Tartufi is one of the greatest local bands around here in the Bay Area. Co-members Lynne and Brian spoke with me recently about the progress on their new album, their guilty pleasures, and the musical collective they have created. If you are in the Bay Area, you can catch them next at a free show at Cafe Du Nord on Monday, June 23!
Miss Ess: How did you form together and come up with your sound?
Lynne: Like Voltron, just like Voltron. It was a natural progression from the direction we were headed in
musically, spiritually...and Transformerally.
Brian: I saw Lynne play years ago, was blown away by her style and was determined to be in a band with her. Our musical tastes are very close and our vision is so in line it's frightening. Tartufi presented us both with the opportunity to write and play exactly what we wanted without the interference of extra band mates and the burden of unnecessary, inflated egos.
ME: Sounds ideal. How does song writing work within the band?
Lynne: We both bring things to the table and sculpt them into something we are both happy with. Like potato latkes.
Brian: We often give ourselves technical or musical challenges and problem solve our way to writing something we are both excited about. There's a lot of "what if we tried this...?" in our practices. Then we spend the next several hours rearranging our gear, experimenting, studying electricity, and making pained expressions as we try to wrestle our ideas into something tangible.
What do you think of the SF music scene at the moment?
Miss Ess: How did you form together and come up with your sound?
Lynne: Like Voltron, just like Voltron. It was a natural progression from the direction we were headed in
musically, spiritually...and Transformerally.Brian: I saw Lynne play years ago, was blown away by her style and was determined to be in a band with her. Our musical tastes are very close and our vision is so in line it's frightening. Tartufi presented us both with the opportunity to write and play exactly what we wanted without the interference of extra band mates and the burden of unnecessary, inflated egos.
ME: Sounds ideal. How does song writing work within the band?
Lynne: We both bring things to the table and sculpt them into something we are both happy with. Like potato latkes.
Brian: We often give ourselves technical or musical challenges and problem solve our way to writing something we are both excited about. There's a lot of "what if we tried this...?" in our practices. Then we spend the next several hours rearranging our gear, experimenting, studying electricity, and making pained expressions as we try to wrestle our ideas into something tangible.
What do you think of the SF music scene at the moment?