fdesalvo
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Really, what opened your ears to music? At what age did you become aware of it?
When I was about 7, it was just another weekend at home and my parents were cleaning house. Mom always listened to old Def Leppard, U2, The Police...dad always had Meatloaf (lol), Roy Orbirson, Journey, and others on. I have no idea why, but on this one occasion, Meatloaf was on and I noticed something that caught my attention. There it was...behind the Loaf's operatic shrieking..this ocean of velvety sound - it was a distorted rhythm guitar and I loved it. I found his album and went through it, finding "Mesa/Boogie" listed under the endorsements.
Man, those album cover days are gone, aren't they? There were always shoutouts to some dudes with hilarious nicknames waiting to be found. Anyway, from that moment on, I found my ears always searching for that particular tone in music. This was so long before I even dreamt of picking up the instrument. The excitement of discovering a random band and then searching for their back catalog at the music store..those days are gone, too. I can't help but reminisce about how awesome that age of discovery was. Iron Maiden, Journey, Def Leppard...all the music I never realized would one day shape the music I would write.
When I was about 7, it was just another weekend at home and my parents were cleaning house. Mom always listened to old Def Leppard, U2, The Police...dad always had Meatloaf (lol), Roy Orbirson, Journey, and others on. I have no idea why, but on this one occasion, Meatloaf was on and I noticed something that caught my attention. There it was...behind the Loaf's operatic shrieking..this ocean of velvety sound - it was a distorted rhythm guitar and I loved it. I found his album and went through it, finding "Mesa/Boogie" listed under the endorsements.
Man, those album cover days are gone, aren't they? There were always shoutouts to some dudes with hilarious nicknames waiting to be found. Anyway, from that moment on, I found my ears always searching for that particular tone in music. This was so long before I even dreamt of picking up the instrument. The excitement of discovering a random band and then searching for their back catalog at the music store..those days are gone, too. I can't help but reminisce about how awesome that age of discovery was. Iron Maiden, Journey, Def Leppard...all the music I never realized would one day shape the music I would write.