Musician/Producer Reacts to "Trinity"(Extended) by Snarky Puppy
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- Musician/Producer Reacts to "Trinity"(Extended) by Snarky Puppy
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This cut is destined to be in there with Lingus & Shofukan! ! ! Such a fun, rollicking, swinging piece! ! ! 3 (THREE!!!) guitars, 3 (THREE!!!) drummers & 3 (THREE!!!) percussionists, and the band is tight, TighT, TIGHT! ! ! While Michael League has previously been the band's primary composer, he is mostly an arranger on the upcoming album. He has one tune co-written with Mike Maher (trumpet, flugel), while Justin Stanton (keyboards, trumpet, flugel) has 3 tunes, and Mark Lettieri (guitar), Jay Jennings (trumpet, flugel), Zach Brock (violin), Bill Laurance (keyboards), Nate Werth (percussion), and Marcelo (percussion) each wrote one; the band's first cover is by Bernard Wright, who they consider to be Snarky Puppy's godfather. (Composer & compositions as per Michael League at GUMFest.)
League has three tunes on the album: Keep It On Your Mind, Bet, and RLs. They are all great.
The cover (Take It) is actually by Bobby Sparks, who recorded it on his solo album. The late Bernard Wright plays on the new recording of it.
@@randysimon7363 Could be, since the album isn't out yet... All I know is what Michael League announced at GUMFest... He also stated that their first cover was one recorded by Bobby Sparks, but written by Bernard Wright, who they consider to be Snarky Puppy's godfather.
I actually fully agree with this! Lol. Lingus and shokukan are my top 2 tracks and this is now in the top 3.
What About Me? I would add that too
This tune is a rollercoaster of happiness. I shared Shaun Martin's reaction there at the end! How can this be so good?!!
I am speechless again! How can they even think of writing, arranging, playing, mixing, recording and editing a piece so complex and oddly joyful???
I mean - seeing the musicians getting on a high by what they are actually playing... they really were in a very good Moog ;-)
Glad I did the the 1st listen here!
Getting high on their own supply! 😄
MOOG haha, good one
@@StrateleStudios new snarky puppy video is up. Cant wait for your reaction mate 👁 👍🏻
@@Catz-pt6lo posting my reaction very soon! 😊😊😊
@@StrateleStudios ahhh awesome 👊🏻 look forward to that
This band is so addictive! When I first discovered them, I lost several nights sleep. I just could not stop listening. It’s mind blowing how good they are! Can’t wait for the release!
Yes!!!!
Addictive... yes!!!
Creepy and funny...
@@raimundoarce7014 😃👍👍👍
They dropped another one from Empire Central! Please do “Bet”!
@@josephnewsome3611 Monday Aug 8th my reaction for “Bet” will post!
I got lucky enough to sit in on a full day of sessions, and the writing for this entire album is absolutely incredible. Best writing and coordination coming from them, especially when they brought the live format back. And 16 tracks????? Absolutely insane.
Wow!!! 👏👏👏👏💜
16?! Holy crap 😳
I love how Mark Lettieri can solo for like 4 bars and still blow my mind with a handful of notes.
So damn tasty!
I don’t have any words for this-, it’s just EVERYTHING you never knew you were looking for in a piece of music, total bliss! For me the ‘happy’ bit was the insane groove, that whole rhythm section, and how deep in the pocket it was.
All those solos -absolute fire, and yeah, especially the trumpet one 🔥
That standard Snarky Puppy are setting there is incredible-.
I also loved the way and the quality of the visuals.
Man, what can you say?
As always I loved not just your observations and comments, Jeff, but how deeply heartfelt your reaction was. Thanks for taking us on that journey with you 🙏
Thank you so much! Man what a ride this song takes us on! It tickles my brain hahaha. So often I’m at a loss for word with these guys. 😍
@@StrateleStudios yeah, that’s music for you, in the end words just don’t cut it ☺️
Still, yours are going a long way… 👍
@@fiddlestix3025 🎉🎊🤯👏💜🤝🤗
Makes me so sad and happy. Sad I was never this talented on Bass, and so happy to see and feel the joy in their bodies and faces as they groove out on this sound they are creating.
Beautifully said 👏👏👏💙
Three drummers, three percussionists, three guitarists, four keyboardists, two trumpets, two saxes, a violinist, and of course, Michael League on bass. And ALL of them superstar musicians individually... but as an ensemble, just WOW!!!
