Even on the drum level, it’s all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that — John Otto
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing. — John Otto
I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one — John Otto
I’d take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand. — John Otto
We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it – a lot more than what we did on our first album. — John Otto
When I was young, I had one of those yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit — John Otto