“You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.” PeopleDifferencesCreativeBandAlbumsSwearSolo Author:Martin Gore
“A chance to collaborate with one of my favorite bands in a completely open and supportive creative environment... some our best work.” ChanceCreativeEnvironmentBandMy FavoriteCollaborationSupportiveBest WorkFavorite Bands Author:Dave Genn
“If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.” PeopleIfsIdeasSongCreativeBandMusicianStonesArrangementsCompetentCreative Ideas Author:Bill Wyman
“There are two types of bands - there are the ones that are basically solo projects anyways, where there's clearly the one guy who's driving the ship and everyone else is just along for the ride. And then there was my band, where you have a few very disparate-taste, creative people who kind of meet in the middle somewhere.” PeopleKindTwoGuyCreativeMiddleTypeTasteBandProjectsDrivingShipsSoloCreative PeopleAlong For The Ride Author:Patrick Stump
“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindWantedSchoolCertainSongClassNovelCreativeRocksCollegeBandUniversityBarsRock And RollCreative WritingGreat AmericanFraternityTop 10SyracuseClasses In School Author:Lou Reed
“Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been involved in or at the helm of, is driven by rhythm, my band is driven entirely by rhythm, machine rhythm, and the purpose of the rock instrumentation is literally to speak the beats, to emulate the rhythms with guitars and bass, with very little articulation, and without being 'progressive'.” FirstsLittlesHas BeensPurposeSpeakCreativeRocksInvolvedBandBeatsMachinesInstrumentsGuitarDrivenRhythmEtcProgressiveBassEmulateHelmArticulationInstrumentation Author:Justin Broadrick
“I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy. So in some ways, you could say the vision has been there since I started writing songs.” WayWritingHas BeensWantedSchoolSongVisionCreativeBandHigh SchoolEndeavorWriting SongsTheocracy Author:Matt Smith
“I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in their own right. They're all complete individuals. They're not just a pick-up band. They all have their own thing going on.” PeopleIndividualCreativeHavensBandMusicianPicksLooking Forward Author:Andrew Bird
“If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's nice to have those people who bring you down to earth, but in a pleasant way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayPersonsSelfSometimesEarthCreativeNiceBandPleasantThink Of YouDown To EarthCreative PersonSelf Indulgent Author:Jarvis Cocker
“Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.” PeopleWritingHas BeensPlayBigsAttentionQualityLeaderCreativeDoubtBalanceBandHighestTraditionUniversityVariousDecadesClockInterpretationPlusWillingnessExplorationInsightfulTexasArrangementsImaginativeIncarnationLabsEnsembleMusicianshipMusicality Author:Gary Burton
“There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out in the end. Even the smallest things. You don't want to really acknowledge that, because you want to believe that you are the only creative asset as a director. You want to believe you're the only one. But I really feel that everyone teams up and everybody really affects everything. Actually, it's the closest I will get to playing in a band.” WayWantFeelsBelieveDifferentEndsFilmTurnsCreativeTeamBandDirectorsDirectOne WayAcknowledgeDifferent WaysAssetsClosestSmallest Author:Lukas Moodysson
“I like working with great talent, in every capacity. I have a rule of thumb, in any creative endeavor - whether I'm doing music and playing in a band, or working with producers, or directing - where I generally like to work with people who are smarter than me or better than me.” PeopleCreativeTalentBandCapacityProducersEndeavorSmarterThumbsGreat Talent Author:Malik Yoba
“Most people might think that I've come from a musical background, but nobody in my family was in any kind of band or played anything. I just picked up music from breakdancing really, that's what got me to listen to music, and in general I was just a creative guy.” PeopleThinkingKindMightGuyCreativeBandMy FamilyMusicalBackgroundsListening To MusicBreakdancing Author:Lunice
“I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences.” KindDesireFallLeftDifferencesBoysBreakCasesAudienceCreativeFrontsBandSatisfiedFrustratedBuzzFall Out Boy Author:Patrick Stump
“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