…I just stumbled upon these photos. Phil and I were invited to England on Valentine’s Day, 20o9 to open for platinum-selling artist Sandi Thom. Absolutely one of the biggest professional honors opening up for this fantastic performer.
Many thanks to the brilliant folks at Pocklington Arts Centre.
Our Silly Faces...
Sandi and I
Click here to see the album.
While perusing my Twitter (haha, that sounds funny…) I saw that well known Canadian blog site, “Toronto Music Snob,” posted on Purple. Said it was “worth the price,” which is also funny and clever. I was honestly hoping for a more in depth review but grateful for the positive press nonetheless…
Click here to read the brief but honest post.
Yes, Purple is still “pay-what-you-want.” We’ve had such a good response with this price structure and it allows for the individual to come away happy every time. No very immediate plans of changing it.
The New Live EP
Today, the three live bonus tracks originally included free with the Purple’s download for a payment of $5 or more are available on iTunes and the like for individual purchase.
The live EP (called “Tristan Clopet & the Juice Live! – clever huh?) is listed at $2.97. That’s £1.87 for my British friends and 2.15 European Monetary Units for my countrymen and fellow European friends.
The album consists of two recordings from our 2009 Summer Tour and one from our “homecoming” performance in Miami shortly thereafter.
Click here to see the album.
The Juice very proudly features:
Rich Chwastiak on Percussion
Alejandro Elizondo on Keys and Guitar
Colin Veit on Bass
Daniel Hammler on Drums (tracks 1 and 2)
and Jordan Bernstein on Drums (track 3)
Recordings were done by Michael Weiss, Esq. and Ken (thanks!) from Southpaw in Brooklyn. Mixing and mastering done by Robert Dante.
Lastly and most importantly, I want to especially thank everyone who have come to see us. Not just in the recordings but any show ever. Playing music is fun but sharing music with others is blissful. I and the guys are really proud of this one and we sincerely hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed playing it.
I wish everyone happy warmth as I write to you from sunny Florida. We arrived home yesterday and were greeted by a stale house smell, no food in the fridge and a mountain of bills. I love being a touring musician!! Seriously though, we all already miss the road…We had some great shows and met a ton of new people and for that we’re truly grateful.
We got incredibly lucky with the weather. A few flurries for ten minutes in DC was the only sight of snow or ice. Actually, we got very lucky with everything on this tour. We unfortunately won’t have any cool “road stories” but I’m sure we all secretly prefer it that way.
As for the music, I truly didn’t know what to expect. Having never played as a trio before, we rehearsed a fair bit but come our first stop, we were still a little curious of how this new “slim fast” version of Tristan & the Juice would go over. Encouragingly, we’ve found that the more intimate shows can be as powerful as the rocking out “bass and drums in your face” shows, if not more. It’s hard to recreate the personal releationships developed in toned down shows. I’ve also noticed a much greater musical integrity. The audience is more prone to listen to the music instead of just hearing the vertebrae of the songs.
I know a lot of the guys liked playing in NYC, (we went on after a girl we saw just a few weeks before open for Citizen Cope which was cool) but as always, my personal highlight was Raleigh. The only thing I love more than that place is the people living in it.
Next up…we’re getting the BAND BACK TOGETHER!!! I’ve written 6 or 7 new songs that we’re going to try and weave into the setlist for this winter’s shows. Writing for the next EP (or full-length) is moving right along. Constantly working on the Living Room Sessions and we’ve got two music videos (So Alive and Proximity Bomb) we’re filming/editing…
Work work work – play play play
T
p.s. Purple is out now. You can get it on TristanClopet.com for whatever you’re willing to pay… Do it now…only two more weeks until the offer expires…
I’d like to introduce you to this new project we’re working on. It’s called ‘Living Room Sessions.’ What happens is, I play a song that’s been already written by someone else (preferably a popular one) and put my own spin on it, then put it on YouTube.
The idea behind it was of course to help spread the word about Duende and Purple (out very soon) but also as a bit of a weekly homage or acknowledgement to some of the artists that I look up to.
Plus, it’s fun.
Our first episode was a rendition of Bon Iver & St. Vincent’s “Roslyn” which was written for the new Twilight movie. Our video coincided nicely with the movie’s international release and in just a couple of weeks, we’ve eclipsed the 25,000 mark, a number that laps several times our next most viewed video. Coupled with a few marriage proposals and a hundred incredibly flattering comments, we’re humbled by its immediate success.
Our next two episodes (Cornerstone by the Arctic Monkeys and Here Today from Paul McCartney) though not on such a torrid pace are doing nicely, and I think we’re all pretty happy about the exposure these performances create for our original music.
So if you’re one of the 25,000, thank you for bringing what is, by the numbers, the greatest success we’ve had in our young career. Everyone has to start somewhere and we are so glad you’re along for the ride.
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