of sound, producing hip hop beats with a foundation of blues inspired chords.

“My biggest influences are Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Radiohead, and Timbaland,” said Basarich.

Basarich continued to say that the beats of Timbaland’s music heavily inspired his own art, and audience members became aware of this fact when Basarich used his own recording system to beat box live beats.

“It was great and I really liked how he beat boxed over the guitar playing,” said audience member Teresa Hawkins.

Basarich’s performed for almost an hour playing a few covers of popular songs but mostly playing originally written music.

“I thought his whole performance was nice and I enjoyed the music,” said audience member Greg Collins.

For more information on upcoming performances and music samples by Tavie Basarich, visit www.myspace.com/TavieBasarich.