Music Tone Quotes

Not everyone wants to be in misery in every song!

I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.

There's a certain darkness to Slipknot, but at the same time, there's a very strong dose of positivity. Stone Sour is the same way. There's a certain melancholy that comes with the slower stuff, but at the end of the day there's also that other side that is very positive. It's all how you deliver.

We titled it, 'You Should Be Here,' for one, because just how special that song is, and I think it kind of sets the tone for this album. I've established that I like to have fun, but this is a little more than that - this album has got some fun stuff, but it's also got topics that I haven't gotten a chance to touch, and I'm so excited about it.

In my opinion, the P-90 is the best pickup for slide - it has the right overtones.

I naturally, when I make beats, aim for a darker tone just because I've always preferred those types of feelings.

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.

I like guitar sounds to be a little somber.

If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."

I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.

I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno.

The last thing I do is go and listen to heavy rock music. But I love electronic music. The purity of the tones is inspiring, because it's obviously much more controlled than a guitar tone.

I always take an iPod and iPod speakers so that when you're in the hotel room you can have it on, or when you're at the beach you can put it on quietly. Music can really set the tone for your holiday.

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

If you have a good music tone of the day, it puts everybody in the right mindset.

Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.

A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up.

If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs, not one of them has that tone. Emo is bullshit! If people want to take it for the literal sense of the word, then yes, we're an emotional band, we put a lot of thought into what we do. People always try to stereotype us, but we don't fit the emo stereotype.