Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench IIIis an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth7 September 1953
CountryUnited States of America
great mike producers recognized shared songs tom
We've had producers who've all shared at least one thing. They've all recognized that Tom and Mike write great songs and that's what it's about.
song moving trying
I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.
song attention sin
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.
song crazy emotional
You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.
sad-love song thinking
I think I drift toward sad love songs.
kid since songs written
I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.
faith gotta shows songs
I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with them. I didn't have any faith in my voice.
kept record sake songs tom wrote
In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs, but it wasn't anything that was up the Heartbreakers tree, I didn't think - and I don't think they did, either. So I kept writing songs for the hell of it, but I didn't want to make a record just for the sake of making a record.
came enjoyed experience gary learned nicholson people songs wrote
I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself.
entire fill gorgeous life listen needs song striving
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A Day In the Life' has gorgeous fills, but there, the song needs it. When I play on any record, I'm striving to get where Ringo is. You play what doesn't take you out of the song.
artist bring express good help listen musician session showing song stepping
What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you can help bring out the song and help the artist express what they want to express. It's never about you stepping out and showing you can play something fancy.
period
There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting.
attention guys hands liked turned
I never liked the showboat guys who called attention to themselves, who turned the Leslie on and waved their hands up in the air.
soul rubber holding-on
I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.