Ginger Root on Audiotree Live (Full Session)

[Music] good afternoon and welcome to audio tree live today is Wednesday November 28 2018 and we are thrilled to have in studio ginger root y'all can go into your first song [Music] [Music] so asking [Music] see Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you're watching audio tree live we're hanging out with ginger root what's up guys we're so stoked to have you in studio today what's going on hey thanks Emily we're excited to be here so I heard that you have a Christmas song coming out on Christmas card vinyl what is Christmas card vinyl and what's the song called it is it's like a regular post card but print like pressed like a vinyl record so you can actually throw it on your turntable it's not the best sounding but it's a really cute pictures of us it's got really few pictures of us and it's a cover of the Stevie Wonder song what Christmas means to me that's awesome this sounds dumb but it's a circle shape right so like how do you mail it it's like well so it's like a postcard shape and then the circles like in the rectangle okay then so it's actually kind of hard to drop the needle on it cuz you're like I don't know song starts that's awesome I thought for a second that you all wrote a Christmas song and I was really excited about that but maybe next year that's risky it's true it's like it gets played every holiday season if it's not good it doesn't get played yeah and then your that band that has like the unsuccessful Christmas on that band has a bad Christmas song just just food for thought under start will own up to it we'll do one and then we'll we'll rock it yeah can you tell me a little bit about the ginger root LP how'd you go about writing and recording all that yeah so the records called mahjong room and it came out in the summer and it's ten tracks there's a couple singles that came out and and it's all written and recorded and produced in just like the my bedroom basically and and then you know these Dylan and Matt they help me bring it to life live and everything and the songs are I was I was about to graduate college and I just wrote kind of this a bunch of songs that were like man what's gonna happen next yeah and in yeah so the record kinda touches on that type of stuff and yeah it's a on red vinyl green vinyl we have vinyl but not Christmas card vinyl yet not Christmas card vinyl that'd be a big Christmas card for 10 tracks I would love to receive such a card let's come into next to [Music] I want Oh baby [Music] I wonder [Music] I'm [Music] there [Applause] [Music] I have to adjust my sampler so it's the right noise on and now yep [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we are in [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] you're watching audio tree live we're here with ginger root so camera and I know you play a lot of different instruments the other Emily was tell me started on guitar what do you think's the hardest instrument to pick up I try to - it took a while to pick up drums because my left hand and right hand were not like working yeah they're just like I want to play this one now and I would sew drums was a little hard but I think once you know I kind of got a hang of it and any drummers and once you get hang them it's like one of the funnest instruments to play yeah yeah you know is it called limb independence that's what you want to have yeah I think it's something like that to control all four appendages for brains do you have for brains yeah yeah metaphorically octopuses are fascinating do you Dylan and Matt do you play any other instruments than the one that you're playing right now yeah I play guitar and drums and some piano giant stuff you know I started on piano but now I only know how to play giant steps like really poorly like the first four chords I I try my best you've been roasted I play a bit of cello plays cello on the record yeah you gotta lay down I play a little bit on the first track but it's something to do cuz drums are just rhythm so I wanted to pick up something more melodic that's awesome just those two oh I played French horn for a little bit nice I wish you still had clear Annette okay were you all in high school marching band 'red concert bands it was like it was like a band program but it was like a popular music program yeah nothing like this yeah actually yeah like playing like you know in in bands and writing songs and learned record yeah and that's where we all met that it sounds like a really fun program for younger people it taught us a lot I think that's what that I have watched so many of these sessions and so to stand in this room is like it's crazy yeah you had to have a cue card that said I am so excited yeah we've gone rogue at this point well we are really excited to have you I went to a songwriting camp at Berkeley and it definitely you know brought me kind of closer to my current tastes I see I see you know the workshop in progress right now it's awesome let's go into your next one the title track yeah yes this one's about um a room in my great grandmother's house where we all used to play mahjong and that rooms kind of not using anymore so it's kind of like about about that space [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] - would we [Music] Oh no strangers and your streams just a shot [Music] [Music] have a good singing where's your Kaku in this [Applause] there's an old tree about [Music] [Applause] you're watching audio trees live we're here ginger root so Ellie from the control room spoken to my headphones almost like this is the BOP guys your let you know that that was the BOP we're gonna write that bio and bank amps it's like a little star and says the BOP it's as the Bob certified audio tree live certificate yeah I'll make you a really badly drawn one so let's quickly talk about your show tonight you are playing at the Vic yes you're supporting Krong Ben which is a really weird word to spell yes I learned but should be awesome it's an early show and they also have hung and has a DJ set later that night but I think you guys only have one set one sets awesome and then tomorrow you're heading where I will play at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto Toronto Toronto or is it Toronto or Toronto I think Toronto Toronto or on Tamarindo whatever anyway yeah they have a very awesome tour right now and check out all their social medias and all that stuff and we have one more song thank you so much for being in the stew with us today thanks for having me thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sorry [Music] [Music] it's our stop your car but you see [Music] [Music] [Music] stop your crying [Music] when you [Music] you've been watching audio tree live this has been a session with ginger root who has a Christmas cover coming out December 1st so that's gonna be awesome keep lookout for that to wrap up I want to give a thank you to everybody in studio sound engineers camera and lighting crew and to all of you for watching if you liked what you heard you can download or stream this session in a few weeks when it comes out and from all of us here at audio tree live thank you for watching all right so you guys want to do it for real now

Channel: Audiotree

Views: 68,540

Rating: 4.9791026 out of 5

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Id: 5MXfFVQ8fCM

Length: 25min 1sec (1501 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 17 2018