Entrevista de Billy Corgan con Alternative Nation
Interview of Billy Corgan with Alternative Nation
Sacado de // From –> http://www.alternativenation.net/
¿Cómo es tu relación con Jimmy Chamberlin hoy en día? ¿Te ves tocando con él de alguna forma en el futuro?
Mi relación con Jimmy es buena, hablamos aquí y allá. En cuanto a tocar juntos, no sé, creo que estamos felices de no tener que ser parte de la ecuación de nuestra relación en este momento. En esencia, podemos tener una relación sin la tensión de estar en una banda, o una relación musical de una forma u otra. Sé que está en un gran lugar, ha estado últimamente con esta compañía con la que está trabajando, y sé que está muy emocionado por eso. Es un tipo muy inteligente, la mayoría de las personas no se dan cuenta de lo brillante que Jimmy es no sólo como músico, sino como persona. Así que no sé, estoy demasiado metido en el día a día. Conozco el porqué de estas preguntas, y el interés general en ellas, pero en este momento simplemente estoy concentrado en sacar el nuevo disco y girar con él
Si queréis leer el resto de la entrevista -en inglés- pasaros por: http://www.alternativenation.net/alternative-nation-interview-billy-corgan/
IN ENGLISH
How is your relationship with Jimmy Chamberlin these days, and do you see yourself playing with him in some capacity in the future?
My relationship with Jimmy is great, we talk here and there. As far as playing together, I don’t know, I think we’re kind of happy to not have that be part of the equation of our relationship at this point. In essence, we can have a relationship without the stress of the band, or a musical relationship on top of it sort of altering the dynamic. I know he’s in a great place, he’s been out lately with this company he’s working with, I know he’s very excited about that. He’s such a smart guy, most people don’t realize how brilliant Jimmy is as not only a musician, but as a person. So I don’t know, I’m so much in the moment. I get the gist of those questions, and the general interest in those types of questions, but right now I’m just so focused on getting the new album out, and how to tour it and all of that.
Here the whole interview –> http://www.alternativenation.net/alternative-nation-interview-billy-corgan/
Entrevista de Matt Cameron con Guitar Center
Matt Cameron and Guitar Center
Sacado de // From –> http://interviews.guitarcenter.com/matt-cameron/
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As much as Cameron strives to keep his bandmates happy, admittedly, he himself continues to seek the joy and inspiration he draws from playing music. “You look at a band like The Beatles, and just how they changed the way people thought—they changed culture, you know? So [music] definitely has an inherent power, and it’s up to the musicians that are making the music to have the truest form of expression that they can to get that direct line into the listener’s brain or heart … it’s not easy, but when it works, it’s fully transformative.” Cameron goes on to say, “I’ve got a couple projects that I’m trying to get off the ground that I’m really excited about because I’m writing a lot of music for it, and we’re collaborating a lot, so that definitely excites me—sometimes more than the bigness of my two bands (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden), you know? Because I love working in those two types of arenas, where everything’s kind of big, you gotta go big, you gotta play big, and big concerts, big production … but it’s nice to go small again, and I don’t ever wanna lose where I came from—which was always super small. [I don’t want] to forget that side of my musicianship, you know? So that still excites me a lot.”
As the father of a son who’s also a musician, Cameron offers this advice, “I tell my son [who’s] a really good guitar player, that he’s doing it for the right reasons—because he enjoys it, and it’s an outlet for him. I try to tell his friends that what happened to me was kind of … you can’t expect that to happen all the time, just because, it was timing—when I moved to Seattle, the timing was correct. So, those types of things you can’t ever plan for—I mean, luck plays a big part in making it in the music industry … but if you start out playing for the love of playing music and getting better on your instrument, then you’ll always have that in your life. And that’s something that’ll never go away, and I think it helps shape a human in a very positive way.”
If you want to read the whole interview: http://interviews.guitarcenter.com/matt-cameron/
Foo Fighters replican a Gene Simmons (Kiss) que asegura que el “rock ha muerto”
Foo Fighters respond to Gene Simmons (Kiss) declaring Rock dead
Sacado de // From –> http://portalternativo.com/ – http://www.alternativenation.net/
Hace un par de días, Gene Simmons de Kiss hablaba con la revista Esquire declarando que el rock ha muerto.
El rock no murió de viejo. Fue asesinado. Alguna brillantez, en algún lugar, iba a ser expresada y ahora no porque es mucho más difícil vivir de tocar y componer canciones. Nadie va a pagarte por hacerlo.
‘No dejes tu trabajo diario’ sería un buen consejo. Mientras yo me hacía mayor esa no era una montaña inescalable. Una vez tenías una compañía discográfica a tu lado, te financiaban y eso también significaba que cuando salías de gira, te apoyaban. Siguen siendo compañías discográficas y se aplica al pop, rap y country hasta cierto punto. Pero para artistas que también son compositores -los creadores- para la música rock, el soul, el blues – finalmente ha muerto. El rock, finalmente, ha muerto.
