(via Todd Mund) WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DOES GEOFF TATE LIKE???? I particularly like a lot of music that has a groove to it, a certain kind of rhythm structure that has a lot of swing to it. The term rock and roll, originally, the rock was the four-four, heavy beat, and the roll was the swing part of it -- the and beat, one and two and three. Rock and roll had that ability to have the heavy beat but with the upbeat feel, as well. I like music that has that kind of swing to it. It makes you move. You want to run or walk fast or dance -- it makes your body feel physical. A lot of rock music doesnt have that. It has its own thing. We wanted to experiment with taking the rhythm section into a kind of different place and feel a little differently. What I was doing in that article was describing the evolution that happens with songwriting. After so many years of writing songs, youre always looking for ways that you could branch out and try to do different things in the context of what youre doing. Youve already done thirty years of what youve done. Its like if you had to commute to work every day: Do you take the same way every day for thirty years, or do you sometimes branch out and take the scenic route. You might find a restaurant you love that youve never been to before, or a view you can see that you find inspiring. Its the same with songwriting. You can take any song and play it in a bazillion different ways. The only thing that limits you is your own imagination. You can give it a swing beat, you can play it in an adaptable time signature that changes every measure. You can make it sound any way you want. Queensrӱche: Drive: youtu.be/ocdHJDNjF-w
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:11:39 +0000
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