We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Dylan Tuthill. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Dylan below.

Dylan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

RADO has been working diligently on our first ever studio album, which we have titled “Baker’s Measurements”. Our goal is to get this out in late May! Big thanks to Camera Jam Studios and Logan Firth for all the hard work in the studio and in brining our vision to life.

There has been so much work that and decision making that goes into actually tracking out an album. Fans that know RADO know that we are really dedicated to being a live, improv heavy band…which means we have a lot of opportunities to expand upon our songs, throw in a 10 min jam if we want, or take in whatever direction feels right that night (basically anything goes). When you step into the studio, you definitely want to be a little bit more concise and dialed in on the parts, ensuring that you aren’t eating up a lot of time just mapping out the song. The second tune we recorded, “The Twist” has this pretty long intro/outro when we play it live, but we decided to cut those out for the studio version….for whatever reason those pieces of the song just didn’t seem to connect as well in the studio. It felt like sonically we weren’t capturing the essence of the song. So you need to be willing to make those adjustments, which I will be the first to admit I was a tad reluctant, but the boys did a good job helping me see from their perspective, which was ultimately right! haha.

We also decided that we wanted to make a bit of change to how bands in the Jam Band scene typically approach studio albums. There is this idea that if you’re a live band going into the studio, you’ll want to cut down the songs and provide something a little bit more marketable to the general public. Which I’ll reiterate we DEFINITELY did for a couple songs of the album. However, we wanted to adopt a new ethos and showcase our live sound, so there are a number of tracks on the album that do have extended jams…”Thank You Mr. Science” for example. has a 6 min improv segment in the song, which really allows the tune to bring in a fresh/live feeling that could only be captured in a single moment.

We typically know when we want to bring in the “jam segment” so this allows us do a few takes on the actual improv spot, but it turns out in this song and basically every other one (with a jam section) we’d end up using the very first take….there’s something magical about that first run at a something that can’t be repeated or emulated again.

The band is so proud of the work we’ve done on this and we cannot wait to get it out there to our fans!

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

RADO is a nationally touring band from Denver Colorado’s vibrant jam scene. We have been lucky enough to start really touring the country as of recently and the band is hitting the road hard this spring in summer. We just got back from our first leg of Spring Tour, which was 10 shows across 14 days and 8 different states. It was wildly fun, exhausting but ultimately inspiring. You get to meet so many amazing new people on the road and check out places of the country that you’ve never been before. There is SUCH A VIBE in some of these cities that you wouldn’t know about unless you’re lucky enough to stumble upon it. I’ve got to give a big shoutout to to our friends in Omaha, Nebraska. We played two nights there this past tour on a Thursday and Friday. with our good friend sitting in our aux percussion (Adam Langdon). The shows went off like a bomb! I’m not sure we’ve gotten a reaction like that about our music outside of CO. It felt like home for sure!

We have our second leg of spring tour at the end of May and are heading down to Texas to play some of our biggest shows yet. Each room we are playing is about 200-350 cap, including the Empire Control Room in Austin Texas on 5/25. Our keyboardist James Hatch is from there….so we are planning to throw it down hometown style for him and the Austin family.

Continue to expect more tour announcements/ festival drops upcoming for this summer. We have big things planned!

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

SUPPORT LOCAL LIVE MUSIC! I cannot emphasize this more….there is such an incredible scene in not just Denver, but in many of these cities we are playing in currently. You just have to do a little more digging to find out something that’s up your alley, but I promise you, it’s worth it. Why drop like $100 at a concert when you can spend $20 to see some people from your city absolutely crush it? Truly, you might just find your next favorite band! That’s how everyone gets their start!!

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

There’s something about playing live to an audience that I can’t quite describe with words, especially when you’re deep in an improv moment. I suppose the best way to put it would be ” true presence” I suppose? Where everything is deeply connected and interwoven…the band, the audience and the music. This moment wouldn’t exist without every person there participating and giving a part of their energy to the sonic journey. It’s wild to be in a 15 min improv segment with 150-200 people there with you and some of these bigger bands like phish have thousands of people there with them. Each person has an impact on the song. I’ve felt that as an audience member and now as a performer, you feel it even more…you are at place of harmony with those in attendance. It’s a vibe! haha. One of the best feelings in the world, truly. Regardless of what happens with success etc. I know in my future, I will always play live music.

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