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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Thu, 17 May 2007 07:58:19 -0400 |
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Yeah, I can see your point that sometimes and for some people it's easy. For McC, it was easy to right Yesterday.
Similar to say, basketball is easy for Jordan/Magic/Bird, etc of that level.
While they worked hard, they still had a natural leaning toward basketball. Regardless of how hard I worked, I couldn't be that good. (Obviously)
And I'm sure they all go through periods where songs just fall out of their heads, and others where they're fighting writer's block.
> Do the members of Splitsville have "day jobs",
>either in or outwith the
>music business? Incidentally which brother is Matt
>- the drummer or the
>guitarist - and is he the Pale Star?
Yes, they all have the dreaded day jobs, but none within the music business. Tony, Brandt and Paul are in the Baltimore area, Matt in Denver, CO.
Matt is the guitarist and lead singer of most tracks (Yearbook, White Dwarf, Manna, etc.), Brandt is the drummer (and also sings lead on stuff like Day Job, the Next One, etc) and Brandt is in Pale Stars. He plays guitar and is the lead singer in that band.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:10:04
>
>I don't think you can ever tell whether creating
>music is easy or hard -
>it depends on the musicians, the recording process,
>down to the individual
>song. I mean didn't Paul McCartney (please don't
>start another Macca
>thread) once say that "Yesterday" popped from his
>head almost fully
>formed? Jimmy Lea said that Slade's Merry Xmas
>Everybody (maybe a novelty
>hit, but quite a wistful melody and clever
>arrangement, if you take the
>Xmas factor out of the equation) was bashed out in
>about half-an-hour.
>
>I am guessing here, but maybe the creation of the
>music comes more easily
>than does it's recording and production? Maybe
>some people are more
>perfectionist than others? Maybe sometimes pursuit
>of perfection is to
>the detriment of spontaneity? I just don't think
>it's right to generalise
>whether making music has to be either easy or
>difficult.
>
>Rob, I've posted before that the first 4 tracks off
>Repeater are just
>about the finest opening salvos of any album I own.
> You said the guys
>really sweated over their creation - believe me the
>results were worth it.
> Do the members of Splitsville have "day jobs",
>either in or outwith the
>music business? Incidentally which brother is Matt
>- the drummer or the
>guitarist - and is he the Pale Star?
>
>Bob
>
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