I always have problems with seeing how our new stuff relates to our old stuff - I'm better at seeing long lines in other people's music than in my own.
I think this insatiable need to get to know new music is a big part of why it has lasted so long. - Bent Saether
I think this insatiable need to get to know new music is a big part of why it has lasted so long.
- Bent Saether
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional abilities have developed… - Bent Saether
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional abilities have developed…
Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding. - Bent Saether
Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding.
We sometimes feel like hamsters on a wheel, covering the same musical ground we did 20 or more years ago. - Bent Saether
We sometimes feel like hamsters on a wheel, covering the same musical ground we did 20 or more years ago.
A lot of ideas get re-used and made part of new songs if the first version didn't cut the mustard, and the stuff that gets left off usually contained… - Bent Saether
A lot of ideas get re-used and made part of new songs if the first version didn't cut the mustard, and the stuff that gets left off usually contained…
I really liked Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and a couple of others, but with these kinds of movies the best part is the 'talking about it over a be… - Bent Saether
I really liked Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and a couple of others, but with these kinds of movies the best part is the 'talking about it over a be…
When you've been at it for as long as we have, you go through fallow periods and blooming ones, and you know when you're on a roll and you learn how … - Bent Saether
When you've been at it for as long as we have, you go through fallow periods and blooming ones, and you know when you're on a roll and you learn how …
You find your preferred resolutions and harmonic intervals and what-have-yous, and then you either keep writing the same thing until everybody is as … - Bent Saether
You find your preferred resolutions and harmonic intervals and what-have-yous, and then you either keep writing the same thing until everybody is as …
Where Snah [Hans Magnus Ryan] is a melody and texture man, I am more of a riff, rhythm and concept guy. I am much better than him in certain fields, … - Bent Saether
Where Snah [Hans Magnus Ryan] is a melody and texture man, I am more of a riff, rhythm and concept guy. I am much better than him in certain fields, …
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