John Otto

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality. ↗

— John Otto

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Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure. ↗

— John Otto

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Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that. ↗

— John Otto

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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

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We've got many different sides of music to us. ↗

— John Otto

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When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases. ↗

— John Otto

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When the snares don't hit together, it's just the most awful thing to hear. ↗

— John Otto

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