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 the germ of something good but failed to reach a satisfactory state by the recording stage.
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.
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, …
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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