Thanks again for your reaction Jeff!
BTW... check out "Bet" from the same session. It's pretty tight too. 👍
Just watched it! I’ll be putting that reaction up soon! 👏👏👏
Quick line up note - 19 musicians total on that. Three guitars: Letteiri, Bob Lanzetti and Chris McQueen. Zack Brock on violin. Horns: Chris Bullock (bass clarinet and sax), Bob Reynolds on alto sax, Jay Jennings and Mike Maher on trumpet. Three full drum kits: Larnell Lewis, Jamison Ross and JT Jason Thomas. Three percussionists: Keita Ozawa (I'm sure I spelled this incorrectly), Nate Werth and Marcelo Woloski. Keys: Bobby Sparks on the low end on the Moog, Shaun Martin, Bill Laurence and Justin Stanton. Micheal League on bass. I was fortunate to be at 4 of the sessions during this week of recordings and it was a mind blowing experience - the mix you hear here is a very good representation of what we were hearing in the room in the headphones. I'll miss some of their names but sound engineering was Nic Hard and for sure a guy named Matt Reccia - there were more for sure - and the camera crew was amazing as well. Yes - this entire album is going to be on fire. :)
Thanks so much for this info Nathan! Man I’m envious, you got to be in the room….wow.
@@StrateleStudios Full disclosure - I'm pretty sure I wasn't in this session (based on other comments elsewhere). I was however fortunate enough to have heard this tune at one of the sessions I attended.
@@natedevol still amazing! 😊👏👏👏
@@natedevol This was the late session on Tuesday night March 8. I was fortunate to be there.
@@randysimon7363 I was at the early - tried to get a ticket to stay on for the late (which worked for me Monday the 7th 😉) but no luck.
You don't listen to a snarky puppy tune, you live it.
3 drummers, 3 guys on percussion! And it sounded equally great live (I was there that night!). Incredible
Oh dang I didn’t even catch the other percussionist sheeeesh
Omg 3 drummers!!!
Nate Werth, Keito Ogawa (Japan), and Marcelo Woloski (Argentina) on percussion; Jason "JT" Thomas, Larnel Lewis (Canada), and Jamison Ross on drums. Add Bill Laurance (England), and the band has members from five countries & Texas. (They actually have a 4th percussionist, Mason Davis who plays krakebs on Xavi, but he is primarily their backstage sound guy.)@@StrateleStudios
My addiction deepens.
Woah, thumbs up to you and the person who requested this. Good stuff again!
Many requests for this gem!
Such a joy to watch your reaction to this, mine was the same when listening to this for the first time, I was full of joy, full of smiles and couldn’t stop moving my head from grooving. What an amazing track, this is the wonderful effect that great music has. 👍🏾
Yes! What a joy to experience. 😃😃😃🎉🎊🔥👏❤️
Saw this live Friday night at AMP the day it was released and they played live in Rogers’s AR and I couldn’t wrap my brain around this. It was so incredible live but so glad I can watch the video over and over! You’re, they are another level.
Oh man! I would have fallen off my chair to be hearing this performed live! 🎉👏👏👏
Oh so beautiful 😍!!!! Snarky Puppy is a Spiritual Awakening!!!!!!
He's right, the most incredible thing about 'Trinity' is THE MIX. The musicians are insane, the composition is unique, but the mix is holding them all in perfect balance and accentuating exactly the right things. All he can say is it just sounds so good.
Wow! I am blown away! They have a knack for keeping it interesting and fresh! They are always outdoing themselves! Such a good groove and a treat to listen to!!! Thanks again!!
And now they’ve won a Grammy for this album. Pretty great!
Did I hear him say “ear bliss”? I love that. That’s exactly what snarky is
The beginning of the song was a bit weird, so I googled for the sheet music. The time signature is 14/16 😳
Definitely in 14/16 😄 these guys know no bounds! 👏🎊🎉💙
Its like Lingus and Shofukan had a baby and named it Trinity...lol
😂🤣😂
The mix is sooòoo crisp! Beautiful blend
"Happy and Weird at the same time." Yeah, I loved it.