No es el primero que hace declaraciones en este sentido pero no han tardado Foo Fighters en salir al paso por medio de Twitter:
No tan rápido, Sr. Dios del Trueno…
IN ENGLISH
Foo Fighters have tweeted a response to KISS’ Gene Simmons, who recently declared rock dead. The band tweeted, “Not so fast, Mr. God of Thunder…”
Simmons recently told Esquire, “Rock is finally dead. I am so sad that the next 15-year-old kid in a garage someplace in Saint Paul, that plugs into his Marshall and wants to turn it up to ten, will not have anywhere near the same opportunity that I did. He will most likely, no matter what he does, fail miserably. There is no industry for that anymore. And who is the culprit? There’s always the changing tide of interests — music taste changes with each generation. To blame that is silly. That was always the exciting part, after all: “What’s next?” But there’s something else. The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. And the real culprit is that kid’s 15-year-old next-door neighbor, probably a friend of his.”
J Mascis: “La guitarra es muy floja como instrumento”
J Mascis: «The guitar is very loose as a tool»
Sacado de // From –> http://www.vice.com/
Este año está siendo muy movido para J Mascis, cuyo nuevo disco en solitario, Tied to a Star, vio la luz el día 25 de agosto de la mano del sello Sub Pop Records. Después de la publicación de The Golden Age of Glitter, de Sweet Apple, y el LP de Heavy Blanket, In a Dutch Haze, en colaboración con Earthless, Tied to a Star constituye el disco más íntimo y personal de J de este año, tomando el relevo de su otra producción en solitario, Several Shades of Why (2011). El disco está caracterizado -como sugiere el propio título- por una textura casi espacial, sin excesos de reverberación, en la que sus diez temas fluyen con facilidad durante 41 modestos minutos. A diferencia de Several Shades of Why, en el que J contó con ocho colaboraciones, el nuevo LP es el resultado del esfuerzo en solitario del artista. Pese a su reputación de ser parco en palabras y de conceder entrevistas de lo más incómodas, quisimos entrevistar a J –a riesgo de acabar engrosando la lista de conversaciones incómodas con J- para hablar con él sobre instrumentos musicales, el hardcore punk y su faceta de actor de poca monta.
Noisey: En otras entrevistas, has afirmado que “la guitarra es muy floja como instrumento” y que la “única forma de hacer que sea medianamente soportable” es tocándola con el volumen muy alto. ¿Sigues opinando lo mismo o estás empezando a apreciarla más?
J Mascis: Eh, no. Sigo pensando lo mismo.
Pero tu disco en solitario es esencialmente acústico. ¿Cómo sobrellevas ese sentimiento hacia lo acústico cuando no puedes tocar de forma tan extrema?
Sí, bueno, supongo que eso es otra cosa. No pienso en ello de la misma forma. También me gusta la música acústica.
¿También crees que la música acústica es floja?
Desde luego.
Respecto a las actuaciones en directo, ¿cómo te sientes con tu trabajo en solitario? Con lo que has dicho sobre el volumen, me da la sensación de que no disfrutarás mucho haciendo conciertos en solitario.
No, prefiero tocar en grupo. Es mucho más duro tocar solo porque no puedes hacer tanto jaleo y solo tú eres el responsable de entretener a todo el mundo.
Se te suele identificar con la guitarra, si bien has dicho que te gusta más la batería. ¿Sigue siendo así o ha empezado a gustarte la guitarra?
Sí, supongo que ahora me gusta más la guitarra.
¿Ahora prefieres la guitarra? ¿Cuándo crees que eso puede…
[Interrupción] No, no me gusta más. Me gusta más de lo que me gustaba, pero la batería es mucho más divertida de tocar.
¿Te sientes limitado con la batería?
No. [Pausa] ¿Qué quieres decir?
He hablado con unos cuantos baterías que también tocan la guitarra y muchas veces me dicen que tienen más sensación de libertad tocando la guitarra.
Ah, no. Yo toco la batería un poco de la misma forma en que toco los punteos de guitarra. Como si fueran “punteos de batería”. No me gusta cargar con la responsabilidad de mantener el ritmo. Prefiero tocar con un buen guitarrista o bajista que sepa hacerlo. No me gusta ser responsable de eso.
Si queréis leer más de la entrevista, pasaros por: http://www.vice.com/es/read/j-mascis-tied-to-a-star-254?utm_source=vicefbes
IN ENGLISH
This year has been very busy for J Mascis, whose new solo album, Tied to a Star, was released on August 25 with Sub Pop Records. After the publication of The Golden Age of Glitter, Sweet Apple, and the Heavy Blanket’s LP , In a Dutch Haze, in collaboration with Earthless, Tied to a Star is the most personal and intimate album of J this year, taking over his other solo production, Several Shades of Why (2011). The album is characterized, as the title suggests itself, by an spatial texture, without excessive reverberation in his ten songs, that flow easily during 41 minutes. Unlike Several Shades of Why, which J had eight collaborations, the new LP is the result of the artist’s solo effort. Despite its reputation for being taciturn and giving uncomfortable interviews, we wanted to interview J-at the risk of ending added to the list of uncomfortable conversations with J, to talk with him about musical instruments, hardcore punk and his role as time actor.
