“I don't believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making. If it's there it's got to add to it or take it to another level.” IfsBelieveFilmLevelsBandAddDon't BelieveAidsRoughBand Aid Author:Quentin Tarantino
“I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching and all of the improvisers that I still love, it gets almost impossibly daunting. I try to do as much as I can.” TryingStillsI CanWeekBandAddCompositionCatchingDebut Author:David First
“Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.” YearsLongFightingStruggleBandLong TimeFilledAddGood TimesMisunderstanding Author:Stone Gossard
“I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.” ThinkingKindLittlesSoundBandAddBassDistortion Author:Nikki Sixx
“Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?” IfsStillsEnoughPlayFireCallingBandHighestOriginalsAddWhy NotStay TrueFlare Book:We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga Source: We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga
“I still do one song by myself onstage. it gives people the extremely personal thing where it's just me on guitar. But, I think the songs are better as a band. I think with all of the extra little hooks and backing vocals, it just adds to what my initial idea was.” PeopleThinkingGivingLittlesStillsIdeasSongBandAddGuitarExtrasHookInitialsVocalPersonal Things Author:Butterfly Boucher
“When you're a solo artist and you have a band on tour you have to pay the band some salary. You don't realise the expenses, the way they add up SO quickly. But thank god I'm not a money person. So it doesn't really bug me at all, I mean it's more comical to me.” WayMeanPersonsArtistPayBandAddExpensesRealisingThank GodSoloBugsSalaryComical Author:Marnie Stern
“I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the audience to notice any small idiosyncrasy or unique moment that one of the three people onstage is having. It also means that mistakes are accentuated, but to good affect generally if you are that type of band.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMomentsThreeMistakeAudienceStageTypeBandMembersUniqueAddFewerLockedIdiosyncrasies Author:Chris Cain
“I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing.” WholeSongFunLevelsBehindsLuckyBandMusicianBiggerAddOrchestraSymphonySymphony OrchestrasTalented Musicians Author:Olivia Newton-John