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Korn... in their words

Up close with David

Q:Why don't you tell us a little bit about the attitude with which KORN went into the studio this time? What were you hoping to achieve?

A:We were hoping to write and record the best record we could. We didn’t want to make it sound like the first or second record, but we wanted to keep it sounding like KORN. We wanted to take the songs to a new level even with somewhat of a new writing style. We just basically wanted to make a good record, one we were happy with, something that sounded like it took a step up from the first two records.

Q:What’s really amazing about the music of KORN is that you really created this really intense hybrid sound that has elements of hip-hop, it has elements of Brain Eno experimentation. Why don't you tell us about what goes into the creation of the KORN sound--what happens during the writing process?

A:We sit in a rehearsal studio, set up recording equipment and we meet everyday. Unless someone has an idea they thought of at home or something, we pretty much sit down with our instruments and start trying ideas. And far as the KORN sound goes, it’s just what we like--it was not preconceived that we have to write like this and make every song like this. We try anything and if we like it, we use it. It’s pretty much simple as that. There was not a lot of thought behind the creative direction, and we didn’t say that we have to stay on this direction--it’s music we like and the way we write the songs.

Q:Do you write with the philosophy that if you can't play something in concert, you don't record it?

A:Yeah, we try to write like that. There are some overdubs as far as the guitar and vocals go because obviously JONATHAN can’t be three people at once. We try to keep it where the main parts of the songs are always possible to do live so it’s not missing anything big. It’s much better than bands that have one guitar player, but on the songs you hear two or three main guitar tracks. And when they play live, they pick one of the tracks to play and then it’s missing a lot. It really stands out, I’ve always hated it when I hear bands like that.

Q:What's your favorite new sound or technique that you used for the first time on this album?

A:Technique-wise, I think I still play the way I always played. I started using D-drum samplers on this record, but I actually ended up not using them as much as I thought I would. I just got a few more shaker sounds and stuff like that. I think the feeling of my playing on the songs is just really fun, and it’s the way the songs on this record feel.

Q:How do you feel the production was different on this album than it was on the last album?

A:I don’t think the production was that different, but the studios were a lot different. We used some of the same equipment, some different equipment which varied in sound. I think since the studio the album was recorded in, and the studio the record was mixed in were different studios, it had a dramatic difference on the way the record came out. That was the main thing on the production.

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