The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.
I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.
Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.
I always felt like the trumpet or trombone player was always the coolest dude in the room.
Horns really make a good band. They always create excitement when it's needed. They give the music a broader spread. It doesn't have to be all guitars and keyboards all the time.
Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.
Brass bands are part of my upbringing. Brass band records were among the first records I listened to.
I have a singer, she's called Lara Caprotti. And then I have Stefano Serafini playing trumpet. The trumpet sounds amazing live in a club.
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
I wish I could score everything for horns.