Absolutely love this tune. Also I kinda wanted to hear that lil praise break at the end 😂
That last section is really fun -- gives a mix of 70s-80s disco, motown, jazz funk, and gospel vibes/influences. Definitely makes you want to dance. I hear moments of the Pina Colada song and Earth Wind and Fire, with the percussion choices, funky rhythms, synthesizer cords, and the repeating melody lines that keep going until you fade out
To your comments about the mix: remember that 1) they did ten or 12 sets - they booked that space in Dallas (back in early April?) and did 2 shows a night for 5 or 6 nights to record all these tunes, so what we see and hear here is the best of the 10 or 12 takes, and 2) they did record each instrument directly (this is the classic Mike League concept of "doing a live show in a recording studio"), and then went back to do the mix afterwards. I saw a very interesting you tube vid SP posted some time back showing the studio where they were doing the mix, and that included running the recorded guitar tracks back through amps ("re-amping") and miking and re-recording the guitar SOUND in the "mixing" process. That blew my mind, I had no idea that was a thing.
Ya, they are very smart about how they record. I've recorded guitar direct into Pro Tools (which of course sounds horrible) BUT re-amping you can sound like anything you want. Here's another recording trick for you if you are recording electronic drums. You can pipe the tracks through speakers and set up room mics then blend them with the electronic tracks at mix down. You'd be surprised how authentic they sound.
Happy and weird - happy and awkward. Exactly how I felt. It felt like the times we've allowed ourselves to have some fun together after what we all experienced since 2020. Like what it sounds like when a room full of wounded people remembers how to dance together again. Truly a journey in this song and I thank Mark for getting that feeling into a song. Those horns lift me up to join Shaun in the feelings he's having.
Damn you got me in the feels with this comment 🥲 beautifully said Diego. 💪🥂👏🫶
Insane track and a great reaction! Always love your reactions to these man, keep it up :)
Thank you so much Eli! 😊😊😊🤝
Jazz, Blues, Funk, Big Band, Rock, what don't these guys do? haha I was so happy to hear they are coming out with their new one soon yeah!
Right?!!! 😃
Holy shit 😳 😍 👏 that was something else!
Right?!!!
Jeff, I feel the SAME way you do! MAN! THIS is one of my ALL-TIME favorite groups. Just a SERIOUS collection of SERIOUSLY great musicians!!
Thanks again sir; can't wait for the new album! I bet it'll keep you busy with reaction videos...😁
Oh man you know it! I can’t wait for all that wonderful new music! These guys never cease to amaze me! 🥰
From 6:47 Is just me feeling a "Weather report" kind of sound?
This made me very happy. I don't know what else to write.
That says it all! 😊👏👏👏
I think that these guys are showing us a different way of making music... A before/after sort of thing...
The whole concept is a new experience... the better elements on the same dish... talent, rigurosity, discipline, hard work... and fun!!
It really is a master class!
Classic League appreciation at 9:30...
Jeff, you the BEST reaction videos because actually LISTEN to the song without too many interruptions. Your analysis at the end is spot on. I would like to recommend Snarky Puppy’s newest release off of their new album “Belmont”. It gave me goosebumps!
Thank you Joseph! Ya I just did Belmont. It’s currently posted as an early release on Patreon but I plan to post on TH-cam on Oct. 3rd.
IT'S SO FREAKIN' GREAT. my mind just can't comprehend how a human or group of people could come up with something this good.
Absolutely loved this
Cool! I just heard this a few minutes ago. I was thinking I wonder when you'd get to it! They are SO GOOD!
Ya I tried to get this out as fast as possible! It was so damn good! 😍
Snarky Puppy is the best of live music, and this is the best of Snarky Puppy. It's so brilliant watching the child-like joy coming from you, matching exactly what I feel when I watch this. It's never work for this band, it's always an absolute joy for them to play, and that's what it makes an absolute joy to enjoy. Sublime, the best.
So glad you enjoyed it. Ya these guys are the best of the best. 👏👏👏🫶
@@StrateleStudios Oh mate how many times did I say joy
@@BongoBaggins not enough I’d say! 😃👏👏👏
These guys are next level in so many ways, right? you have NINTEEEN musicians
BIG BAND!
Oh wow...oh wow. Oh man! This is absolutely beautiful. Day, week, month, year made! Facing it all with a fat smile on my dial!
Hahaha love it!!! 😃
And a Spiritual Experience!!!!!
Wowzers!
