Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.
I like being in a girl band.
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them.
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
Yeah, I would go to New England Conservatory a lot. My orchestra teacher ran a program for minority students there.
I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
In 'Boondien' I worked with a band where everyone had their own instrument to play.
There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.
The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
High school music teachers... nobody makes a living off it.
The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.
We had a nine-piece choir on 'Aw Yeah.'
When I was in college, the Roots, the sui generis ensemble from Philadelphia encompassing all manner of black music, played a show on campus.
An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.
In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.
I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to very quiet, and SNJO covers those bases.
I was a harpsichordist in my teens, and there was a bunch of us in Liverpool who got together every week to play Bach.
What happens in the band room stays in the band room.
Too many schools across the country have cut back heavily on their music curricula.
The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.
When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as I have, it's just a real joy to be around so many talented people and talented groups who have a passion for what they do.
Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere.
I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns.
