Billy Corgan 2010 Interview with Joe Bosso from MusicRadar.com (by bystarlightsite)
In this 40-minute interview with musicradar.com, Billy Corgan discusses baseball, Nicole joining the band, the internet search for a keyboardist, studio sessions with Mike Byrne, the busy drumming style in the Pumpkins, importance of working with musicians who are focused and want to work, using pro-tools, balancing the use of old-school and new school technology in the studio, his love for the Stratocaster, ‘quoting’ various guitar players in songs, creating a fake imitation of what his thinks his guitar heroes sound like, his guitar collection, guitars he used on the Teargarden songs, using the love pedal for solos, using less effects as he gets older (just wanting a purer sound), the challenge of 44 songs for the Teargarden project, inspiration behind the sound for ‘A Stitch in Time’, using an electric 1960s Sitar, influences from other artists as being an important part of the story behind the music, not living and letting go of ‘the shadow of the past’, ethics in the music business and it’s disseminated state, SP music being organized chaos, narrowing down the meaning of his songs by talking about them, music triggering different emotions and giving an individual experience despite the meaning of the lyrics, fan attachments to the old line-up, being proud of the past and honoring it by being in the present.
You can read the interview transcript for both parts here:
Part 1: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-corgan-on-the-smashing-pumpkins-…
Part 2: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-corgan-on-the-smashing-pumpkins-…
