James thoughts GotR and his recent tour...
Saifai
things to say about his break from GotR, as well as his thoughts about
his new album and the recent tour.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/insider/050502b.asp
A few tidbits for you...
"The chemistry of the band changed," he says. "I think we started
taking ourselves too seriously, frankly, and it stopped being fun for
me." What's more, he adds, "The songwriting coming from the other
members of the band was way too high for my voice. So I broke up the
band after a very successful tour!"
Afterward, the frontman who no longer had anyone behind him returned to
Europe. "Just me and a guitar, man, which was terrifying!" he exclaims.
"But it went really well," he adds, relieved. "People responded that
they liked that set better than the band's. I'm sure not everybody felt
that way...."
Yeah, his ex-bandmates from Ghost of the Robot, for instance. "Probably
not," he admits with a laugh. "But they're all good people, and we're
on good terms. It's just, stuff for [the band], I was a little
reluctant to let people hear, because a lot of it was beyond my range
[vocally], and I didn't feel as if it was good enough to be called
professional. But now [with my new material], I do. Some of it you'll
probably like, some if it you won't.
"I guess at the end of the day," he concludes, "the best thing about
the whole process is that I feel more confident about myself as a
musician, which is probably what you're looking for when you do
something like this in the first place."