Tres Gique: Weekend of Win

[mdlbear]

I mentioned a while ago in this post that Tres Gique, the band I started back in 2007, is in the process of re-inventing itself and would be getting together every month or so for regular practice sessions. We had the first one this last weekend.

Wow.

I'm going to skip right to the bottom line. As of Saturday things were still a bit iffy: we sounded like our usual selves: a bunch of filkers who get together the day before a con to practice. But we had fun, and were together enough by Saturday evening that Joyce decided to hit Starving Musician on the way home and get an electric bass. From the first song on Sunday, we sounded like a band. Awesome and win.

Like, wow.

You'll find the links for the weekend here. Start with Sunday. Heck with that; start at the end with Millennium's Dawn[mp3] [ogg].

(More detail to follow, later today and tomorrow.)

Comments

[hms42]

Thanks for the music.

[mdlbear]

You're welcome!

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I didn't know how new that bass was. I agree, it made things pull together beautifully. The stuff I heard Sunday, especially toward the end, kicked ass.

Thanks for letting me listen in.

[mdlbear]

Joyce has definitely found her instrument. It's interesting that it's tuned to the same notes as a baritone uke :)

You're welcome! Next time we'll do that right; the communication breakdowns taught some very valuable lessons about teleconferencing that $COMPANY will be happy to learn.

[brmj.livejournal.com]

Your right; the Sunday recordings are even better than usual. I'll probably have Millennium's Dawn stuck in my head all weekend (again!), though I can't seem to make up my mind as to whether I like it better with or without the addition of the bells at the end. In any case, I definitely notice that bandish quality. If this is the first of the new practice sessions, I can't wait for the recordings a few months from now.

[mdlbear]

*grin* Not sure about the bells myself, or at least that incarnation of the bells. Possibly wants something an octave or two lower, like tubular bells.

By the time Consonance comes around I expect we'll be sounding good.