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Adrian Belew
American
Musician
About the author
I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Work
Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Guitar
Digital for storage and quickness. Analog for fatness and warmth.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Songs
For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Talk
#Song
#Sound
#Example
I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Play
#Age
#Guitar
I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#First
I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Artists
As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Effect
#Vocabulary
I love drums and still play frequently.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Love
#Play
King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Thought
I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Sound
#Guitar
King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Will
#Europe
Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Age
#School
The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Work
We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999!
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Time
#Will
#Play
#May
#Writing
#Spring
Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Forget
#Luxury
#Lonely
I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Years
#Secrets
#Guitar
My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
Adrian Belew,
American
Musician
#Work
#Trying
#Effort
#Favorite