Roots

Like marriage, the best bands start as friendships. For these guys, it began on the ball field. Tristan and Matt met in the summer of 2001 in Little League baseball. Matt was an old-timer on the team and Tristan had signed up for fun. Matt said he had heard they were getting some kind of hot shot and he was prepared to hate him but instead Tristan won him over.

In their freshman year of high school, they formed a band, Stealing Third that lasted about a year. They later joined up with another high school friend and the band took the name Silent Pulse.

Practices were all-nighters at Tristan’s house – mostly ‘cause his dad is a musician and had the room set up. It was great times blending band practice with PS2, whiffle ball, touch (yeah, right) football, and street basketball. (When the little neighborhood kids started knocking on the door to ask them to come out and play, you had to wonder which activity got the most attention!)

This background indirectly formed the dichotomy of the band – practice until 10 pm (9 on weekdays) was all electric but after curfew, the acoustic instruments came out. Tristan would sit around strumming the guitar and Matt joined in with harmonies.

As the guys grew in their musical abilities and began to better define their individual sound, they decided to go back to the beginning and recognize the place where it all began. In the late fall of 2005, Beryl Court debuted.
         In the summer of 2008, since he was hanging around a lot anyway and because he plays kick-ass guitar, the band asked Tristan's cousin, Alex to join the band. Alex doesn't know anything about playing baseball but he can make ya go "HELL YEAH!" after a sick riff.

More changes came about in 2010 as Thomas Canto jumped in with both feet. He made his stage debut in Feb, 2010 but you could not tell as he rocked and headbanged with the best of them. Thomas doesn't know much about baseball either but volunteered to catch when they want to spend time on the field.

The Creative Process

The band writes their own songs as well as putting their own spin on popular tunes when covering Third Eye Blind, The Foo Fighters, Oasis, Vertical Horizon, The Fags, and many other alternative bands. They have recently branched out into other rock covers including Pink Floyd, Police, Doobie Brothers, Journey among others.

          Original tunes evolve as these four pool their talents and interests to produce one great sound. The harder rock songs produced by the band usually start with Alex who slams guitar licks to kick out driving tunes. Tristan guides the gentler sounds writing strictly from an acoustic guitar. Matt pulls it all together penning many of the lyrics and creating the harmony that gives Beryl Court their distinctive sound. Taco also writes and the group will continue to collaborate to produce a sound that blends the involvement of each person to make a whole.   

We're growing up -
Matt graduated from Texas Tech in 2009 with a business degree and has join the world of the 9-5 working man...well, he really doesn't get to work 9-5 but he is employed. He lives in Arlington, TX. 

Tristan has concluded his baseball career at Oklahoma City University with 2 NAIA World Series appearances. He graduated with a Broadcast degree in Dec, 2009. Tristan makes his home in Arlington.

Alex resides in Corinth, TX and attends Texas Womens University where he will be going until he gets done....