John Otto
John Otto
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth22 March 1977
CountryUnited States of America
climax
When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building.
awful
When the snares don't hit together, it's just the most awful thing to hear.
emphasize groove knew points strong totally
We knew we wanted to take the strong points of our groove and emphasize them as well, and we knew we wanted to just totally experiment.
We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.
music
We've got many different sides of music to us.
completing quite soloing time yamaha
When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.
But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.
certain drum fills sake
Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.
I've always liked funk and rock and everything.
I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.
fully hear learned
Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.
music
It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.