Let’s Make an Album!

Overview

“Let’s Make an Album!” is a new immersive performance series by Philadelphia Pop-Punk outfit “Happier Than Ever”, attempting to break down the wall between artist and audience. Join the punk trio as they lead an evening of songwriting essentials, guiding the audience through the process of crafting a song from initial idea to the first draft. Featuring vocalist and guitarist Jaden Alvaro Gines, bassist Charlotte Horansky, and drummer Connor Gotham, the band will guide the audience through traditional songwriting structure, lyrical storytelling, and investigate the choices that are made behind each step of the songwriting process. Through audience suggestions and collaboration, the band will create a full length song from start to finish LIVE on stage each night, with the audience credited as songwriters! By the end of the performance series, the hope is to create a small album’s worth of music to be released following the completion of performances, with the audience members being given writing credits. The goal is to erase the line between the artist and the musician, and begin the audience’s participation in the work from the very beginning. Part performance, part workshop, part improv show- get your notebooks and pencils ready, because it’s time to make an album!

 

Jaden Gines is a participant in Philly Fringe Postcards, peer-to-peer review experiment created for the 2025 Fringe by Savannah Reich.

About the Artist

Happier Than Ever is an (ethical) Pop Punk band hailing from the great country of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Made up of 3 best friends from college, Happier Than Ever is a mix of pop punk, punk, emo and alternative, focusing on themes such as heartbreak, loss, addiction, the American dream, and the queer experience. They have released two singles to date, RIOT! and Save Me, which can be found on all streaming services now. Their debut album Somewhere, Someday is set to release in late 2025. They have had the pleasure of playing in the Philadelphia D.I.Y scene as well as across New Jersey and Doylestown, performing with bands such as BLUSH, Left on the Right, Attack Dog, and FROGGY respectively. Find them at @happierthaneverphl on instagram!

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