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An hour of FM Andrew B. Cohen:http://www.sparkandfizz.com/crashing-yo ... drew-cohenJake talks with Andrew Cohen, formerly of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, about his first release with backing band Light Coma. They also discuss what led him to finding his unique guitar sound.

landspeednyc wrote:An hour of FM Andrew B. Cohen:http://www.sparkandfizz.com/crashing-yo ... drew-cohenJake talks with Andrew Cohen, formerly of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, about his first release with backing band Light Coma. They also discuss what led him to finding his unique guitar sound.Hey Andrew B Cohen!I enjoyed this, and am very much looking forward to Unreality.In the interview, you use the expression can't be arsed (about Spotify, I think). As a Brit (and a volunteer in the ass v arse wars that are ravaging the UK) this made me cheer! Is this a standard US or regional expression? If not, where did you get it from? Do you use it a lot?

Hate to say it, but as much as I've enjoyed The Worm and The Pit, I think Andy's really gone downhill since:phpBB [media]The money's probably great, but maybe he should get back into music...seems like it was a better fit for him.

landspeednyc wrote:An hour of FM Andrew B. Cohen:http://www.sparkandfizz.com/crashing-yo ... drew-cohenJake talks with Andrew Cohen, formerly of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, about his first release with backing band Light Coma. They also discuss what led him to finding his unique guitar sound.This is great. Is Jake on the forum?

Andrew Cohen wrote:Bring the crunch and rock that shit!

I loved the podcast. I've only gotten to chat with Andy a couple times (Pit show at PRF BBQ 2010 and Pit show in L.A.), but seeing his playing live made me less self conscious when it came to playing guitar solos. I take a couple on one of my latest releases. Thanks Andy.Also, it made me look at myself and realize that I'm cool with just having a guitar that sounds like a guitar. I was always trying to fuck up and un-guitar my guitar sound. Now I'm cool with guitar right into amp, and I'm always trying to get shit out of my guitar setup. Pro Jr. amps would be so much better with 6V6 tubes. Kinda garbage build quality, too. I encourage everyone to gut their Pro Jr's and build a clone of a Tweed Harvard.Man, I love me some guitar.

tallchris wrote:Andrew Cohen wrote:Bring the crunch and rock that shit!This so makes me want to see a Meltin' Faces with Andrew Cohen instructional DVD.

I really enjoyed that interview. Now I feel like picking up a Pro Jr. and a 2x12. For to Crunch.A part that stood out was the bit where FM Andrew B. Cohen talks about how he never sees guitarists playing in anything like his style, how they think about their playing too much. I kind of smirked when he said (words to the effect) that it's relatively easy to play how he does. That was great to hear. Because so few people play that well or that distinctively, clearly, but at the same time, his playing makes me feel that he's on kind of an emotional autopilot. It's very informed, you can hear the skill and the practice, but it comes across like it's all impulse. So it checks out.Hearing the second song from Unreality this morning got me thinking ”to keep talking like he's not here ”about his lyrics. Which I think of as coming from maybe the opposite of an emotional autopilot. But that could easily be wrong ”the little I've read/heard him talk about lyrics has made them seem pretty impressionistic at times, not always about something.I'm not a big process dude, but if FM Andrew B. Cohen felt like talking some about his lyrics ”what drives the songwriting, how the ideas come together ”that would be rad.

Ciao Andy!A friend's grandpa is offering me mate's rates to build a custom amp. The guy has been building amps since the 60s and is a dab hand at it so I'm pretty excited. So far my ideas is "copy of the old AC-30 without a master volume, and no other pointless controls". Can it be so simple? Is there anything else I should be considering? What would your ideal custom amp be?

Hey, Andrew B. Cohen,I'm waiting to blast the vinyl, but I picked one song to hear now, just based on which title I liked the most."City and River" sounds real neat.I like how no one plays anything fast the whole time.