Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourtis a Portuguese-born American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth20 September 1966
CityPraia da Vitoria, Portugal
CountryPortugal
song writing two
There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.
biggest dig hope message ok send
The biggest message I can send is my album. It's here I am, this is what I'm doing, I hope you dig it, and if you don't that's OK too.
eat everybody feelings moody toast wants
It's a very moody album, but everyone experiences these feelings and situations. I don't think everybody wants to eat toast all day!
biggest bound change obviously playing songs
Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.
opposed record touring
As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.
love touring
The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.
major trying
It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease.
hard
It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.
bands guarantee
Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.
business hard
When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.
marriage
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.
album hell
I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about.
bands buy cool discover radio
I think it's very cool to discover new bands and find something on the radio that you think is so cool that you go out and buy it.
generation grew listening people stopped
I know many people who grew up in the '70s, and my generation stopped listening to anything after 1979 because they're not into it.