Tritone was insane last night. We've never had so many people there on a Thursday night, and I don't think it would have been possible to fit more in. Hugs and kisses for everybody. We broke some other records too, like number of new tunes debuted at a single show. A few times every Tritone, we try to play music that we haven't played in public. Sometimes, it's music that we've never played together as a band. The amount of shouting and pointing ("the bridge!!! go to the f-in' bridge!!!") definitely increases during those moments, but we've got to feel out our new tunes live. Audience feedback is huge. If people stop moving, or begin deserting us, well, we know that something's not working. But many times, we've gotten a warm reaction and felt very affirmed. So thanks. We're listening to your listening.
The reason why we debuted so many new tunes and arrangements is because we're going into a studio on Sunday - two music industry majors from Drexel, Jeff and Emil, are recording WPO as part of their senior project. For us, it means an oppurtunity to record some of our new material, so we're gonna record these: 'Cala Daichovo' - a classic Romanian song called Calasul, which is typically played by cimbalom and fiddles, but which I (Gregg) arranged in a 9/8 rhythm called daichovo; I also alterred the harmony. 'Ileana' - a Romanian song we learned from Romica Puceanu; it'll be a duet for Petia and Jack to sing. 'Az Ti' - a Bulgarian song which I've also arranged. And then we'll try out some new tunes - Larry Tofts' 'Sedam Lavavu,' which is an odd circus romp in 7/8, and Brendan Cooney's 'John Petit's Big Dinner.' And hopefully we'll have enough time to plough through some other tunes we've been enjoying playing lately.
Thanks to everyone who came out last night and made the evening so fun and amazing. Thanks for bearing with us as we tried out some of the new tunes. We hope to see everyone on Feb. 27th at Rotunda. Info on that coming soon.
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