“It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great rock band it can make me feel alive, but when I hear a great orchestra it can make me feel human.” FeelsHumansSoundPowerfulAliveRocksBandOrchestraExpressiveRock Bands Author:Glenn Branca
“Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst others singer Wolfgang Riechmann (Sky Records released his only solo album Wunderbar shortly after his death in 1978) and drummer Wolfgang Flür (later on Kraftwerk, now solo). The music of S.o.S. in the mid 60's first was the English pop and rock music of the times (Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones ).” FirstsSpiritSoundRecordsSkyRocksBandMembersStonesGuitarAlbumsPopsSingersRollingSoloDrummerRock MusicRolling StonesKink Author:Michael Rother
“We've done every record on our own. Its produced by our guitar player and sometimes we'll have some help mixin' it and have some outside engineers but for the most part, it's done by the band and I think that's the reason why CKY sounds like no other band, 'cause we make our own albums.” ThinkingSometimesReasonDoneHelpingCausesSoundRecordsPlayerBandGuitarAlbumsReason WhyEngineersGuitar Player Author:Jess Margera
“In the beginning I had a lot of self-imposed limitations as far as production and instrumentation. It was really inspiring for us at the time, because those limitations allowed us to push ourselves as songwriters and gave us a strong sound that people could recognize as ours, like wearing a leather jacket every day. A uniform. They know it's you - and that's great - but my original intention wasn't to be a shoegaze band or to be derivative of one sound.” PeopleKnowsSelfStrongSoundBandOriginalsIntentionProductionsLimitationUniformsSongwritersJacketsLeatherDerivativesLeather JacketsInstrumentationReally Inspiring Author:Tamaryn
“The Stones are not the kind of band that want to get in the details. That's why they have a producer and engineer - to pull the magic out of them and make them sound so great.” WantKindSoundMagicBandStonesDetailsProducersEngineers Author:Nikki Sixx
“I think it's stripped down as far as electronics go, but we just wanted to write a record that we felt better represented how we sound live with more of a rock feel, which is the direction we've been heading. It's just an evolution of the band throughout the years. We worked on this record longer than any other record, so I don't know if "stripped down" is how I would put it; I think it is a little bit more raw sounding.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingYearsLittlesWantedFeltBitsSoundRecordsRocksEvolutionBandLittle BitHeadingsElectronics Author:Jason C. Miller
“I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of our band. With every album we've grown, but I think this is just a really good picture of where we are right now and how we feel our music represents us. Under the thumb of other record companies we haven't had as much creative control and I think with this record we really did our own thing.” ThinkingFeelsTryingShowsSoundSidesCompanyCreativeRecordsHavensRight NowBandAlbumsMatureThumbsRecord Companies Author:Jason C. Miller
“When I was a teenager, working towards dropping out of high school to starting to tour with bands, I'd drive around in my VW Bug every morning before school, very stoned listening over and over to Zeppelin. This song got to me because it just seemed mystical. There is something about those Celtic tunings that almost sounds Eastern. Somehow it would sweep me up into my own little trance-like state, like Sting with those shamans in the Amazon. But all I had was a bong and a Led Zeppelin cassette.” LittlesStatesSchoolSongSoundMy OwnMorningListeningBandHigh SchoolStartingTeenagerEvery MorningMysticalEasternBugsDroppingAmazonTranceCelticZeppelinsTuningCassettesDropping OutBongs Author:Dave Grohl
“We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own sound and our own way of doing things. Up until now it has always been enjoyable. None of the members have ever got to the point where they don't want to be involved in it ... It's not entirely possible for me to stand back and look at the Rolling Stones because being a part of it you can't. I wish that I could just sit in the audience for one night and see the show. Everyone in the band has said that at some point. But then you wouldn't be seeing the whole band. And that's the problem with that.” WayWantWritingTryingLooksSaidWholeShowsProblemNightSongWishSoundAudienceToo MuchSeeingInvolvedBandMembersStonesRepeatsRollingEnjoyableOne NightRolling Stones Author:Keith Richards
“I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.” KnowsShouldHappensSoundRecordsBand Author:Steven Van Zandt
“When I go on and listen to the stuff on the websites, I can't tell, it all sounds like the same band, like they should all be in one band together.” ShouldI CanTogetherStuffSoundGoes OnBandWebsite Author:Marnie Stern
“I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different in that, at the end of the day, it is not my art. It's THEIR art, THEIR ideas, THEIR message.” ArtIdeasDifferentEndsHelpingFormEnjoySoundBandMessagesAlbumsProducersThe End Of The DaySparksInitials Author:Mark Hoppus
“I feel like, these days there's so much music and so many bands, that it's exciting to hear when people go through the whole process with their own sort of system of making the music. It gives it a much more personal individual feel, like unique feel, when somebody has a really idiosyncratic set-up, or they just have what might be considered strange ways of going about the process that yields results that are not just cookie-cutter sounds like everything else... and I think that can only be a positive thing.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsWholeMightIndividualProcessSoundResultsStrangeBandUniqueExcitingThese DaysYieldCookiesPositive ThingsCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Panda Bear
“People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'” PeopleShowsLightSoundRecordsBandElementsStraight Up Author:Nomi Ruiz
