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Burn ā€˜n’ Mahn Experience coming to The Station Pub

pianists Brian Burn and Jamie Mahn take on the crowd at the Station Pub in Invermere this Thursday night.

The Burn ā€˜n’ Mahn Experience will be felt in the valley when pianists Brian Burn and Jamie Mahn take on the crowd at the Station Pub in Invermere this Thursday night.

ā€œMany people are expecting to experience two guys going at each other,ā€ said Mahn, ā€œbut the duel exists between us and the audience.ā€

The duo will arrive with no set list. The music selection will depend solely on audience request,Ā and their repertoire has an extremely wide range.

ā€œYou really can’t stump these guys,ā€ said their agent Wayne Monson. ā€œThey’re constantly rehearsing and picking up new stuff all the time. All the new music that’s out, they pick it up and adapt it to pianos.ā€

They take on any genre from 1920s to the present and deliver it through a state-of-the-art sound system with a Pink Floyd-like laser light show to add visual effects.

Mahn said that, in addition to their pianos, they also employ a full musical production dynamic, which allows them to cover songs with many elements, like Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

The Burn ā€˜n’ Mahn Experience came together in 2012 after both musicians spent decades playing professionally around the world.

ā€œWe found we got along well and made for a good partnership. We’ve grown together and built a great show,ā€ Mahn said.

The pair performed about 150 shows last year, which required around 60,000 kilometres of travel.

ā€œWe have a pretty serious advantage over all the (duelling piano) shows around because we have a set team,ā€ he said.

In order to perfect their sound, the duo set their musical frequencies at 432 hertz, rather than the standard 440. Mahn compares it to a radio signal with some static, which can become clear with a slight adjustment of the dial.

The show begins at 8 p.m. tomorrow night (Thursday, March 12th). Admission to the show costs $20 and includes a drink.