Alex Ruthman: We hope we don't drive away Bastiaan's audience before his piece starts.
(laugh) It'll be different here because we get a lot of reverb and bouncing back. It should be cool.
Are you anticipating anything different about this performance-- how will the dynamic change as a result of the location?
Alex Ruthman: We hope we don't drive away Bastiaan's audience before his piece starts.
(laugh) It'll be different here because we get a lot of reverb and bouncing back. It should be cool.
Chris Peck: I think the fire organ is a big draw, so maybe we'll get a different audience. We've kind of been on the outskirts of the festival.
Steve Rush
How do you feel before the performance?
Steve Rush: Very nervous. Not on purpose, but I think that if you're not nervous before a performance it's probably a good sign to quit. (laugh) I always get tense. I like to just call it excited. It's probably nervous & excited. I'm really excited. I'm jazzed.
Can you tell me how this performance might differ from the others?
Steve: Context. We might be concentrating a little harder-- sort of all or nothing at all. It's the last show of the tour. (laugh) But I think it's mostly about context at this point. Chris said this is like performing on Mars, with the rockets & the red dirt & whatnot... kind of an outerspace thing.
Is that why you wore your green sneakers?
Steve: Exactly, I am a Martian on Mars.
post performance:
How was it?
Steve: Oh, it was good for me.
Feel good?
Steve: It was very interesting.
Interesting how?
Steve: I think it worked well, actually, but I don't want to tell you everything.
Tell me everything. Come on...
Steve: Allright I'll tell you. The last 4 pages were completely upside down.
Chris: Could have been part of the composition.
Steve: Oh, might have been a gift. I'd have to ask these guys, but it took very little to start playing the piece upside down.
Alex: Oh no, not a problem.
Chris: I was surprised!
So were you actually playing it upside down, or reading it upside down?
Steve: From the bottom up-- sort of Chinese.
Chris: I thought that was the best we played.
Steve: Oh yeah, oh yeah.
How do you guys feel?
Chris: We came through adversity together & succeeded.
Alex: Now we're ready to hear the organ.
It seems like people were fairly perplexed, yet enjoying themselves.
Alex: Yeah, we got a good crowd response. I was surprised.
Chris: What I noticed was that the children completely got it.
Steve: This is very good. I'm feeling better about the performance.
Better since when?
Steve: Since I quit playing. It's what happens-- cycles are very strange, very funny. It's kind of interesting to talk about it.
