The Tiny Desk series became a prime venue for artists seeking an authenticity baptism.
But for pop artists, it has become a tool with a very specific utility: demonstrating in-the-room chops.
You don’t have to perform with acoustic instruments on Tiny Desk, but musicians often choose to.
But Tiny Desk offers the perfect venue to present himself as a genre-transcending renegade.
But Fred Gibson aimed his music at a Tiny Desk funnel, performing alone at a piano amid a nest of samplers and synthesizers.
Persons:
MTV’s, ”, Post Malone, There’s, Usher, Anderson, Paak, Malone, Fred Again, Fred Gibson, Gibson
Organizations:
Post, NPR, Las
Locations:
Las Vegas, British