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in the studio: Panic! at the disco
Panic! at the Disco guitarist-lyricist Ryan Ross is tired of computer-tuned vocals and software-tweaked drums. "People have taken technology so far, to the point where music is almost sterile these days," he says from the studio in Las Vegas' Palms Hotel, taking a break from recording sessions for the band's second album. "With all those old rock & roll records, you can really feel there's a character to them, because it was played by real people. I feel like a lot of that's missing now." It's a common argument these days, but Ross is an odd person to be making it: His own band's platinum debut, the Fall Out Boy-plus-synth-style A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, was a prime offender, overflowing with maxed-out pitch-correction and baroque Pro Tools trickery. "That's a valid point," Ross says. "That record is basically programmed to a T. I mean, everything is lined up and perfect."
For their second album, everything is different: The band is writing songs on acoustic guitars, not on computers. And even though the group members have a far higher budget at their disposal than the $10,000 they spent on the first one, they're recording the album live in the studio. "We do take after take until we get it right," Ross says. "It's a lot harder, but it's making us play better." They were still in high school when they recorded Fever, and it seems like they're faintly embarrassed by it: "I think that everybody kind of changes a lot between the time they're seventeen and when they're twenty-one or twenty-two," says Ross.
The growing process hasn't been easy. The band discarded ten or so songs for what would have been an entirely different version of the album, recorded in a cabin forty-five minutes outside Vegas. "It had a lot of cinematic instrumentation, and it felt more like a side project," Ross says.
The group cemented its current direction with a song called "Nine in the Afternoon." "It's influenced by the music our parents listened to: the Beach Boys, the Kinks, the Beatles," says Ross. "Our new songs are more like classic rock than modern rock. We got older and started listening to different music – and this seems like the natural thing to do right now."
source: rollingstone.com
For their second album, everything is different: The band is writing songs on acoustic guitars, not on computers. And even though the group members have a far higher budget at their disposal than the $10,000 they spent on the first one, they're recording the album live in the studio. "We do take after take until we get it right," Ross says. "It's a lot harder, but it's making us play better." They were still in high school when they recorded Fever, and it seems like they're faintly embarrassed by it: "I think that everybody kind of changes a lot between the time they're seventeen and when they're twenty-one or twenty-two," says Ross.
The growing process hasn't been easy. The band discarded ten or so songs for what would have been an entirely different version of the album, recorded in a cabin forty-five minutes outside Vegas. "It had a lot of cinematic instrumentation, and it felt more like a side project," Ross says.
The group cemented its current direction with a song called "Nine in the Afternoon." "It's influenced by the music our parents listened to: the Beach Boys, the Kinks, the Beatles," says Ross. "Our new songs are more like classic rock than modern rock. We got older and started listening to different music – and this seems like the natural thing to do right now."
source: rollingstone.com
i am not who you think i am.
absolutely right. let's start this off shall we? well, people think that they know you, just like what your friends would tell you, but have you came to the conclusion like, how do they know me, when i, myself don't even know who i am?... i know bout those things people who feels this way are often called as emo. nah, im not emo, believe me im not.
im so fucking sick of these people who think they know you, who are so judgemental, it's not just because i think this way, i am emo, there are like millions of other teenagers like me who feels the same way, and you think they're emo? not all are. not all.
i don't hate emo, i love them, but not because someone feels depressed you think like, they are what you think they are. why don't you just like, know this person more, and keep your mouth shut till you know who this person really is.
i just don't want to be called emo that's all. i don't slit my wrist or whatsoever, im not emo.
correct me if im wrong, im open to your comments, if you think i am emo? then tell me why.
im so fucking sick of these people who think they know you, who are so judgemental, it's not just because i think this way, i am emo, there are like millions of other teenagers like me who feels the same way, and you think they're emo? not all are. not all.
i don't hate emo, i love them, but not because someone feels depressed you think like, they are what you think they are. why don't you just like, know this person more, and keep your mouth shut till you know who this person really is.
i just don't want to be called emo that's all. i don't slit my wrist or whatsoever, im not emo.
correct me if im wrong, im open to your comments, if you think i am emo? then tell me why.
here comes my lucky day... or not
this will just be short so don't expect anything from this post
well it's friday the 13th and i don't really believe in these things but i think it took effect on me, i just woke up with a big lump on my eyelids... and it's sore, i think an insect bit me when i was sleeping, and it leaves me to see nothing with my left eye, and eventually i'll get a bump on my head for not seing anything with my left eye.. so much for friday the 13th... god i can't face people with an eye like this....
well it's friday the 13th and i don't really believe in these things but i think it took effect on me, i just woke up with a big lump on my eyelids... and it's sore, i think an insect bit me when i was sleeping, and it leaves me to see nothing with my left eye, and eventually i'll get a bump on my head for not seing anything with my left eye.. so much for friday the 13th... god i can't face people with an eye like this....
fairy tales no more....
all of us may have believed in fairy tales but im sick on believing in these kinds of things... there was never a happy ending... never.... and i was not given the chance to experience one, it turned out to be a total wrecked... it was just some under dog story that i have gone through and i won't let this happen to me again...
my prince charming may be only in my dreams, or worse he may not come... he's just a fictional character inside my head, making me believe in these things, still i choose to believe him.. it's pretty hard to understand on how you get caught to believe in these things.. i guess it's just magic that you deny to yourself to believe in...
my prince charming may be only in my dreams, or worse he may not come... he's just a fictional character inside my head, making me believe in these things, still i choose to believe him.. it's pretty hard to understand on how you get caught to believe in these things.. i guess it's just magic that you deny to yourself to believe in...
