BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RSVP//Portland startup events//EN X-WR-CALNAME:RSVP — That1Guy BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:That1Guy DTSTART:20261210T040000Z DTEND:20261210T070000Z DTSTAMP:20261113T015128Z UID:rsvp-2310@rsvp.local DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, December 9th the Community Center for the Perfo rming Arts presents That1Guy to the WOW Hall for the Salt Snacks Tour. Enj oy this unique musical performance and magic show.\n\nThat1Guy with an ext ensive and amazing track record of unique and imaginative performances fea turing his curious instrument and copious amounts of originality\, Mike Si lverman\, a/k/a That1Guy\, has set himself apart as a true one-of-a-kind t alent that rivals any other artist currently in the entertainment industry . Averaging 150-200 shows a year all over North America and Canada\, he ha s been a consistent favorite at such festivals as: Wakarusa\, Electric For est\, Big Day out\, All Good Music Festival\, Bella\, High Sierra Music Fe stival\, Summer Meltdown\, Montreal Jazz Festival\, and many more. He was also the ‘Tap Water Award’ winner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for best musical act. His legendary collaboration and multiple tours with Buc kethead performing as The Frankenstein Brothers has further cemented his v irtuoso story as a creative visionary.\nHis innovation continues to soar w ith his latest tour\, That1Guy & The Magic Pipe Present: An Evening of Mus ical Magical Wonder… The Likes of Which Ye Haven’t Yet Seen\, which ki cked off in 2014. Along with his pioneering main instrument\, The Magic Pi pe\, a monstrosity of metal\, strings\, and electronics\, he facilitates t he dynamic live creation of music and magic in ways only That1Guy can conj ure. You can also expect to see magic seamlessly integrated into the alrea dy clever performance. With the addition of magic in his live shows\, he h as legitimately achieved an all-inclusive audio/visual performance unlike anything experienced before. “So much of my music has miraculous qualiti es to it because it’s hard to tell what’s going on. There are lots of slights of hand and sonic misdirection. It feels like I was meant to do ma gic.”\n\nSilverman’s back-story is similar to many musicians that have come before him. He grew up a self-proclaimed music geek\, soaked in the influence of his jazz musician father\, and enrolled in San Francisco Cons ervatory of Music before joining the local jazz scene himself as a sought- after percussive bassist. This is where the similarities end though and wh ere That1Guy truly began. “In my case\, being a bass player\, I just fel t very restricted by the instrument itself\,” he says. “I’ve always wanted to sound different and have my own sound. I was headed that way on the bass\, but for me to fully realize what I was hearing in my head sonic ally I was going to have to do it my way.” His influential and innovativ e double bass style eventually evolved into what we see today as That1Guy and The Magic Pipe.\nAs his story continues to develop\, Billboard has fam ously noted\, “In the case of Mike Silverman’s slamming\, futuristic f unk act… the normal rules of biology just don’t apply.” In addition\ , Silverman also has new music and videos in the works for 2015 that will further validate his status as an industry trailblazer. “I like being my own person\,” he says. “I didn’t set out to be a weirdo\, but I’m starting to embrace it.” Ultimately\, his motivation can be encapsulate d as this: “Human beings do our best work when we’re challenged and pu shed up against the wall.” That1Guy goes on to further explain\, “By n ature\, we’re hunters and gatherers\, spending each day looking for thei r next meal. It’s easy to be lazy when you don’t have to come up with something creative right away.”\n\nLearn more about That1Guy online on F acebook\, Instagram\, YouTube and at: www.that1guy.com LOCATION:WOW Hall\, 291 West 8th Avenue\, Eugene\, OR\, 97401\, United Sta tes URL:https://rsvpw.me/events/2310-that1guy-2026-12-09 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR