![]() ![]() "I always was quite certain that I was going to be a musician. "You idolize your parents, so other kids want to be cops or firefighters or whatever, and I wanted to be a keyboard player in a band.”ĭid having a musical brother help somewhere along the line, too? From the moment that I was a cognizant human, I knew I wanted to be a musician and in a professional capacity, because my dad was, right? It wasn’t a decision made then it was a decision made almost at birth, I think. “Yes, although we didn’t really connect musically until we were in our teens. He played, and my brother actually lived kind of in the classical world early on. We formed the band when I was 24, and Dave would have been 26.”ĭoes your approach to songwriting change when you’re preparing your solo material, as opposed to writing for the band? We were both very musical, but our paths didn’t cross until in our teens when he picked up a bass - and then the rest is history there. My brother is obviously not there, so that’s the biggest difference. But musically, it’s kind of an extension of that in terms of the projects. ![]() There’s a little more guitar playing, a little more self-indulgent guitar stuff, but not all that much more. “Dave and I were both very musical, but our paths didn’t cross until our teens” The emphasis is still heavily on the songs, on trying to be as musical as we can. "There are a lot of harmonies, much like The Bros - it’s more of an extension than a departure. “I actually did wind up doing a lot of writing with my brother for the last record, alongside Roman Clarke, who’s the producer. Part of the project was I wanted that record to be in collaboration with Roman, so we wrote everything together except for the first song, which is Forgiveness. But everything else, he and I wrote together. "In the last three or four tracks, Roman and I wrote alongside my brother. The process was very similar, you know? I brought a song idea to the table, Roman and I would finish it together, or he would bring an idea to the table and we would finish it together. Where does the songwriting process begin for you? Anything that I’d want to add to it would be on the production side, so let’s call that finished.’ That was the writing process.” "In the case of Forgiveness, I brought that song to the table and said, ‘What do you think it needs?’ Roman went, ‘I think that’s done. “I always start with chordal ideas first. I’m a harmony nerd, so I like to build the chord progressions and a simple idea of what the melody may be. ![]()
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