“I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.” I CanSoundChallengesAbilityKnownImagineIdentityBand Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and that sort of level of interactivity for us specifically is really awesome, but I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.” PeopleThinkingI CanSoundChallengesAbilityLevelsKnownImagineIdentityBandReally Awesome Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“We are probably the most frustrating band to soundcheck because we always go off on jams and our sound-man is sitting there going: "oh god, I don't want to interrupt this, but... we've got to get things moving along..." We're just easily distracted because we want to be writing all the time!” MenWantWritingMovingSoundBandSittingFrustratingDistractedJam Author:Theresa Wayman
“I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar to other bands too. But it's just that spirit - it's sort of like a punk spirit - but it's not punk meaning or as in like "I'm here and I'm going to get thrashy and bloody on-stage" - but, we're not going to listen to the rules and the roles already set in place. We just want to make music that is heartfelt and feels good and sounds good to our ears, and hopefully to many other's ears as well.” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsDoeI CanDifferentSpiritSoundRolesStageBandEarsFeel GoodHopefullyPunkBloodyHeartfelt Author:Theresa Wayman
“Most fans probably wouldn't understand that because they're not in bands, but when there's too many cooks in the kitchen it can really ruin things, it can destroy a band. So for me and Burt to approach it as just two guys it makes things a lot easier. This may sound selfish but it was less people we had to share our ideas with so there was less interference.” PeopleMayTwoIdeasGuySoundShareFansEasierBandApproachSelfishRuinsCooksKitchenInterferenceTwo GuysCooks In The Kitchen Author:Dino Cazares
“We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had to find a balance of musicians who can shift from one instrument to another to make all those sounds for us come to life.” KindDifferentShowsFilmSoundPiecesBalanceBandMusicianInstrumentsEightDifferent KindsPalette Author:Stuart A. Staples
“There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out.” SoundLevelsRecordsCrazyRocksBearsBandFreakRock BandsGrizzliesIndie RockGrizzly Bears Author:Travis Morrison
“I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.” SoundBandVisuals Author:David Longstreth
“I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.” ThinkingSoundTermBandSongwriting Author:Florence Welch
“I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this and they should sound like this," it gives you a direction. I like having that kind of assignment.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingShouldLooksKindSongSoundMy OwnBandLimitationCartoonGarageAssignments Author:Beck
“I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where I don't use the high hat, and I don't use any crash cymbals. It just makes for an interesting sound because you don't really notice it when it's not there, but if it was there, you would definitely hear it.” IfsWantLittlesStillsUseStuffBitsSoundInterestingBandLittle BitHatsCrashStanding OutCymbals Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“A lot of bands are still just bands that artists ask to get involved, but a lot of artists are using sound they create. This is different from referencing music.” StillsDifferentArtistAsksSoundInvolvedBandGet InvolvedReferencing Author:Brian Chippendale
“The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case.” TryingIdeasSoundCasesBandStarting Author:Paul Banks
“Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.” PeopleSaidSpiritArtistStrongSoundPrayerCreativeTalentBandStrongerTouchedOur ThoughtsTrajectoryPopular MusicThoughts And PrayersStrong SpiritOur Thoughts And Prayers Author:Barack Obama
“It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too thick where your hands start to get real tired.” RealEnoughHandsSoundBalanceBandTiredStringsThickGet RealRubberGaugesRubber Bands Author:John Petrucci
“[Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built upon where he was, which was in London. And he didn't overuse synthesizers. He used them just enough. It's such a cool sound.” EnoughUsedSoundBandBuiltRootsLondonSynthesizersLeaning Back Author:Fred Armisen
“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy issues.” DoeSometimesHardUseEnergyCausesStuffBitsSoundIssuesRocksInvolvedBandVariousBelovedControversialRock Bands Author:Sarah Harmer
“It's easy to record songs. Anyone can make a track on garage band. I've been on the search to find that incredibly authentic place of sound and intention that only I can bring. Everyone has their own expression. I'm still on that quest and I hope to always be.” StillsI CanSongEasySoundRecordsExpressionBandIntentionTrackQuestsGarage Author:Grace Kelly
“The fact that I don't get big offers, it means that I don't refuse them. And I say no occasionally to bands, if I find them not very interesting to me. Or sounds like a copy of something else, I will say no. But 97% of the time, I say yes thank you to any jobs I'm offered.” IfsMeanFactsBigsJobsSoundInterestingOffersBandRefuseCopiesVery Interesting Author:Gordon Raphael
“I don't want to hear from a band that pretty much sounds like another band. Oh I've heared this riff before, or I've heared these words that everyone is saying. I want to hear new poetry, new guitar riffs, new drum-beats, new sounds. Then I'm really interested.” WantSoundBandBeatsGuitarDrum Beats Author:Gordon Raphael
“Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by Don Sickler called Young Sounds, and The McDonald's Big Band led by Rich De Rosa and Justin Di Cioccio. All those guys were great educators and musicians and taught me a lot! Simultaneous to all this, another one of my musical fathers came into my life, Eddie Locke.” SometimesPlayBigsYoungGuyFatherSoundRichTaughtGoes OnBandMusicianMusicalTeenagerSundayEducatorMcdonaldsJustinRosaSimultaneous Author:Jon Gordon