In between lay the other members. The Peruvian sax player Pereyra, for example, brings a Latin-funk feel to the band from the likes of David Sanborn, though he admits that his schooling at GW has given him more experience with the standards like Charlie Parker and Kenny Garrett.
Perhaps the only thing that has changed as much as Hello Society's lineup is the compositional process that they embark upon when writing songs. "At first, it was a very informal process," says Charshee, "Corey or I would lay down a groove, everyone would fill it in, and Dan would spit over it."
As the band played more and more, everyone naturally grew more comfortable playing together. Charshee, who claims to practice for 23 hours per day (but really, it's closer to six - which is no slouch), began writing more independently and bringing his Pat Metheny/Dave Holland-inclined compositions to jams. At the same time, Brekher's pot-rock interests were moving the sound in a similar, more "harmonically complex" direction. Now, having maintained the same lineup for just over six months, Hello Society no longer relies on one or two members to write the music, but instead collaborates on most of their new material.
While they may have had the longest possible chronology for a band that is only months old, Hello Society is more than just a bunch of hobbyists or mediocre musicians out to have some fun, though they undoubtedly do. At least two of the founding members, Charshee and Brekher, intend to pursue music as their careers in the not-too-distant future. Hello Society represents all that is great about the GW music community, which is thriving in spite of the administrations best (or worst) financial efforts to quash its artful and expressive spirit. There is little doubt that Hello Society will continue to grow in the future, especially with plans in the works to jam all six members into a house with nothing more than what Charshee says will be "a ping pong table and a soda machine filled with beer."
Perhaps the only thing that has changed as much as Hello Society's lineup is the compositional process that they embark upon when writing songs. "At first, it was a very informal process," says Charshee, "Corey or I would lay down a groove, everyone would fill it in, and Dan would spit over it."
As the band played more and more, everyone naturally grew more comfortable playing together. Charshee, who claims to practice for 23 hours per day (but really, it's closer to six - which is no slouch), began writing more independently and bringing his Pat Metheny/Dave Holland-inclined compositions to jams. At the same time, Brekher's pot-rock interests were moving the sound in a similar, more "harmonically complex" direction. Now, having maintained the same lineup for just over six months, Hello Society no longer relies on one or two members to write the music, but instead collaborates on most of their new material.
While they may have had the longest possible chronology for a band that is only months old, Hello Society is more than just a bunch of hobbyists or mediocre musicians out to have some fun, though they undoubtedly do. At least two of the founding members, Charshee and Brekher, intend to pursue music as their careers in the not-too-distant future. Hello Society represents all that is great about the GW music community, which is thriving in spite of the administrations best (or worst) financial efforts to quash its artful and expressive spirit. There is little doubt that Hello Society will continue to grow in the future, especially with plans in the works to jam all six members into a house with nothing more than what Charshee says will be "a ping pong table and a soda machine filled with beer."
