Trialogue

Trialogue is a rock band whose members frequently show up in Chorrus, either on their own or together. The founding and still current lineup is Jason Berlitz (keyboards), Ryan Berlitz (guitars and violin), and Chad Aulden (drums), with each member typically singing lead vocals at least once per concert. Due to their small lineup, they've been more than happy to bring friends on stage to occasionally perform with them, under the condition that no guest is allowed to play bass, as the band claims it takes away from the bassless character of the band.

The name comes from the fact that the band saw their early rehearsals akin to a musical conversation, with each member often coming up with ideas to forward their performance and challenge the other two to keep up. In doing so, they took their status as a trio and came up with the name "Trialogue", which is in fact an English language word, albeit an uncommon one. However, they've admitted that larger full-time lineups of the band (with or without a bassist) would not carry on with a  "____logue" name due to the further complexity and rarity of such a real word. Instead, they've considered by going with the more general name of "The Conversation".

Concerts are primarily, if not entirely, limited to a wide range of cover material drawing from the many influences of the three band members. A typical rule of thumb involving lead vocalists depends on the song in question. Jason tends to sing progressive (middle and later Rush, Pink Floyd, etc.), keyboard-heavy (Elton John, Coldplay, etc.) or otherwise less mainstream/deeper material. Ryan tends to sing more outright rock (Led Zeppelin, earlier Rush, etc.) and vocally difficult songs. Chad tends to sing New Wave (Oingo Boingo, The Cars, etc.) and other "nerdy" bands' (Barenaked Ladies, etc.) material, and the occasional "wild card" song here and there. (Rumor has it he's even sung the occasional video game or anime song.) When necessary that more than one member sings lead on a song, the hierarchy for second or third parts is much looser; whoever feels better filling in will usually take the part. They also pride themselves on trying to cover as many different artists per concert, unless there's an aforementioned theme where they play as much from one artist (e.g. an album from front to back uninterrupted) as necessary.

At this time, the band hasn't put out any serious releases in studio or concert. They might hand out occasional bootlegs of their own shows to their friends, but for the most part, they're happy enough with their day jobs to not worry about putting a serious effort into selling their music.