Noisey: In other interviews, you’ve said that guitar is very loose as a tool and that the «only way to make it halfway bearable» is touching it in a high volume. You still think the same or are you starting to appreciate it more?
J Mascis: Uh, no. I still think the same.
But your solo album is essentially acoustic. How do you endure this feeling to the acoustic when you can not touch such as extreme?
Yeah, well, I guess that’s another thing. I dont think of it in the same way. I also like acoustic music.
Do you also think that acoustic music is loose?
Of Course.
Regarding live performances, how do you feel about your solo work? With what you said about the volume, I get that you dont like do solo concerts.
No, I prefer playing in bands. It is much harder to play solo because you can not make the same noise, and also you are responsible for entertaining everyone.
You are identified with guitar, and you have mentioned that you like most drums. Is that still the case or you like now more the guitar?
Yeah, I guess I now prefer the guitar.
Now you prefer the guitar? When do you think this can …
[Interruption] No, I do not like most. I like more of what I liked, but drums is much more fun to play.
Do you feel limited with the drums?
No. [Pause] What do you mean?
I’ve talked to a few batteries that also play the guitar and often tell me that they have more sense of freedom playing guitar.
Ah, no. I play drums a bit of the way I play the guitar riffs. As if they were «drum taps». I do not like to bear the responsibility of keeping up. I prefer to play with a good guitar or bass player who knows how. I hate to be responsible for that.
If you want to read the whole interview -in spanish- –> http://www.vice.com/es/read/j-mascis-tied-to-a-star-254?utm_source=vicefbes
Butch Vig habla sobre el nuevo disco de Foo Fighters
Butch Vig about Foo Figthers’ new album
Sacado de // From –> http://portalternativo.com/ – http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/
Butch Vig habló con la gente de la 93XRT de su relación con Dave Grohl, frontman de Foo Fighters, y del esperado ‘combo’ serie + nuevo disco de su banda.
Quiero a Dave como un hermano loco. No conozco a nadie que tenga un entusiasmo por la vida y la música… (Los Foos) son capaces de hacer lo que quieran y decidimos hacer el disco en ocho ciudades diferentes. La banda compuso ocho canciones y las grabamos todas en ocho locales diferentes de EEUU.
Parte del documental es sobre la grabación de la canción y mucho (de él) es sobre la historia musical de esa ciudad… Y también trata de lo que significa para los Foos y Dave. Se meten musicalmente en cada ciudad, lo que significa personalmente para ellos. Cada ciudad tuvo su propia experiencia. Una de las cosas guays del álbum es que cada canción tiene hasta cierto punto el sonido de la ciudad y sin duda el ambiente en el que se grabó. Cada canción es completamente única y distinta.
El álbum llegará a las tiendas el 10 de noviembre y la serie se estrenará el 17 de octubre.
IN ENGLISH
In a recent phone interview, renowned producer and musician Butch Vig shared with Marty Lennartz some much awaited details about Foo Fighters‘ eighth studio album, Sonic Highways, due to release November 10th. Vig worked with the Foo’s on their 2011 album, Wasting Light, and was elated to work with Grohl and Co. once more.
“I love Dave like a crazy brother. I don’t know anyone who has such infectious enthusiasm for life and for music…[The Foo’s] are capable of doing what they want to do, and we decided to make this record in eight different cities. The band wrote eight songs and we recorded them all in eight different locales in the U.S.”
Remember when everyone kept having Dave Grohl sighting on the CTA last December? Well, Chicago was the first stop on the Foo Fighter’s ‘recording tour’ where Vig recalls it being ‘gnarly cold’. They laid down the first track on the album at Steve Albini’s studio Electrical Audio which Vig noted as having an impressive microphone collection and being ‘not posh or super fancy, but really well appointed.’
Other stops on the recording tour did not have such ample accommodations. In New Orleans the army of musicians, crew, engineers, and producers recorded in the notorious Preservation Hall which while being stunning in it’s own right, proved to be more difficult than Chicago.
“[Preservation] is just a small performance room, so we had to roll cable down a side walk, through an alleyway, and borrow the manager of the building’s office to set up some makeshift speakers and a little board to monitor from…so each city truly had it’s own experience.”
To make the Sonic Highway experience even more abundant, in October the Foo Fighters will release a ‘fun and inspiring’ documentary on HBO, in which each song on Sonic Highway and it’s multi-city recording sessions will be an hour long special each.
As Vig recounts, “Part of the documentary is about the recording of the song and a lot of it is about he musical history of that city…And it’s also about what it means to the Foo’s and to Dave. He taps into what each city musically, personally means him.
Each city truly had it’s own experience. One of the cool things about the album is…each song has that city’s sound to a certain extent and definitely the environment we recorded in. Each song is it’s own unique beast.”
The beast of an album that is Sonic Highways is due out November 10, 2014. Documentary series Sonic Highways premieres on HBO October 17th, at 11pm.