Party Mountain & Dan Bollinger: A Conversation
In my ongoing mission to expose the life behind the scenes of Carleton’s native music groups, I was fortunate enough to sit down with Emir Murathanoglu of Party Mountain, a quartet that began last spring. I hope this exposé sheds some light on the highs and lows inherent in the rock star lifestyle at Carleton. So Emir, how long has Party Mountain been a thing? It’s been a thing for about three months now — school wise — not counting this summer. We really hit our peak like week six last spring and now we’re trying to just regroup from what we were before. We were really a crowd pleaser at FarmStock. How many gigs have you had so far? One, FarmStock. Oh well how many practices have you had? No more than six or seven tops: once this term, five times last spring. Do you have any plans to play this term? Eeeehh, we had plans but then half of our band decided to leave (laughs). So now we’re looking for some young talent. So in total how many people are in the band currently? Currently, four are like the core group, or creative masterminds of the group. But we probably need someone to play keyboards or guitar or something so we probably need one or two more people in that band. So how many instruments do you have now? We have a bassist, a drummer, Evan on trumpet and ... who plays saxophone? Justin! Justin! Justin the sax and Evan on the trombone, f**k it, the trumpet. Do you have a logo or anything? What’s your marketing scheme like? Our marketing scheme is like in our first FarmStock concert and I think Stu yelled “Party Mountain!” and did this hand move thing where you imitate a mountain with your hands. 28