Before yesterday I have not heard anything that sounds like this. I didn’t know what to think of it at first but when I was in the doctors office yesterday it just kept coming back to me like saying Alex you like this band so I gave another listen when I got home and wound up listening to an entire album in one night.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎊💪
Oh Jeff, I heard this 2 days ago and was hoping in your reaction: and boom a notif popup! Happy and awkward at the same time, yeah that's it, the refrain part is just fantastically grooved! (BTW Don't you see something from Mike Stern "Upside down" in the refrain part?)
I’m gonna have to cross referencing that now! 😃
Whelp, I just had to go pre-order this cd. All because about a year ago I watched a reactor watch Larnell do Enter Sandman. Snarky Puppy is exquisite!
I was lucky enough to hear live Snarky a month ago. They played mostly off the new album, only bringing out "Shofukan" as the encore. The album is going to blow your mind.
If you haven't taken advantage of their many live recordings, it's worth checking out. The first time I heard Snarky was in Memphis, and by the next day, I was able to download a FLAC file of the performance. They sound this good all the time, albeit usually with fewer players.
I have yet to see them live but I most certainly will. I can’t wait for the new album!
All I can say is that Snarky does it again!!!! Magnificent!!! Had to find this on Apple ITunes and did!!! Woo hoo!!!!!! Made my night with this tune! Already on my playlist!!! Happy ME!!
Soooo good!!!! 👏👏👏👏🎉🎊
Insane confluence of fun, complexity and awkward beauty. What a composition!
Hahaha well put! 😄👏👏👏
This was really amacing. The sound was really good, the musicians were really good, the light was fantastic. And this bass saxofon (or was it a bass clarinett) was really cool. And the fact that they are playing this live with all these peoples sitting around and in between, is awesome. Are they all a part of the production, or are some of them just wifes and relatives and friends, that were invited to watch them play and record? You see, I imagine that this isn't a common concert, but a live recording in studio, isn't it?
Most of us were just fans who were lucky enough to score one of the 60 tickets available for each session.
@@randysimon7363 Ok. So it's like that!? Ok, great, you were very lucky 👍😊 But was it just concert, or did they record as well?
@@toreg.nyhammer6328 It was not a concert. It was a recording session with an audience. Snarky Puppy has recorded many of their albums this way.
@@randysimon7363 Ok. I have seen some of them already, because of Jeff Castenon who have this reaction channel. I think it's awesome music. It reminds me a little bit of some of the music I was listening to in the early 80's. Even if they were great musicians with great music, I think that Snarky Puppy is in their own league 😊
the back half of the song with the chord progression changeup definitely wins the award for weirdest/most unlikely melody to get stuck in my head
Yes! Probably why I love it so much! 🥰
5:14 OMG that chord!!!
Try to listen this piece of art in 1.5x. Just goosebumps everywhere.
🤯
Jeff, over the past 6 months or more, I have become a Snarky Puppy fan. I absolutely love their music. More than that, I really appreciate your reviews of the music because of your passion for it. I have always loved jazz especially Michael Franks. There was a jazz band a few years ago called Fatburger. Don't know whatever happened to them. Can you review one of their songs? I call Snarky Puppy FFF. Funky Filthy Fusion.
Thank you Gerald! 😊😊😊🎊🎉❤️
The lick at the end sounds like a mix of a late night show intro with a full house esk intro, but awsome. Haha. How the hell did he manage to make that.
Ive never heard snarky puppy before, but I've heard good things. Time for a like and a listen
Ok halfway through and I'm wondering if they are maybe just hoarding talent at this point and should possibly let some other bands have some rather than needing the three best players of every instrument in the world
😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@sintaxera Yep they're pretty much aliens
Try "Family dinner" album... Specially vol two... "Don't you know" feat. Jacob Collier...
And all the ethnic stuff also...
@@raimundoarce7014 th-cam.com/video/UEfWd0yr8P8/w-d-xo.html
'PARTY OVER HERE!!!!!'
The only way to listen to this (outside of being there, obviously) is with your best technical and revealing audio gear in hi-res lossless, to hear each and every instrument in the mix. All except the violinist, which I just couldn't pick out. Anyways, their audio engineers are magicians at making even TH-cam's crappy audio sound decent.
YES!!! 👏👏👏
Great reaction, you can check out the snarky puppy Tiny desk, it's pretty cool
I did! It’s excellent!!!
This was ENORMOUS musical joy.
