“My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.” TryingMeanStillsRealDoneEyeSongBehindsFocusBandThoughtful Author:Ian MacKaye
“Due to people's health, and certain things that have happened to people's physicality because of their healthy, that would probably keep us from touring per se. It doesn't mean that the original band wouldn't someday do a song. But our focus is on the current band, and moving into the future, as far as touring is concerned.” PeopleMeanMovingCertainSongFocusHappenedHealthyBandConcernedOriginalsCurrentsDuesSomedayTouringPhysicality Author:Phil Ehart
“Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands perpetuate that myth. With somebody like Sebastian Bach it makes sense. Look at him. He could be in an Avon ad.” ThinkingWantNeedsLooksGuyFocusBandMythSingersMake SenseJealousAdsDrummerAvon Author:Mike Patton
“I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back, so I do look after them to some degree. But my main focus is on what I'm doing now.” LooksMeanStillsSongFocusBandDegrees Author:Ian MacKaye
“I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a group of musicians and make one record or make one gig and just drop it. Each of them develop over time. I have been really fortunate to keep a band like the Sextet together over three very different albums. Each time, the goal got more deep for me in terms of how I wanted to write for those people. So it is really about trying to develop ideas and trying to have a consistent focus on a way to come up with new ideas in music that I want to do.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingTryingHas BeensIdeasDifferentWantedTogetherThreeGoalTermRecordsFocusGroupsBandProjectsMusicianCome UpAlbumsFortunateConsistentNew IdeasGigs Author:Dave Douglas
“I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began.” YearsFocusMissingCoupleBandYears AgoHip HopProducersHipsParksHopsRapperMinorsStraight UpFortsLinkin Park Author:Mike Shinoda
“Leading a band is fun, but it's not always something I want to continually focus on. I have my toes in a lot of different things.” WantDifferentFunFocusBandDifferent ThingsToes Author:Matana Roberts
“For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.” WarTogetherChallengesFocusBattleBandFormidable Author:Erik Rutan
“Some kid can say, "Hey, I really want you to play my town in Switzerland, or Sweden, or Latvia," and they could have a fun night at the show. On the other hand, all those kids could have a record that means something to them in a more personal way a couple months down the road. The live band is a really important thing for us, but my focus is on the album now.” WayWantMeanImportantPlayShowsHandsKidsNightFunRecordsFocusMonthsCoupleBandTownsImportant ThingsAlbumsHeyDown The RoadSwedenSwitzerlandLatviaFun Night Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I actually started the whole project some years ago with a live debut at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. The focus was mainly on my favorite period of Billie Holiday, which was the late-50s Verve recordings, with essentially a small version of the Count Basie band.” YearsWholeFocusPeriodsBandProjectsLateYears AgoMy FavoriteVersionsHolidayDebutBrussels Author:Jose James