================================================ Subject: Re: scotty p interview part two From: "Keith Mears" To: Date: Tue 10 Jul 2001 18:06:36 -0500 ================================================ Not to try and "argue" with Scott, but I personally can't see where he really needs to practice! He lays down a great beat, on whatever he plays! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Reed" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:41 PM Subject: scotty p interview part two > and the rest of the interview... > > > > mm: Do you have a different approach when you perform live than you do in > the studio? > > SP: Yeah, I am trying to find a good balance between the two scenarios. In > the studio, I tend to concentrate a little too much on planning parts rather > than letting it flow naturally. On stage, all of us are overdoing it a > little, trying to pump it up. > > mm: Do you record to a click track? > > SP: On the second album, everything was done to a click. About 60% of the > first album was recorded to a click. I definitely could hear the difference. > > mm: Did playing to a click take some getting used to? > > SP: When we recorded the first CD independently, which turned out to be our > national release, it was the first time I'd ever heard a click. It was > really uncomfortable. I felt like I was fighting it the entire time. With > the second CD, the click felt much more natural. I got to the point where I > would try not to hear it. You want to know it's there, but not to the point > that it is overbearingly loud. I felt a lot better about the last recording. > > mm: Do you have a practice regimen that you go through when you are home? > > SP: Not at all. I mean I should. I do have a set of Roland V Drums that I > love to play around with. I usually just use it to play around with new > sounds. I also play around with a Korg Triton Pro X 88-key keyboard. I'm > just trying to get some things of my own going. Maybe I'll contribute to > some of the songwriting in the band. At the very least, I'll continue > writing for myself. I should practice way more than I do. I get home and I > start playing golf and hanging out with my friends. The next thing you know, > we are back on tour. > > mm: What could we expect from Creed in the future? > > SP: We are probably going to take off January through June. We are looking > at going into the studio in July or August and try to get something new out > by October or November. Way down the road, we are going to be doing a live > record. Each night our sound engineer, Kirk Kelsey, has 24 channels of ADAT > running. The live record is his project. We are going to let him mix it, but > it probably won't come out for another couple of years. > > mm: What advice could you give bands just starting out? > > SP: Never give up! There are a lot of technical things you could do, e.g., > recording a CD, making a presentable package, management and so on. First > and foremost, if the four of us didn't first have a dream of being > successful, we wouldn't be here right now. Just keep on pursuing that dream > the entire time. If anything gets in your way, it doesn't mean give up; it > means keep trying harder. It paid off for us. (By the way, the show was > awesome!) > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp