Tthe March 6 edition of The PT Radio Show featured Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, including interviews with guitarist/vocalist Greg Ormont and noted guitarist Tomo Fujita — an associate professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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The Baltimore-based band, which just wrapped a short tour of the southern U.S., will release a new album, Day In Time, on April 26.
Renowned for their live shows, PPPP has been together for 15 years and Day In Time marks their seventh, self-released studio effort.
Ormont discussed how material came together for the album and how the band has gained a level of comfort and confidence in the studio. He shares insight on the importance of the band’s fanbase, known as “The Flock”, and some interesting views when it comes to influences for he and his bandmates.
In 2018, the group reached out to Fujita about sitting in with them when they were in the area. One of Fujita’s former students encourged him to take up the offer and he joined PPPP on the second show of a two-night run at The Paradise in Boston. Since that time, he usually ends up on stage with the band when schedules allow, at shows from New York up through the New England states. He sat in during the recent New Year’s shows at House of Blues in Boston and during PPPP appearance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., last month.
Eric Krasno and John Mayer were students of Fujita.
To provide a perspective, almost from a teacher-student point of view, Fujita talked about his first encounter with the band — a group he’d never heard of — as well as how impressed he’s been by their growth and dedication to continually honing their skills as musicians.