Remember the Laughter

sooo, yeah. I'm VERY excited too! Had a family function this weekend and had to tell like anyone I could that the final MCR former member has finally, after 3 years, gotten out his album and I'm stoked!

omgsh! one more interview.-amazing!
dyingscene.com/news/ray-toro-interview/

i especially liked this part! but i mean, honestly...wow! I love Ray and how he works! I think we have similar personality types haha 

DJD: Absolutely. How are you going to handle touring – have you thought about that yet?

RT: I have given it some thought. The thing is that some of the songs have less going on, and others have much larger arrangements: strings, piano, horns – very heavily layered. Even from writing, I’d always wanted to pull these songs off live with as many organic instruments as I could, but you run into budgetary concerns and finding personnel. The more people that you add onto a stage, the more that you have to pay to put food on the table and put everybody up for the night. So, I’m trying to figure out a way that I can balance organic instruments with backing tracks. The cool thing nowadays is that kids are used to seeing artists perform on their own with a computer onstage. Back when we were doing My Chem, after “The Black Parade,” we used backing tracks very sparingly – really only for interludes in between songs. Back then, as much as you could pull off live, that’s what you wanted to do. Now, I think that things have changed, to where it’s a little bit more accepted to use backing tracks. Larger-scale bands are using them way more than anybody would know, but even smaller-scale bands are using them to fill out their arrangements. I’ve got to find the right balance, and hopefully figure it out for next year.

DJD: Didn’t Rush use backing tracks, back in the day?

RT: You know what? I think, from what I know about Rush, that Geddy would play bass parts with his feet and keyboards with his hand – or vice-versa. Samples were triggered by Peart. I don’t think backing tracks were very common back when they were really going. Maybe now, I don’t know, but those guys are like way, way more talented than me.

DJD: They weren’t common, and I shouldn’t have used God as an example of what people can do onstage – but maybe you can do like a “DJ Ray” type of thing onstage, like a Skrillex vibe.

RT: (laughing) That’s another thing that I definitely could not pull off – I one hundred percent need an instrument on me to feel comfortable.

Not sure if anyone's gonna have the time to listen, or maybe you already have, but I just think it's amazing to get to listen to Ray so much, when you think about all the times he was quiet and in the background with MCR. Just...man, I sooo freaking can't wait to hear this album!!!

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Eeek! love Ray!  what do you guys think of the albuM??

So far among my favorites are Remember the Laughter, Walking in Circles and Wedding Day (oh THAT is the name of it?? yeah rad!) I am just starting Eruption right now...oh THIS is sounding awesome too! Wow, like some songs are, eh ok, maybe better for a quieter listening time, but the ones I've listed, wow! chillingly awesome! <3