“I found out about college radio and this whole noise genre blew me away. When I saw that guys could just get up there and have no traditional music ability and be in a band, it was really appealing to me.” WholeGuyFoundAbilitySawsCollegeBandRadioNoiseTraditionalGet UpGenreThat GuyTraditional Music Author:Girl Talk
“It's heartening to return to live music, heartening for people like me in a band. It's a very traditional thing to return to. It re-validates the original form that we fell in love with.” PeopleFormReturnBandOriginalsLike MeTraditionalLive Music Author:Mick Jagger
“The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and Copeland is a guy who was playing in sort of a rock band, or a rock-pop band, but he didn't want to do the traditional kind of rock drumbeat. He was doing all these kind of reggae rhythms, and the reggae style is almost an exact opposite of the rock mold of drumming.” WantFirstsKindI CanRememberGuyRocksStyleBandOppositesPolicePopsTraditionalRhythmMoldDrummerReggaeRock BandsDrummingMost InspiringPop Bands Author:Panda Bear
“I've been on a real Credence Clearwater kick. I've been collecting their albums on CD -- right now I really like 'I Put a Spell on You.' I don't know who actually wrote it; it might be a traditional, or like, an old blues song, I haven't looked in the liner notes, but it's the first song on their first album. I love all the hits; I mean @#$%&, I like every one of them. I think my favorite song by John Fogerty is 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' They're my favorite American band of all time, totally.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsMeanRealMightSongHavensRight NowBandRainNotesMy FavoriteAlbumsTraditionalAll TimeKicksSpellsCollectingCdsFavorite SongCredence Author:Ben Kweller
“Then, you know, the other more-traditional role of the producer in, like, the kind of Quincy Jones sense is kind of part arranger. So you're coming up with, like, these - you hear these songs that are quite bare-bones, and you dream up what's the band doing? What's the rhythm section doing? What's the guitars, strings, pianos - that sort of thing. It's almost like a little toolbox.” KnowsKindLittlesDreamSongRolesBandGuitarBonesTraditionalProducersRhythmPianoStringsSectionsToolboxRhythm SectionGuitar Strings Author:Mark Ronson