The Good Life – September-October 2019

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LOCAL BAND | THE HUMAN ELEMENT I’ve ever conducted, but it was filled with so much laughter, knowledge, and love that I felt like I’d been friends with them for years. What does The Human Element mean, you might be asking yourself? “When we were talking about what we should call ourselves once we decided this was a cohesive unit,” said Kari Marie, “one of the things I thought was quite prevalent is that regardless if we have original music or if we are playing cover tunes is that we each bring our own element or we each bring our own humanity to the songs.” No matter how hard you try you can never recreate what the original artist made, but you can bring your own element to that cover. The Human Element describes their sound as a mix of funk and singer-songwriter. It is definitely music you want to get up and move to and you really feel connected to the band when they play. “The music is so much better when you love who you play it with and love what you do,” said Seth. “It has got to be fun” added Matt. 26 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com
As a group, The Human Element doesn’t take their music lightly but they approach it with a lighthearted attitude and correct their errors with little to no confrontation. “We never dwell on mistakes we’ve made while were playing or after,” said Seth. “ We may chuckle about it after the show, but then (that mistake) will never happen again.” It is easy to tell by talking with one or all the members, attending a show, or listening along in your car that they really love what they do when they are playing together in this band. “We never obsess over how we played in the show, we obsess over how fun it was to play the show,” Matt. “There is always musicians to play with, but there is not always musicians to play together,” added Seth. There is more to just music when it comes to shows though, “The sound and light crew are just as equally important as we are,” said Kari Marie. “It’s not always just that the songs were good, it’s how does the audience look, how crisp was the kick drum, can I hear Matt’s guitar or Kari’s Keys?” added Brant. Everyone brings their own special part to a band whether it is songwriting, composing, or making sure the sound quality is the best it can be. “We’ve been elevated to another level of magical playing since we’ve had Brant,” said Kari Marie. The Human Element is in the process of recording a live album along with their third studio album, the date is not set yet, but you can find their music on iTunes, Spotify, Orange Records in downtown Fargo or at any one of their shows. For all upcoming shows check out their Facebook page and check out some of their live shows on YouTube, you won't be disappointed. • urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 27
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