Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. - Brian Setzer
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.
- Brian Setzer
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord pro… - Brian Setzer
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord pro…
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if … - Brian Setzer
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if …
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why. - Brian Setzer
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
I got cat class and I got cat style - Brian Setzer
I got cat class and I got cat style
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it. - Brian Setzer
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and le… - Brian Setzer
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and le…
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box. - Brian Setzer
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.
To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better. - Brian Setzer
To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.
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