Not so regular music
Brian Cetina, Design Editor
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Campus Life
The message conveyed in Pete Nischt's 10-song album details how mixed up and unpredictable life can be. Life is strange.
The 10 tracks on "Life Is Strange" are both intensely energetic and mellow. Tonight at Peaberry's Cafe, Youngstown State University students will get to hear the album acoustic.
Originally from Medina, Nischt started writing the album over two years ago when he was just 18. "Life is Strange" shows all the qualities of a masterpiece. The melodies, which after one play are already running back through your head, and the honest heart-to-heart lyrics show the power behind the album.
Nischt's personal messages, delivered in this album of amazement, translate into a universal appeal. He takes his music personally and puts his life into what he writes.
"I'm not like those artists who sit with producers and co-write an album," he said. "This is all from personal experience in my life."
In a world where music flows together and sounds much the same, Nischt goes in a different direction. With indie-folk influences like Ryan Adams, Feist and Rufus Wainwright, Nischt puts an emotional, yet unique, spin on his music.
The record itself wouldn't have been the same without the brilliant talent of producer Chris Badami, who also produced alternative bands like The Early November and The Starting Line.
After dropping out of college to pursue recording and touring, Nischt became the first member of the 2006 roster for record label Regular Music.
The label was co-owned and operated by Ace Enders and his wife Jenn. Former member of the Drive-Thru Records band The Early November, Enders started a new project — Ace Enders and a Million Different People.
Enders was so impressed by the demos Nischt handed to him at a show that he started a label just so Nischt could enter the studio.
"Ace told me he liked it so much, it made him want to start a label," said Nischt.
After a short stint, Regular Music disbanded and Nischt was the first to go.
The 10 tracks on "Life Is Strange" are both intensely energetic and mellow. Tonight at Peaberry's Cafe, Youngstown State University students will get to hear the album acoustic.
Originally from Medina, Nischt started writing the album over two years ago when he was just 18. "Life is Strange" shows all the qualities of a masterpiece. The melodies, which after one play are already running back through your head, and the honest heart-to-heart lyrics show the power behind the album.
Nischt's personal messages, delivered in this album of amazement, translate into a universal appeal. He takes his music personally and puts his life into what he writes.
"I'm not like those artists who sit with producers and co-write an album," he said. "This is all from personal experience in my life."
In a world where music flows together and sounds much the same, Nischt goes in a different direction. With indie-folk influences like Ryan Adams, Feist and Rufus Wainwright, Nischt puts an emotional, yet unique, spin on his music.
The record itself wouldn't have been the same without the brilliant talent of producer Chris Badami, who also produced alternative bands like The Early November and The Starting Line.
After dropping out of college to pursue recording and touring, Nischt became the first member of the 2006 roster for record label Regular Music.
The label was co-owned and operated by Ace Enders and his wife Jenn. Former member of the Drive-Thru Records band The Early November, Enders started a new project — Ace Enders and a Million Different People.
Enders was so impressed by the demos Nischt handed to him at a show that he started a label just so Nischt could enter the studio.
"Ace told me he liked it so much, it made him want to start a label," said Nischt.
After a short stint, Regular Music disbanded and Nischt was the first to go.
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