- This is Frank Coppina on drums. Mocha Fukushima playing bass. At Max ET, we're House of Auders. Really,
- really grateful to be here. It's our first time playing at Lotus. I've played here with a couple other
- bands, but first time in this band. This is our baby that we've been working on for 18 years. So that's
- pretty crazy. We have a bunch of records and vinyl.
- and all of that stuff over at the artist's merch tent. We'll be over there afterwards in that room.
- So come say hi. We can sign some stuff. And it's very important that you get it. I mentioned it at the
- earlier show because after our show, we're going to Madison tomorrow. After our show in Madison, these
- guys fly out from Madison, but me in a Prius with this thing and too many boxes of merch. It's going
- to be really tough, actually. We were looking at it like, okay, how are we going to do this?
- And the only answer is we got to sell all the merch. So yeah, that guy's getting like nine CDs. It's
- really a pleasure to be here and to offer our music to all of you. What we do, we'll talk more a little
- bit about some of the things that are behind the music, but the last piece of the song called Hang in
- the Air is dedicated to the absolutely amazing 55 Bar in New York City.
- village that got this club, it has birthed a sound and it was around for 108 years until about like
- two years ago. And now it's fancy sushi and or a Jamba Juice. I mean, so it's like, you know, it's very
- crazy. But the point of bringing that up is that even something as institutionalized as 108 year old,
- like very important place for jazz and jazz history is very fragile. And so
- Lotus, as established as it is, and as many patrons have been coming over the years, people behind the
- scenes can tell you it is also very, very fragile. So everybody that, what you all are doing right now
- is exactly what you should be doing. But tell your friends, keep getting people out here, local live
- music. Don't take this for granted. It's just, this theater could be a really fancy sushi spot, so.
- Balcony sushi.
- That would be the name of it. That would be the name of the place. It would be called Balcony Sushi.
- It would be like 45 bucks for, anyway. We're going to play a song from our most recent album. Got nominated
- for a Grammy, which is pretty exciting. Yeah. It's a complex feeling. We could talk about it afterwards.
- But it's over in the merch tent. It's called Unbecoming. This song is called Avalok.
- Thank you so much. That song is called La Semana. We haven't played that song in a long time. It's awesome
- to revisit. That kind of is a good tie-in, actually. Almost like I planned that. Spontaneity. That's
- a major part of what's going on on stage, a lot of improvisation.
- trying to essentially be a practice of presentness, trying to get really to the crux of the moment.
- You know, in that space, there's nothing that exists other than the moment. You know, there's no ego,
- because it's, you know, ego's, I will be awesome, or I was awesome, but now it's just like alive. And
- so that aspect is actually a major part of what fuels Indian classical music, as well as many other
- musics from around the world. But with my background there, it's been something that's been kind of
- a guiding force musically and otherwise.
- So what we like to do in our set is take a moment and create something just now, just for y'all. Never
- to be repeated again. Can't be repeated again. I wouldn't know how to do it again. And that's something
- that's kind of beautiful, right? It's just like, it's really just for here. We don't need to be anywhere
- else, but just here. So we can all kind of go on this little journey together and see what happens.
- It might be awful.
- But it's not about that, right? It's about the practice of it. It doesn't really matter. It's like if
- we're going into it, the judgment of it is irrelevant. Judgment, again, is similarly kind of like the
- opposite of what we're trying to get here. We're really just trying to get to a place of just existing
- creativity for the sake of creativity for no other reason. For 10,000 years, people sat under trees
- and made music. They weren't doing it for TikTok streams and Instagram likes. It's mostly just
- trying stuff you know and so we're gonna we're gonna try stuff now and and thanks for making a warm
- place for us to attempt this thing appreciate it
- Once again, that's Frank Opina. Moe to Fukushima. We're House of Waters. We have time for one more short
- one, we can do that? One more short one? Yeah. We're going to be hanging out at the merch tent. Please
- make my ride home more comfortable in the Prius.