Just a quick note about the intro part: the cool trumpet sound is also helped in part by the violin. Very subtle, it's the slightly harsher tone just behind the muted trumpet. Maybe the violin tone is distorted just a tiny bit? or just from the amp, or just the way the string is "bowed"(?) but sounds terrific. Also the mix is really blending these two tones together and we all think is just the guitar and the trumpet, but there's also the violin. And the chord progression in the second part? Man, what a fucking great band!
Ahhhh nice!!!! Thanks for this info! 👏👏👏👏👏👏💙
We Like It Here was a perfect storm album, wasn't initially intended as it turned out but as a result....a monumental recording. Everyone in synch and enjoying it.
This could equal even surpass it if the rest of the new album is like this.
Leaves a great big smile on my face with each listen.
There are 15 more tunes and many are real gems.
I keep reading comments from people who had the luck to attend these recordings in Dallas and man, as the name "Snarky Puppy" wasn't hype enough... Those comments are hyping me up to unreal levels!
"Happy & weird at the same time" as you said! :)
(By the way there are the 3 usual drummers here.... Larnell, JT & Jamieson)
Good song!
If I had to guess, it's probably recorded live but mixed in post. But if you have a good live setup then the post production for the album is going to be very minimalistic.
Hahahaaaa🤣😂😂🤯😂🤯😍😂🌪🎶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥰😅👍🏼, as I said: Gooooood stuff overload and just pure JOY in the mix of EVERYTHING else top-notch going on!!!!🤩🤩🤩🥰😃👍🏼 Just slided rrright in among my fav. listenings, and I can’t imagine me Ever getting tired of listening to it all!!👍🏼🌈😍🥰🤗
How lucky Are we to get to enjoy this kind of incredible music ?!? ….. 🙏🏼💜🌈💚🌱🤗
And what a joy it was to see your reaction to it - just great and joyful as well, thank you!😃🤯😅💚🤗.
So lucky! These guys just don’t stop with the 🤯!
@@StrateleStudios 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😅🤩🔥🌈🤗
Love your reaction videoes! 🙌
Thank you Mats! 🙌😊😊😊
Never change!🙌 Love from Norway 🙌☺️
@@matsdyrud4261 💙💙💙
Last Friday the next single from their upcoming album was released. It's called Bet. Would love to see a reaction from you on that one as well.
Really being that great at that level...they could have easily named this tune "Hold Our Beers"
😂🤣😂
@@StrateleStudios I heard them play most of the album at Ground Up....yeah you're in for it all right.
@@emotionalideas oh damn 😮
@@emotionalideas tease!!!
That was 'CHURCH' filled with the Holy Spirit.
So much stank face from myself as well😎😁
😂🤣😂
I see you noticed the Kemper profiler. I know many of the guitarists use them, but i'm not quite sure, why the guy with the stage pianos and synths would need one. My best guess would be the Fender Rhodes, but i'm not 100% on that. While i have played my Arturia Matrixbrute synth through a Line 6 Helix pedal before, i wouldn't have thought, that such a setup sees regular use in a group like snarky puppy.
I'm interested in your opinion on that. Otherwise a great reaction as always (and also an insanely good song) :D
Yes! I was a little surprised to see the Kemper there and had the same thought about the Rhodes. Since the Kemper emulates the sound of anything you run through it I guess I have to consider the fact that keyboard players can also like the sound of a particular amp and/or cabinet. These guys are so innovative that I wouldn’t be surprise to find out there’s a section where the Rhodes is run through a Marshall stack. 🤣
I'm always so surprised when they have more than one drummer.
There are actually 3 drummers including Larnell
Check out “Deep Felix” from Ghost-Note as you are a Nate Werth fan. Thanks
Album ain’t over until Shaun can’t even…
Thanks for swapping the bands to the BIG screen... not that we dont wanna see you but, it is about the band....Great Review. Love your Reviews~S.G.
Couldn’t agree more 😊
Hey Jeff, hope you’re well! Great reaction to a fantastic new Snarky tune!
If you fancy something else that’s brand new - here’s a video that I shot on Thursday night at Jacob Collier’s concert in Manchester, England - of his live version of “Blackbird” plus a little audience participation… I’ve got to say it was a magical moment to be a part of! th-cam.com/video/LW3wY2lp3CM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you my friend! 😊😊😊
I think you got enough thumbnails for the next few months out of this reaction 😂
Omg 😂🤣😂🤣😂