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Beame & Mencher LLP

Late last fall, Brian Mencher took the stage in the main performance space at
the Living Room, the acoustic-rock incubator that hatched Norah Jones a decade
ago, and a brood of well-regarded singer-songwriters since. He wore the
uniform of the neighborhood (Ludlow Street) and season (the weekend before
Thanksgiving): plaid shirt, vest, moderately distressed jeans, newsboy cap. “I
play a nerdy instrument from my high school symphony, so I don’t talk about
it,” he joked, running through his early musical c.v., _VH1 Storytellers_-
style.

“What is it?” urged the committed late-afternoon crowd, about 20 strong.

“I call it the baritone, but some people say when it’s got the four valves,
it’s the euphonium. Yeah, it looks like a tuba, but it sounds like a
trombone.”

Joining Mr. Mencher onstage was David Beame, whose hair was a bit longer and
curlier and voice slightly more adenoidal. He too spent over 10 years of his
youth studying classical music—“but don’t hold it against me. I don’t even
actually appreciate it that much anymore.” Mr. Mencher and Mr. Beame met as
students in Florida, partnered up back in New York in 2007, and this fall have
hit ...

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