I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math. And tempo has been really important too, as a lot of feeling can get lost in playing these riffs too fast. Pitchfork: What are the general themes on the record? I was looking at the ...
65. “Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.”-Paul P. Harris 66. “Mothers are the necessity of invention.”–Bill Watterson 67. “My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion tha...
I just got the Korg and it’s one of the few synths I have without preset memory. So it forced me to really dive into it and learn how to balance three or four VCO’s into a patch. I made a lot of arps, bleeps, chords and bass sounds with it....
Saving Forever, made up of 3 brothers from Chicago, got the stadium show started by rocking the house with their new single “Million Ways.” Their high-energy performance featured dozens of dancers on court on Arthur Ashe Stadium getting down to their blend of perfect pop-rock sounds that j...
I had to breathe in deeply as the music was getting me high. I didn’t want to write any more notes, just lose myself in the music. Their music can make you forget about all your troubles. Next they played ‘Cycle’, which is one of my favourite songs of theirs because I can ...
But we ended up writing something that we really liked with three chords.” For the dramatic “The Grudge,” Rodrigo said she got a lyrical prompt from Morrissey. “I was just driving to the studio, and I was trying to find an idea, and I was listening to the Smiths. And there’s...
don’t let me down please let there be some light in the cloudy weather Talk part: That day, we were drinking tequila as always. I smiled as I heard him said he’s getting married. If I said: “I would be the cause of your death”, I bet he would laugh. ...
Dot:One of the best ways to be profound is not to think you’re profound — just have a conversation like you would with your homies over a drink, a blunt, or a game. When being profound becomes your identity, you lose the potency of the wisdom. It’s really...
all Luciferian entreaties notwithstanding. But not this night. After Jagger sang the opening words of the chorus, Richards punctuated the pauses with some particularly ripping chords, to the point that his playing almost seemed to be turned up twice as loud as the rest of the band. That could...
s something about that hex closing in that made me nostalgic for my kids growing up. And because so much of the show is through the sitcom lens, through this idea of family, of not wanting to let your kids go… there’s a lot to chew on. I was very moved, and I couldn...