John Otto
John Otto
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth22 March 1977
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
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.
But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.
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.
learning
I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.
exactly felt
I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it.
Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.
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.
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.
came liked move thinking
I liked how it came out, and that's one thing I really was always thinking about, my meter. It's got to groove. It's got to move people.
music
It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.